Article: Swedish Kinnevik sets up West African private equity fund.

Article: Swedish Kinnevik to invest USD 15m in new West ...
ADP News Nordic;  August 25, 2009 ;     580 words ... ... Kinnevik (STO:KINV B) said Tuesday it has committed to invest a total USD 15 million (EUR 10.5m) in a new West African private equity fund, to be set up together with a Nigerian partner. Kinnevik will hold 30% in the fund's manager ARM ...

Article: Sierra Leone : British Private Equity Investors See ...
TendersInfo;  September 1, 2008 ;     676 words ...Byline: Mamta03 British private equity investors are turning their attention to Sierra Leone, the West African country that is trying to recover from its decade-long civil war. Ranked by the UN Development Programme in its Human Development ...

Article: Private equity looks to Africa and South Asia for ...
The Birmingham Post (England);  March 26, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Private equity continues to show signs ... year. While Western private equity deals have often been ... Laing said emerging private equity deals were more often ... and Uganda as well as West African economies. Investments ...

Article: Ghana's Jubilee boosts West African exploration.
International Petroleum Finance;  August 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... along the coastline known as the West African transform margin. Ghana, Cote ... managers with the backing of private equity firms Warburg Pincus and Blackstone ... that will be repeated along the West African littoral. Vanco is currently ...

Article: Emerging Capital Partners Invests in West African ...
PR Newswire;  December 2, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Partners (ECP), an international private equity firm focused on investing across ... most prominent players in the West African utility sector," said Vincent ... Partners (ECP) is the first private equity firm to raise more than $1 ...

Article: Kosmos Energy Signs Agreements for Additional Deepwater Rig ...
Business Wire;  June 24, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... additional capacity to accelerate its West African exploration, appraisal and development ... solid companies that have vast West African experience," said James C ... of well-known and respected private equity investors Warburg Pincus and ...

Article: Offshore private equity fund buys ...
The Star (South Africa);  October 2, 2006 ;     667 words ... ... the maker of Trellidor, has been bought by an offshore private equity fund that aims to expand the business in the UK. Mark Olivier ... already supplies to other African countries and growth in the west African oil industry is fuelling spending. It aims to double the ...