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.
TMT
UK PE firm Apis Partners marks sixth full exit from debut fund
Apis Partners, a UK-based private equity firm, which backs growth stage financial services and financial infrastructure ......
Finance
Flutterwave backer LoftyInc courts offshore LP as it aims to quintuple AUM with new Africa VC fund
LoftyInc Capital, a pan-African early-stage venture capital firm, is likely to secure commitment from a European ......
Finance
Sub-Saharan Africa-focused private debt fund REGMIFA to get another cheque
The Regional MSME Investment Fund for Sub-Saharan Africa (REGMIFA), an open-ended private debt fund focusing on micro, ......
Infrastructure
South Africa's Infra Impact to strike fifth bet as another PE fund set to exit
Infra Impact Investment Managers, a South Africa-based private equity investor that focuses on mid-market infrastructure......
Consumer
PE firm Fipar-Holding teams up with overseas investor to buy Moroccan retail giant
Fipar-Holding, the private equity investment arm of Morocco’s state-owned financial institution, the Caisse de Dépot ......
Infrastructure
South Africa's pension fund GEPF to acquire infra player
South Africa’s Government Employees Pension Fund, the largest pension fund in the continent with $124 billion worth of......
TMT
MENA Digest: Abyan Capital, Bon Plus raise early-stage funds
Dealmaking activity in the Middle East and North Africa decelerated compared to the previous week but saw at least two ......
General
European VC SpeedInvest to expand into MENA by opening office in UAE
SpeedInvest, a European early-stage venture capital fund, which manages assets worth $1 billion across 40 countries, is ......
People
Africa's Verod Capital appoints another partner in bid to grow
West African private equity investor Verod Capital, an investor in African companies like Africa Lifestyle, I-Fitness,IT......
TMT
Why UAE's Nuwa Capital is reluctant to invest in these tech sectors
Nuwa Capital, a UAE-based venture capital firm, which is currently deploying its maiden $100-million fund in early-stage......