NEWS
2020
2019
- A win for Phatisa and impactful investing, Phatisa press release, November 2019
- Phatisa fund offers to acquire and delist industrial group Rolfes, Africa PE News, November 2019
- Leading Africa food investment, Africa Global Funds, October 2019
- Merger to drive sustainable production of certified organic palm oil in Sierra Leone, Phatisa press release, June 2019
- Phatisa-led consortium exits Meridan to Ma’aden, Phatisa press release, April 2019
- Phatisa a first adopter: 60 investors commit to manage over $350 billion in assets in line with new Impact Principles, IFC press release, April 2019
- Bowmans, SAVCA and Standard Bank support African private equity information portal, Africa Private Equity News, January 2019
2018
- New Chief Investment Officer appointment – Eugene Stals, Phatisa press release, November 2018
- Due Diligence -Talking investment in Africa with Phatisa co-founder, How we made it in Africa, November 2018
- Phatisa Food Fund raises Sh12 billion for production projects, Digital Standard, October 2018
- Agriculture Sector Investment, #InsideBusiness – K24TV, October 2018
- Phatisa Food Fund 2 hits first close, Africa Global Funds, October 2018
- Private equity: Phatisa clôture avec succès sa troisième levée, celle du Food Fund 2, La Afrique, Octobre 2018
- Phatisa Food Fund 2 Cloture Sa Premiere Levee De Fonds a US$ 121.5 million, Communiqué de presse de Phatisa, Octobre 2018
- Phatisa Food Fund 2 First Closes at US$ 121.5 million, Phatisa press release, October 2018
- Valentine Chitalu on inclusive leadership and sharing the limelight, The Africa List Insights, May 2018
- New Partner announcement – Robert Jenkins, Phatisa press release, April 2018
- Phatisa achieves a partial exit of Kanu and raises US$20m of expansion capital, Phatisa press release, March 2018
- Phatisa reussit une cession partielle dans Kanu et leve US$20m de capital développement, Communiqué de presse de Phatisa, 14 Mars 2018
- The Africa Private Equity News app gets refresh, Phatisa press release, February 2018
- Feeding Africa: AfDB’s new investment in Phatisa, Financial Afrik, January 2018
- The AfDB and Phatisa Partnership, Africa Global Funds, January 2018
2017
- PFF2 gets $10m from AfDB and targets Q1 2018 first close, Africa Global Funds, November 2017
- Really great optics: The Phatisa and OPIC partnership, Africa AgriLeaders, November 2017
- Q&A: Phatisa on partnering with OPIC, and Africa’s investment opportunities, How we made it in Africa, October 2017
- African private equity fund powering agriculture and food enterprise, African Leadership Magazine, October 2017
- Beyond Investment: The power of capacity-building support (p. 4) , GIIN, October 2017
- Access to mechanisation – driving African agri growth, How we made it in Africa, August 2017
- Focus on Agri-food, Africa Global Funds, August 2017
- Phatisa promotes Rinolan Moodley to Deal Partner – Southern Africa, Phatisa press release, July 2017
- Attribution in Results Measurement: Rationale and Hurdles for Impact Investors, Donor Committee for Enterprise Development, July 2017
- Phatisa backs Kanu’s vision to build Africa’s leading equipment business. Phatisa press release, July 2017
- Introducing an ‘Unusual Beast’: the Technical Assistance Facility to the African Agriculture Fund, iBAN, June 2017
- A new era for private equity in Africa, Daily Maverick, May 2017
- Phatisa targets $300mln for new agricultural fund, Africa Capital Digest, March 2017
- All hands on deck, Africa Global Funds, March 2017
- OPIC Board of Directors approved two projects in developing countries, OPIC press release, March 2017
- Building a New Foundation for Housing in Kenya, Wharton, March 2017
- Phatisa strengthens its food-focused portfolio team, Phatisa press release, February 2017
- Building Housing for Better Futures, Eisenhoiwer Fellowship, January 2017
- The developmental difference of African private equity, beyondbrics – FT, January 2017
- AfDB approves $20m for Meridian’s soft commodity value chain operations in Southern Africa, WorldStage News, January 2017
2016
- Phatisa’s AAF takes control of Kanu in US$31m deal, Africa Capital Digest, November 2016
- Agriculture PE: Driving African GDP, Africa Global Funds, October 2016
- Phatisa: ‘Large-scale farming in Africa must be sustainable’, Agri Investor, September 2016
- Phatisa: ‘Over five years African agribusiness has grown substantially’, Agri Investor, July 2016
- Afrique de l’Ouest : Phatisa investit dans la distribution d’équipements agricoles, Jeune Afrique, Juin 2016
- Phatisa AAF 75% deployed – exclusive, Agri Investor, June 2016
- Phatisa invest 40% of Torre Equipment, Africa Capital Digest, June 2016
- Phatisa teams up with Torre – expanding its African mechanisation platform, Phatisa press release, June 2016
- Phatisa partners with Camland Estate on Zambian property development, Africa Capital Digest, May 2016
- Michelmores advises on Pan-African Housing Fund’s Zambian and Rwandan Real Estate Investments, Michelmores press release, June 2016
- Phatisa’s Pan African Housing Fund teams up with Camland Estates Limited, Zambia, Phatisa press release, May 2016
- Pan African Housing Fund-Tracking housing shortage – Africa Global Funds, May 2016
- Agricultural Investment Funds – Africa Global Funds, March 2016
- Case-Study: Goldenlay – Africa Global Funds, March 2016
2015
- PE firm Phatisa to build 300 houses in Kigali, Business Daily, November 2015
- Phatisa’s property fund teams up with Kigali Batsinda Estate, Century Real Estate, October 2015
- ESG and Private Equity: Phatisa’ experience, Africa Global Funds, October 2015
- Stuart Bradley becomes Joint Managing Partner, Phatisa press release, September 2015
- Private Equity firm Phatisa funds 140 Nakuru homes, Business Daily, September 2015
- Development equity at work in the DRC, How we made it in Africa, August 2015
- Private equity fund manager Phatisa celebrates 10 years of impact, How we made it in Africa, June 2015
- Les fonds d’investissement à la pointe de la révolution verte, Afrique Agriculture, Juillet 2015
- Trusted partnerships are key for African PE, Africa Global Funds, June 2015
- Bridging the housing gap for middle- to low-income earners, How we made it in Africa, June 2015
- INSIGHT: Private equity investment for sustainability, Finweek, April 2015
- SAVCA Case Study Compendium: Phatisa, Goldenlay, SACVA, April 2015
- Phatisa Senior Partner Announcement – Yida Kemoli, Phatisa press release, April 2015
- Bridging the housing gap for middle to low income earners – Zambia, Phatisa press release, March 2015
- Phatisa goes carbon neutral, Phatisa press release, March 2015
- Phatisa’s Pan African Housing Fund teams up with Africa Reit, Kenya, Phatisa press release, February 2015
- Databank invests in high impact poultry in Burkina Faso, DAFML press release, February 2015
- Kenya : le fonds Phatisa entre au capital de General Plastics, Ecofin Agro, Janvier 2015
- Phatisa’s African Agriculture Fund invests in General Plastics, Kenya, Phatisa press release, January 2015
2014
- African Agriculture, Africa Global Funds, December 2014
- Kenya: PE fund to build entry-level homes, The Star, December 2014
- Pan African Housing Fund teams up with In-Time Capital, Kenya, Phatisa press release, November 2014
- PE firm to build KSh9.95m one-bedroom homes, Business Daily, November 2014
- Phatisa’s Pan African Housing Fund teams up with Africa Reit, Kenya, Phatisa press release, November 2014
- Phatisa’s AAF deploys half of capital, Agri Investor, October 2014
- Phatisa to deliver 800 houses in five years, The East African Standard, October 2014
- Phatisa’s African Agriculture Fund invests in the Meridian Group, Phatisa press release, October 2014
- Affordable housing on a growth spurt, Moneyweb, October 2014
- Industry Leaders Power 50 – Duncan Owen, Senior Managing Partner – Phatisa, AfricaAM, August 2014
- The African Agriculture Fund’s Technical Assistance Facility launches a Euro 200,00 smallholder support scheme in Cameroon, AAF TAF and TechnoServe press release, 20 August 2014
- Phatisa IRR Calculator App, TECH@WORK- CNBC Africa, August 2014
- New Partner announcement – Peter van As, Phatisa press release, August 2014
- Development Equity, AfricaAM (p.12), July 2014
- Phatisa launches investment returns app, Moneyweb, July 2014
- Development Equity slowly becomes a recognised term, CNBC Africa, July 2014
- Private equity: In it for the long term, Financial Mail, June 2014
- Private equity firm transforms palm oil business in Sierra Leone, How we made it in Africa, May 2014
- Development equity: the perfect public-private partnership, Agri Investor, May 2014
- Phatisa partners with Africa Reit to develop housing project in Kenya, AfricaAM, May 2014
- Private equity firm backing affordable housing project in Africa, How we made it in Africa, April 2014
- L’aviculture africaine sort de sa coquille, Jeune Afrique, April 2014
- Market focus Rwanda, AfricaAM, April 2014
- OPIC: The American way, AfricaAM, April 2014
- Case Study: Turning excrement into big bucks, The African Report, March 2014
- The evolving East African housing dream: The case of Kenya, How we made it in Africa, March 2014
- No two days are the same in African private equity, How we made it in Africa, February 2014
- Food for thought, Africa Investor, January 2014
2013
- Unlocking Africa’s housing market potential, How we made it in Africa, December 2013
- Africa’s Equity Market Performance Outpaces Emerging Markets – Analysts, Venture-Africa.com, December 2013
- The AAF SME Fund enters Nigeria via investment in bakery, AAF SME Fund press release, December 2013
- Phatisa discusses its commitment to development in Africa as a private equity fund manager, AVCA, November 2013
- Redefining development equity in Africa, ACM-INSIGHT, November 2013
- Poultry demand in Africa likely to continue growing, but not all local producers are benefitting, How we made it in Africa, November 2013
- Phatisa’s African Agriculture Fund acquires a majority stake in FES, Malawi, Phatisa press release, November 2013
- Feronia Inc. announces US$ 25 million private placement led by CDC, the UK Government’s development finance institution, Feronia press release, November 2013
- The AAF SME Fund invest in a Zambian food and beverage production company, AAF SME Fund press release, October 2013
- SAVCA appoints new director Stuart Bradley, SAVCA, October 2013
- The provision of affordable and middle class housing on the African continent, How we made it in Africa, October 2013
- Africa’s social housing: Homes for all, The Africa Report, October 2013
- Phatisa’s Africa-focused agriculture fund, Deal Flow – CNBC Africa, October 2013
- 2013 Africa investor – Investment and Business Leader Awards showcase African investment success stories, Ai, October 2013
- African Agriculture Fund final close at US$ 243 million, Phatisa press release, September 2013
- Property development in East Africa and the role private equity can play, The East African, 8 June 2013
- Phatisa receives Special Recognition for Innovative Sector Strategy in Agriculture, Private Equity Africa GP; Advisors Awards 2013, PEA, 11 June 2013
- Meeting Africa’s demand, Alternative Emerging Investor, June 2013
- Investors Support G8 Efforts to Catalyse Impact Investing, GIIN, June 2013
- Quelle agriculture pour la sécurité alimentaire africaine ?, Jeune Afrique, Mai 2013
- General Counsel Announcement, Phatisa press release, March 2013
- Feronia Inc. closes second tranche of strategic investment from Phatisa’s African Agriculture Fund, Feronia press release, March 2013
- Phatisa’s African Agriculture Fund invests in Cote D’Ivoire consumer goods company, Continental Beverage Company (CBC), Finance+, March 2013
- The Technical Assistance Facility of the African Agriculture Fund, PAEPRARD, March 2013
- Ripe with US$ 1 trillion of opportunities, pp 47 – 48, The African Business Journal, March 2013
- Côte d’Ivoire : AAF se ressource dans l’eau minérale, Les Afriques, Mars 2013
- Côte d’Ivoire : l’eau minérale Olgane ouvre son capital, Jeune Afrique, Février 2013
- The African Agriculture Fund concludes an investment in Cote d’Ivoire, Phatisa press release, March 2013
- IFAD and the private sector, The African Agriculture Fund: investing in food security and rural development, p 6, IFAD, February 2013
- AAF statement regarding land policy in Africa, Phatisa press release, January 2013
2012
- Agribusiness Fund of the Year, African Agriculture Fund – Phatisa, Africa Investor Agribusiness Investment Awards winners announced, Ai, December 2012
- 10,5 millions de dollars pour Feronia, Jeune Afrique, Décembre 2012
- The African Agriculture Fund invests in Feronia, Phatisa press release, December 2012
- Housing fund closes year at US$41.5m capital, The East African, December 2012
- Why Africa’s agribusiness sector holds potential for private equity, How we made it in Africa, December 2012
- Feronia Inc. Announces Strategic Investment from Phatisa’s African Agriculture Fund, Feronia, December 2012
- The AAF SME Fund invests in Cameroonian commercial farm, DAFML press release, November 2012
- West End Farms lève des fonds, Jeune Afrique, Novembre 2012
- Can PE firms turn agriculture around?, The East African, September 2012
- Private equity key to Africa’s development, The Citizen, September 2012
- Ernest Koménan élargit son champ d’action, Jeune Afrique, Juillet 2012
- AAF chez les francophones, Jeune Afrique, Juliet 2012
- AAF au tour de table de Golden Lay, Jeune Afrique, May 2012
- Fact Sheet: G-8 Action on Food Security and Nutrition, The White House, May 2012
- AfDB President Welcomes G8 Initiative on African Agriculture, AfDB, May 2012
- The African Agriculture Fund concludes an investment of US$ 24 million in Zambia, Phatisa press release, May 2012
- The AAF SME Fund first closes at US$ 30 million, DAFML press release, February 2012
2011
- Agribusiness Investment Initiative of the Year – African Agriculture Fund and Phatisa, Africa Investor Agribusiness Investment Awards 2011 winners announced Modern Ghana , November 2011
- Technical Assistance Facility for the Agriculture Fund is launched, TechnoServe, October 2011
- IFAD & FRANCE – A public-private partnership: The African Agriculture Fund, IFAD, October 2011
- The African Agriculture Fund invests in Sierra Leone an palm oil, Phatisa press release, October 2011
- The African Agriculture Fund signs up to US$ 10 million investment in Sierra Leone, Phatisa press release, July 2011
- OPIC Board approves nearly US$ 500 million for five Renewable Resources Investment Funds, OPIC , June 2011
- Harvesting promise, Africa investor, March 2011
2010
- African Agriculture Fund first closes on US$ 135 million, Phatisa press statement, November 2010
- Spotlight on African Agriculture, Celebrating Progress Africa, August 2010
- La terre attire les financiers, Jeune Afrique, June 2010
- G8 Muskoka Declaration, Recovery and New Beginnings – Muskoka, Canada, G8, June 2010
2009
- L’Afrique à la reconquête de son agriculture, Jeune Afrique, November 2009
- Vincenzo Galastro, IFAD on the African Agriculture Fund, IFAD, September 2009
- African Agriculture Fund appoints Phatisa as Fund Manager, AFD, July 2009
- Phatisa recently introduced the African Agri Fund, Farmer’s Weekly, February 2009
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