PEA 2025 Shortlist
Notes to the Private Equity Africa (PEA) Awards Shortlist.
- This shortlist covers private equity, credit and infrastructure.
- The Venture Capital Africa (VCA) Awards shortlist will be announced separately.
- The LP Awards will be announced at the PEA Awards Gala Dinner.
- The Individual Awards will be announced at the PEA Awards Gala Dinner.
Queries? Please email awards@peafricagroup.com
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
- Acre Impact Capital
- Adenia Partners
- Admaius Capital Partners
- Africa Plus Partners
- African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM)
- AfricInvest
- Agricultural Development Company (AgDevCo)
- Alitheia Capital
- Apis Partners
- Aruwa Capital Management
- Capitalworks
- Cygnum Capital
- Development Partners International (DPI)
- Harith General Partners
- Helios Investment Partners
- Mediterrania Capital Partners
- Ninety One
- Old Mutual Investment Group (OMIG) (including OMAI and OMPE)
- Phatisa
- SPE Capital Partners
- Standard Bank
- TLG Capital
- Vantage Capital
- Verod Capital
- XSML
DEAL OF THE YEAR
CATEGORIES: Large-Cap, Mid-Cap, Small-Cap
SUBCATEGORIES: Private Equity, Credit, Infrastructure
- Adenia Partners
- Admaius Capital
- Advent International
- African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM)
- Africa50
- Acumen
- Actis
- Affirma Capital
- AfricInvest
- AgDevCo
- Agile Capital
- Alitheia Capital
- Altree Capital
- Amethis
- Apis Partners
- African Rainbow Capital (ARC)
- Aruwa Capital Management
- Ascent Capital
- AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM)
- Berkeley Energy
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- BlackRock
- BluePeak Private Capital
- BMCE Capital
- RMB Ventures
- BPE Partners
- Breakthrough Energy
- Calvert Impact Capital
- Capitalworks
- Carlyle
- Chedid Capital
- Climate Fund Managers (CFM)
- Convergence Partners
- Coronation Asset Management
- Cygnum Capital
- Eos Capital
- Eurazeo
- Fortis Green Partners
- Gaia Fund Managers
- Gateway Partners
- General Atlantic
- Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP)
- Goodwell Investments
- Greystone Partners
- Helios Investment Partners
- Hesabu Capital
- Injaro Investment Advisors
- Inspired Evolution
- Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P)
- JP Morgan
- Kasada Capital Management
- KBW Investments
- LeapFrog Investments
- Medu Capital
- Metier Private Equity
- Nedbank Private Equity
- Ninety One
- Oikocredit
- Old Mutual Alternative Investments (OMAI)
- Old Mutual Private Equity (OMPE)
- Omega Sports
- Pan African Private Equity (PAPE) Fund Managers
- RBC Global Asset Management
- Renew Capital
- RH Managers
- Rowad Capital
- Sahel Capital
- Salt Capital
- Sana Partners
- Sanari Capital
- Sanlam Investments
- SBM Capital
- SIH Capital
- Silver Lake
- SoftBank
- Sony Ventures Corporation
- SPE Capital Partners
- Sphere Investments
- Standard Bank Group
- Stoa Infra & Energy
- Summit Africa
- Temo Capital
- TLG Capital
- Transaction Capital
- Vantage Capital
- Verdant Capital
- Verod Capital
- Vuna Capital
EXIT OF THE YEAR
CATEGORIES: Large-Cap, Mid-Cap, Small-Cap
SUBCATEGORIES: Private Equity, Credit, Infrastructure
- 8 Miles
- Actis
- Adenia Partners
- African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM)
- Apis Partners
- AXA Venture Partners
- Brait Private Equity
- Capitalworks
- CardinalStone Capital Advisers (CCA)
- CVC Capital Partners
- Conditor Capital
- Development Partners International (DPI)
- EMR Capital
- Enko Capital
- The EuroMena Funds
- Gaia Impact Fund
- Global Natural Resource Investments
- Gulf Capital
- Infinite Partners
- Kasada Capital Management
- Knife Capital
- Kupanda Capital
- Lereko Investments
- Mediterrania Capital Partners
- Medu Capital
- Mergence Investment Managers
- Metier Private Equity
- Old Mutual Private Equity (OMPE)
- Phatisa
- Resource Capital Funds (RCF)
- Sanlam Private Equity
- Tana Africa Capital
- Carlyle
- The Rohatyn Group (TRG)
- TPG Growth
- Vantage Capital
PORTFOLIO COMPANY OF THE YEAR
CATEGORIES: Private Equity, Credit, Infrastructure
SUBCATEGORIES: Innovation, Improvement, Development & Social Impact
- Adiwalé Partners
- Advanced Finance and Investment Group (AFIG)
- Affirma Capital
- Agile Capital
- Alitheia Capital
- Alta Semper Capital
- Amethis
- Aruwa Capital Management
- BlueOrchard Finance
- BPE Partners
- Climate Fund Managers (CFM)
- Development Partners International (DPI)
- Inspired Evolution
- Injaro Investment Advisors
- LeapFrog Investments
- Mediterrania Capital Partners
- Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Managers (PRIM)
- Summit Africa
- TLG Capital
- TPG Growth
- Verod Capital Management
ADVISOR AWARDS
CATEGORIES: Legal, Financial, Regional, Local, Specialist
SUBCATEGORIES: Overall, Funds, Transactions & Single Deal
- 8Advisory
- AELEX Partners
- Africa Merchant Capital Advisory
- Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
- Alantra
- Allectus Law
- Allen & Overy
- Alpen Capital
- Anjarwalla & Khanna (ALN)
- Arc Capital
- Arendt & Medernach
- Arqaam Capital
- ARM Trustees
- Asafo & Co.
- Ashurst
- Attorneys House
- Ayache Law
- Bahaa-Eldin Law Office
- Baker McKenzie
- Helmy, Hamza & Partners (Baker McKenzie)
- Banwo & Ighodalo
- BDO
- Better Finance
- Birkett Stewart McHendrie
- BK Capital
- BonelliErede
- Bowmans
- BV Capital Africa
- Campbell Lutyens
- CardinalStone Registrars
- Cazals Manzo Pichot Saint Quentin
- Charles Russell Speechlys
- ClassM
- Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH)
- Clifford Chance
- CMS Francis Lefebvre
- CMI Stratégies
- Coram Africa
- Covington & Burling
- Cygnum Capital
- Dawoud & Dawoud
- Decrop Consulting
- Deloitte
- Dentons Uganda
- DLA Piper
- DPGS & Alliance Partners
- Ernst & Young (EY)
- Edgar, Dunn & Company
- EKTA Partners
- Emerton
- ENSafrica
- Enexus Finance
- Finergreen
- Fluxmans Attorneys
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
- FTI Capital Advisors
- FTI Consulting
- Gahigiro Capital
- Goldman Sachs
- Goodwin Procter
- Grant Thornton
- Grayston Elliott
- Hernâni Soares Advocacia
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- Hogan Lovells
- IBIS Consulting
- Impaxis Securities
- Investec Bank
- Jackson, Etti & Edu
- Jadara Capital
- Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)
- Jun He Law Offices
- Juristconsult Chambers (DLA Piper Africa)
- KeysFinance Partners
- Kimathi & Company
- Kirkland & Ellis
- KPMG
- Kreston Pedabo
- E.K. Consulting
- Latham & Watkins
- Lazard
- LHC Advisory
- Lincoln Financial
- Linklaters
- Macquarie Capital
- Maatouk Bassiouny & Hennawy
- Majorelle Capital
- Marlborough Partners
- MaY and Company
- MCF Advisory
- Medu Capital
- MENA Associates
- Moira Mukuka Legal
- Morgan Stanley
- Mouttaki Partners
- Natrium Partners
- Dowuona & Company
- Niche Advisory
- Norton Rose Fulbright
- Ogier
- Olaniwun Ajayi
- One Capital
- Pangaea Securities
- Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
- Pinsent Masons
- Poswa Incorporated
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
- PSG Capital
- Rand Merchant Bank
- Racine Avocats
- Red Wind Capital
- Reed Smith
- responsAbility Investments
- Ropes & Gray
- Rothschild & Co.
- Shot Tower Capital
- Stanbic Bank Zambia
- Stafford Law
- Tanami Financial Advisory
- Taylors Legal
- ThirdWay Partners
- Translink Corporate Finance
- Trident Trust
- Turner & Townsend
- Udo Udoma & Belo-Osagie
- Van Campen Liem
- Verdant Capital
- Viruni Capital Partners
- Webber Wentzel
- Weder, Kauta & Hoveka (WKH)
- Werksmans Attorneys
- WF Partners
- White & Case
- Wigwe & Partners
- YKJ Legal
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