M&A Deal Summary

Emerging Capital Partners Acquires Central Africa Health Care Holdings

On August 1, 2005, growth capital firm Emerging Capital Partners acquired healthcare services company Central Africa Health Care Holdings

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Emerging Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in the Healthcare Services sector.
  • This is Emerging Capital Partners’ 2nd transaction in Nigeria.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2005-08-01
Target Central Africa Health Care Holdings
Sector Healthcare Services
Buyer(s) Emerging Capital Partners
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)

Target

Central Africa Health Care Holdings

Cameroon, Nigeria
Central Africa Health Care Holdings is a holding company incorporated in July 2004 focused on acquiring equity participations in wholesale pharmaceutical and healthcare services companies. The company has two main investments, one of which is a leading provider of healthcare through hospital management services in Nigeria, and the other being Genemark, one of Cameroon's pioneers in drug manufacturing which currently has little competition in the national market.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Emerging Capital Partners

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 3.3B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Emerging Capital Partners LLC (ECP) is a private equity firm that invests in diversified businesses across the Africa. ECP targets companies with proven operating models and strong market positions. Broad areas of interest include financial services, telecommunications, transport logistics, petrochemicals, natural resources, agribusiness, and utilities. Emerging Capital Partners was formed in 2000 and is based in Washington, DC. The Firm has additional offices in Paris, Abidjan, Casablanca, Douala, Johannesburg, Lagos, and Tunis.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 38
Sector: Healthcare Services M&A 1 of 1
Type: Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI) M&A Deals 4 of 24
Country: Nigeria M&A 2 of 5
Year: 2005 M&A 4 of 4
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DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-01-01 Osead SAS

Paris, France

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