M&A Deal Summary

Actis Capital Acquires Banque Commerciale du Rwanda

On September 17, 2004, private equity firm Actis Capital acquired financial services company Banque Commerciale du Rwanda

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Actis Capital’s 4th transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Actis Capital’s 1st transaction in Rwanda.
Investment Fate
  • Banque Commerciale du Rwanda was sold to a strategic buyer in 2012.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2004-09-17
Target Banque Commerciale du Rwanda
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Actis Capital
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Banque Commerciale du Rwanda

Kigali, Rwanda
Banque Commerciale du Rwanda Ltd. provides a variety of banking services to commercial and retail customers, operating a seven-branch network headquartered in Kigali.

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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 24 of 163
Sector: Financial Services M&A 4 of 13
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 9 of 52
Country: Rwanda M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2004 M&A 4 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-08-30 Orezone Resources

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Orezone Resources, Inc. is a canadian gold exploration and development company that is focused on the discovery and development of gold deposits in Burkina Faso, West Africa.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-09-21 China Wolfberry Holding Co.

China

China Wolfberry Holding Co. is a producer and marketeer of wolfberry fruit wine, sold under the well-known Ning Xia Hong brand.

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