PEA 2025 Shortlist

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

  1. This shortlist covers private equity, credit and infrastructure.
  2. The Venture Capital Africa (VCA) Awards shortlist will be announced separately.
  3. The LP Awards will be announced at the PEA Awards Gala Dinner.
  4. 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

  • 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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