Private Equity Africa names 2019 Awards Winners

By Our Reporter

Private Equity Africa (PEA) has named the winners of the year 2019.

The accolades were recently presented at the 8th Annual PEA Awards Gala Dinner. The dinner was hosted at the luxurious 5-Star Dorchester Hotel, UK and attended by leading industry participants.

The final winners were chosen by an independent panel of leading industry professionals which included representation from CDC, FMO, Wimmer Family Office, Mbuyu Capital Partners, Avanz Capital, 27four Investment Managers, IFC and Cebile Capital.

The 2019 PEA Awards received a strong number of self-entries based on 2018 achievements, which were complemented by editorial recommendations from the Private Equity Africa team and industry data.

Gail Mwamba, the Awards Chair and Editor of Private Equity Africa, said:

“The Winners of the 2019 Private Equity Africa Awards showcase excellent standards in deal making on the continent. The selection was difficult this year, with close runners up in a number of categories. Congratulations to the winners and we look forward to gathering again next year.”

The PEA Awards Gala Dinner also promoted fundraising for eight girls, with each child based in specific countries across Africa, in partnership with SOS Children’s Villages UK. The countries selected for this year were Burkina Faso, DRC, Ethiopia, Ghana, Niger, Senegal, Uganda and Zambia, with the funds earmarked for livelihood and education.

2019 PEA AWARDS WINNERS LIST

LP AWARDS

Avanz Capital

CDC

FMO

Mbuyu Capital

Sango Capital

WOMEN IMPACT AWARDS

Adiba Ighodaro, Partner at Actis

Beth Mandel, Managing Partner at Africa Capitalworks

‘Tokunboh Ishmael, Co-founder at Alitheia Capital

Afsane Jetha, Managing Partner at Alta Semper Capital

Carolyn Campbell, Managing Director at Emerging Capital Partners

Dabney Tonelli, Partner at Helios

Polo Radebe, Executive Director at IDF Capital

Samantha Pokroy, CEO at Sanari Capital

OUTSTANDING ENTREPRENEUR AWARD

Bukky George, CEO at Health Plus

HOUSE AWARDS

HOUSE OF THE YEAR

Overall House of the Year

Development Partners International

Credit Investor of the Year

TLG Capital

SPECIAL RECOGNITION: HOUSES

Regional Investor – North Africa

Mediterranean Capital Partners


Exceptional Investor

XSML

Specialist Investor – Infrastructure

AIIM

Specialist Investor – Technology

TLcom Capital

DEAL AWARDS

DEAL OF THE YEAR

Mid Cap Deal of the Year

Duet for The Big Bottling Company

Small Cap Deal of the Year

Àrgentil for Tempohousing Nigeria

Venture Capital Deal of the Year

TPG for Cellulant

Infrastructure Deal of the Year

Denham Capital for Ivoire Hydro Energy

SPECIAL RECOGNITION: DEALS

Large Cap Deal

Development Partners International for CMGP

EXIT OF THE YEAR

TLG Capital for Cipla Quality Chemicals Industries

SPECIAL RECOGNITION: EXITS

Landmark Exit

Helios for Vivo Energy


PORTFOLIO AWARDS
Development Impact


54 Capital for BBHL

 
Social Impact

Adenia for Opham


Innovation

Alta Semper Capital for Macro Holdings

Improvement

54 Capital for BBHL

ADVISORS AWARDS

LEGAL ADVISORS

Overall Legal Advisor of the Year

Clifford Chance

Funds Legal Advisor of the Year

Webber Wentzel


Deals Legal Advisor of the Year

Clifford Chance


Local Legal Advisor of the Year

Bowmans


Single Deal Local Legal Advisor of the Year

Bowmans for AK Life Sciences


SPECIAL RECOGNITION: LEGAL ADVISORS

Impact Award – Legal

International Lawyers for Africa


Frontier Legal Advisor

The New Practice

Single Deal Advisor – Mid Cap

Matouk Bassiouny for ODM

Single Deal Advisor – Venture Capital

Latham & Watkins for Swvl


FINANCIAL ADVISORS

Fund Administrator of the Year

Trident Trust


Financial Advisor of the Year

Pangaea


Single Deal Financial Advisor of the Year

Pangaea for CEC


SPECIAL RECOGNITION: FINANCIAL ADVISORS

Single Deal Advisor – Debt

KPMG for Petro Ivoire

Private Equity Africa is a UK-based magazine that focuses exclusively on Africa’s private equity industry, providing news, analysis and research. Outputs include an online portal, a newsletter, a quarterly print journal and events.