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.
Manufacturing
SPE Capital teams up with two partners to acquire Egyptian chemicals maker
SPE Capital, an Africa- and Middle East-focused private equity firm that backs mid-sized companies, is set to acquire an......
Finance
Adenia eyes pan-African insurance group in fourth bet from $470-mn Fund V
Adenia Partners, a Mauritius-based private equity firm that focuses on mid-sized businesses across Africa, is likely to ......
Consumer
Egyptian PE firm Ezdehar acquires snacks maker in sixth deal from Fund II
Ezdehar Management, an Egypt-based private equity firm that backs mid-cap businesses, has acquired a snacks ......
TMT
MENA Digest: Grocery-delivery app Breadfast, proptech platform Coraly.ai raise funds
At least two startups in the Middle East and North Africa region raised funding this week. Egypt’s grocery delivery......
Consumer
Alterra Capital Partners set to rope in co-investor for travel group deal
Alterra Capital Partners, an Africa-focused private equity firm spun out of Carlyle Africa, is set to bring on board a ......
Finance
TLG Capital ramps up deployment from new fund, eyes final close by end-2025
TLG Capital, a sub-Saharan Africa-focused impact investment firm that backs small and medium-sized enterprises, is ......
Finance
South African PE firm Capitalworks set to acquire payments terminal supplier
Capitalworks Group, a sub-Saharan Africa-focused private equity firm that manages assets worth around $1 billion, is set......
Finance
Africa-focused STOA Infra and Energy to onboard key LP for Fund II
STOA Infra and Energy, an Africa-focused impact investment firm, is set to secure an investment commitment from a ......
TMT
MENA Digest: UAE's Alaan, Saudi startup Salasa, Egypt's Wuilt secure funding
Fundraising activity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region was driven by two big-ticket, late-stage deals ......
Healthcare
Gulf Capital bets on leading fertility chain's India biz after Middle East stake sale
The UAE-based private equity firm Gulf Capital, which partially exited a leading fertility chain in the region......
