M&A Deal Summary

Actis Capital Acquires Accra Mall

On January 1, 2005, private equity firm Actis Capital acquired real estate company Accra Mall

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Actis Capital’s 1st transaction in the Real Estate sector.
  • This is Actis Capital’s 2nd transaction in Ghana.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2005-01-01
Target Accra Mall
Sector Real Estate
Buyer(s) Actis Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Accra Mall

Accra, Ghana
Accra Mall provides a one-stop shopping complex comparable in standards to sites in United States, Europe and South Africa.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Actis Capital

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2004
PE ASSETS 26.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Actis Capital is a private equity firm focused on investments in emerging markets. Actis segments its investment activity into three areas. These include private equity, energy, and real estate. Actis' private equity team looks for buyout and growth capital opportunities requiring at least $50 million in financing. Depending on the situation, Actis will consider both controlling and minority investment situations. Sectors of interest include financial services, consumer and retail, business services, and industrial. Actis' energy group seeks to invest in in a variety of energy and utility projects. Actis' real estate team invests equity capital in office, residential, industrial, hotel and retail projects. Actis Capital was established in 2004 and is based in London, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 29 of 163
Sector: Real Estate M&A 1 of 6
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 10 of 52
Country: Ghana M&A 2 of 5
Year: 2005 M&A 3 of 13
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-01-01 Suntech Power Holdings Co.

Wuxi, China

Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. specializes in research and development, design, manufacture, and sale of photovoltaic (PV) cells, modules, and systems. Suntech Power Holdings was founded in 2001 and is based in Wuxi, China.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-01-17 Starcomms

Victoria Island, Nigeria

Starcomms is a CDMA telecoms operator with over 550,000 voice connections. Starcomms is based in Victoria Island, Nigeria.

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