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Article: Tuninvest: sustainable profits.(PRIVATE EQUITY)(interview with Aziz Mebarek)(Interview)
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- African Business
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- October 1, 2007
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Tuninvest, Tunisia's leading private equity group created 13 years ago, has recently launched a second fund focusing on sub-Saharan Africa.
Omar Ben Yedder talks to one of the founding partners, Aziz Mebarek, to find out more.
AFRICAN BANKER: What are the objectives of the Africlnvest Financial Sector Fund?
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AZIZ MEBAREK: The fund will invest in financial institutions in Africa and in general into financial services-related activities: banking, leasing, factoring, consumer credit, brokerage, credit bureau, rating, asset management and insurance.
It will particularly focus on new or existing financial ...