Investment Summary

Africinvest Invests In Silafrica

On March 10, 2016, growth capital firm Africinvest invested in plastics company Silafrica

Investment Highlights
  • This is Africinvest’s 1st transaction in the Plastics sector.
  • This is Africinvest’s 2nd transaction in Kenya.

Investment Summary
Date 2016-03-10
Target Silafrica
Sector Plastics
Investor(s) Africinvest
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Silafrica

Nairobi, Kenya
Silafrica provides plastic and packaging solutions to a wide variety of sectors to both corporate and retail consumers. Products manufactured by Silafrica include water tanks, crates, preforms, tubs, containers, pens, chairs, pallets and kiosks. Silafrica is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Africinvest

Tunis, Tunisia

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1994
PE ASSETS 1.9B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Africinvest is a private equity firm focused on growth investments in African companies. The Firm generally targets minority investments in small to medium-sized companies, but Africinvest will consider select majority situations. Africinvest does not have any sector preferences and looks to hold for 4 to 6 years. Africinvest was formed in 1994 and is headquartered in Tunis, Tunisia.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 54
Sector (Plastics) 1 of 1
Type (Growth Capital) 5 of 20
Country (Kenya) 2 of 6
Year (2016) 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-02-05 Crédit Communautaire d’Afrique

Yaounde, Cameroon

Crédit Communautaire d’Afrique (CCA) is a micro finance institution in Cameroon. The Company collects deposits and provides loans to its 420,000 clients representing micro-small-medium enterprises and entrepreneurs (MSMEs) and salaried people. Crédit Communautaire d’Afrique (CCA) is based in Yaounde, Cameroon.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-03-29 Groupe Outsourcia

Casablanca, Morocco

Groupe Outsourcia engages in managing customer services for a large set of companies by offering multiple, value added, multilingual and multichannel solutions whether through digital presence or through outsourced support functions (such as non-voice business process outsourcing). Groupe Outsourcia was founded in 2003 and is based in Casablanca, Morocco.

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