PEA 2026 Shortlist

Notes to the Private Equity Africa (PEA) Awards Shortlist.

  1. This shortlist covers private equity, credit and infrastructure.
  2. The LP Awards will be announced at the PEA Awards Gala Dinner.
  3. The Individual Awards will be announced at the PEA Awards Gala Dinner.

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AWARDS SHORTLIST BY CATEGORY

GP AWARDS

HOUSE OF THE YEAR

CATEGORIES: Large-Cap, Mid-Cap, Small-Cap, Specialist

SUBCATEGORIES: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), Regional, Credit, Infrastructure

  • 4DX Ventures
  • Aavishkaar Capital
  • Africa Lighthouse Capital
  • African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM)
  • AfricInvest
  • AgDevCo
  • Alterra Capital Partners
  • Amethis
  • Apis Partners
  • Aruwa Capital Management
  • Azur Innovation Management
  • CDG Group
  • Chui Ventures
  • Cygnum Capital
  • Development Partners International (DPI)
  • Endeavor Catalyst
  • First Circle Capital
  • Helios Investment Partners
  • Holocene Ventures
  • Incofin Investment Management
  • Launch Africa Ventures
  • Mediterrania Capital Partners
  • Ninety One
  • Old Mutual Alternative Investments (OMAI)
  • P1 Ventures
  • Partech Africa
  • Renew Capital
  • Sanari Capital
  • Sanlam Alternative Investments
  • SPE Capital
  • TLG Capital
  • TPG
  • Verdant Capital
  • Verod Capital Management (including VKAV)
  • XSML Capital

DEAL OF THE YEAR

CATEGORIES: Large-Cap, Mid-Cap, Small-Cap

SUBCATEGORIES: Private Equity, Credit, Infrastructure

  • Aavishkaar Capital
  • Actis
  • Acumen
  • Adiwale Partners
  • Admaius Capital Partners
  • Africa Lighthouse Capital
  • Africa50
  • African Infrastructure Investment Managers
  • AfricInvest
  • AgDevCo
  • Alitheia Capital
  • Allan Gray
  • AlphaMundi Group
  • Alterra Capital Partners
  • Amethis
  • Apis Partners
  • Appian Capital Advisory
  • Aruwa Capital Management
  • BFA Asset Management
  • BlackRock
  • BlueOrchard Finance
  • Capitalworks Private Equity
  • CardinalStone Capital Advisers
  • CDG Group
  • Convergence Partners
  • Coronation Asset Management
  • Creation Capital
  • CrossBoundary Access
  • Cygnum Capital
  • Development Partners International (DPI)
  • DOB Equity
  • E3 Capital
  • Edge Growth
  • Enabling Qapital
  • Enko Capital
  • EXEO Capital
  • Ezdehar Management
  • Fairtree Asset Management
  • FSDH Asset Management
  • Futuregrowth Asset Management
  • Gaia Fund Managers
  • Goodwell Investments
  • Growth Investment Partners (GIP) Ghana
  • Growth Investment Partners (GIP) Zambia
  • Helios Fund V/ Helios Investment Partners
  • Helios Investment Partners
  • IDH Investment Management
  • Incofin Investment Management
  • Infinite Partners (Pty) Ltd
  • Infra Impact Investment Managers
  • InfraCo Africa
  • Injaro Investment Advisors
  • Inside Capital Partners
  • Inspired Evolution
  • Inua Capital
  • Investisseurs & Partenaires
  • JP Morgan
  • Kasada Capital Management
  • Kholo Capital
  • Lagata
  • Lightrock
  • M&G Investments
  • Maia Capital Partners
  • Mazovia Capital
  • Mediterrania Capital Partners
  • Mergence Investment Managers
  • Meridiam
  • Mirova
  • Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking
  • New Forests
  • Ninety One
  • Old Mutual Investment Group (OMIG)
  • Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Managers
  • Phatisa
  • RMB Corvest
  • RMB Ventures
  • Sahel Capital
  • Salt Capital
  • Sanari Capital
  • Sanlam Private Equity
  • SOCADIF Capital Investissement
  • Société Générale Capital Partenaires
  • SPE Capital
  • Standard Bank
  • STOA Infra & Energy
  • Summit Africa
  • Tamela Capital Partners
  • TLG Capital
  • Triodos Investment Management
  • Verdant Capital
  • Verod Capital
  • Vital Capital
  • Vitruvian Partners
  • XSML Capital
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EXIT OF THE YEAR

CATEGORIES: Large-Cap, Mid-Cap, Small-Cap

SUBCATEGORIES: Private Equity, Credit, Infrastructure

  • A.P. Moller Capital
  • AFIG Funds
  • Actis
  • Adenia Partners
  • African Capital Alliance
  • African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM)
  • AfricInvest
  • Agile Capital
  • Alitheia Capital
  • Amethis
  • Apis Partners
  • Ata Capital
  • Blue Water Energy (Bluewater)
  • BluePeak Private Capital
  • Brookfield Asset Management
  • Capitalworks Investment Partners
  • Carlyle
  • Development Partners International (DPI)
  • Eos Capital
  • Helios Investment Partners
  • Kibo Capital Partners
  • LeapFrog Investments
  • Lorax Capital Partners
  • Mediterrania Capital Partners
  • Metier Private Equity
  • Moringa
  • Oasis Capital
  • Old Mutual Alternative Investments (OMAI) (including OMPE)
  • Pearl Capital Partners
  • Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Managers (PRIM)
  • Phatisa Group (Phatisa)
  • Sanari Capital
  • Tetrad Capital Partners
  • The Rohatyn Group
  • Vantage Capital
  • Verod Capital Management
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PORTFOLIO COMPANY OF THE YEAR

CATEGORIES: Private Equity, Credit, Infrastructure

SUBCATEGORIES: Innovation, Improvement, Development & Social Impact

  • Adiwale Partners
  • Admaius Capital Partners
  • African Capital Alliance (ACA)
  • African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM)
  • AFIG Funds
  • Alitheia Capital
  • Alitheia Identity Managers
  • Alta Semper Capital
  • Aruwa Capital Management
  • British International Investment (BII)
  • Challender Universal
  • Development Partners International (DPI)
  • EXEO Capital
  • FMO
  • Helios Investment Partners
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC)
  • Injaro Investment Advisors
  • Kalahari Capital
  • Kasada Capital Management
  • Mediterrania Capital Partners
  • Meridiam
  • Omega Sports
  • Sango Capital
  • South Suez Capital
  • Summit Africa
  • Supreme Universal
  • TLG Capital

ADVISOR AWARDS

CATEGORIES: Legal, Financial, Regional, Local, Specialist

SUBCATEGORIES: Annual, Decade, Overall, Funds, Transactions & Single Deal

  • Eight Advisory
  • A&O Shearman
  • Addleshaw Goddard
  • AELEX Partners
  • Africa Merchant Capital Advisory
  • Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
  • Anjarwalla & Khanna (ALN)
  • Arthur D. Little
  • ASAFO & CO.
  • Ashurst
  • Baker McKenzie
  • Banwo & Ighodalo
  • BDO
  • Bowmans
  • Campbell Lutyens
  • CardinalStone Partners
  • Cazals Manzo Pichot Saint Quentin
  • Charles Russell Speechlys
  • ClassM
  • Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH)
  • Clifford Chance
  • CMS Francis Lefebvre
  • Covington & Burling
  • Cygnum Capital
  • Debevoise & Plimpton
  • Deloitte
  • DLA Piper
  • E&K Consulting
  • EFG Hermes
  • Enexus Finance
  • ENS
  • Ernst & Young (EY)
  • Fluxmans Attorneys
  • Freshfields
  • FTI Consulting
  • Gahigiro Capital
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Goodwin Procter
  • Grant Thornton
  • Grayston Elliot
  • Hannaford Turner
  • HSF Kramer
  • Hogan Lovells
  • Hunton Andrews Kurth
  • IBIS Consulting
  • Impaxis Securities
  • Intercontinental Trust
  • Investec
  • Jackson, Etti & Edu
  • Jun He Law Offices
  • KeysFinance Partners
  • Kimathi & Partners
  • Kirkland & Ellis
  • KPMG
  • Latham & Watkins
  • Lazard
  • Linklaters
  • Matouk Bassiouny & Hennawy
  • Macquarie Capital
  • Marlborough Partners
  • MENA Associates
  • Moira Mukuka Legal
  • Morgan Stanley
  • Mouttaki Partners
  • Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking
  • Norton Rose Fulbright
  • Ogier
  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
  • Pinsent Masons
  • PwC
  • Rand Merchant Bank
  • responsAbility Investments
  • Ropes & Gray
  • Rothschild & Co
  • Standard Bank Group
  • Standard Chartered Bank
  • Strategia Partners
  • Tanami Financial Advisory
  • Taylors Legal
  • ThirdWay Partners
  • Translink Corporate Finance
  • Trident Trust
  • Turner & Townsend
  • Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie
  • Van Campen Liem
  • Verdant Capital
  • Verod Capital Management
  • Viruni Capital Partners
  • Webber Wentzel
  • Weder, Kauta & Hoveka (WKH)
  • Werksmans Attorneys
  • Werner International
  • WF & Partners
  • White & Case
  • Zilla Capital

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