Dilasha, based in Dubai, reports on the Middle East and Africa's investment ecosystem, focusing on LPs, private equity, and venture capital. With 12+ years in New Delhi, she specialized in macroeconomic policy and broke significant stories on international trade and taxation.
Finance
VC firm VentureSouq marks final close of second fintech fund
VentureSouq, an early-stage venture capital firm in the Middle East, has marked the final close of its second fintech ......
TMT
African PE firm Vantage Capital exits Moroccan IT group after six years
Vantage Capital, an Africa-focused mid-market fund manager, has exited its investment in a Moroccan information ......
TMT
Helios Investment Partners inks deal to acquire Telecom Egypt's data hub
Helios Investment Partners, one of the largest private equity firms in Africa that manages assets worth over $3 ......
Finance
BlueFive Capital, Sidra Capital join hands for global Islamic-finance platform
BlueFive Capital, an Abu Dhabi-based asset management firm that manages assets worth over $2.6 billion (around Rs 22,900......
Consumer
South Africa's Old Mutual PE strikes second deal from Fund VI
Old Mutual Private Equity (OMPE), the private equity investment arm of South Africa’s financial services group Old ......
TMT
MENA Digest: UAE's Seraya, Saudi Arabia's Intella, Egypt's Munify secure funding
Speech intelligence startup Intella, originally founded in Egypt and now headquartered in Saudi Arabia, led funding ......
Infrastructure
ADQ-owned Abu Dhabi Ports set to get foreign backer for Egypt project
Abu Dhabi Ports Group (ADP), the ports and logistics major owned by Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ, is set ......
Healthcare
Moroccan PE firm CDG Invest Growth out to raise fifth fund, much larger than the fourth
CDG Invest Growth (CIG), the private equity investment arm of Morocco’s state-owned financial institution Caisse de D......
Consumer
South African PE firm Sana Partners to acquire F&B business
Sana Partners, a South African private equity firm that backs mid-sized businesses in the country, is set to acquire a ......
Infrastructure
African PE Inspired Evolution partners with LP to acquire solar firm
Inspired Evolution, a pan-African climate-focused private equity firm, has partnered with its Dutch limited partner to ......
