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Investment: Africa is the new frontier for private equity firms

By Andrea Bohnstedt

Published: November 24 2010 16:15 | Last updated: November 24 2010 16:15

When Citadel Capital, an Egyptian private equity firm, acquired the shares of the struggling initial leader of Sheltham, the Rift Valley Railways consortium, it went head to head with Kenya’s Trans-Century, one of the country’s largest private equity firms.

Both parties have since come to an agreement about dividing the company but the Egyptian’s willingness to muscle in is an indication of how attractive the investment is.

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