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Africa: Helios Expands Bet On Africa’s Creative Sector With $75m Fund

eriinfo.com11 months ago05 mins

TLDR Helios Investment Partners is scaling up its presence in Africa’s creative sector with a new $75 million fund targeting sports and entertainment The London-based private equity firm’s specialist arm secured $50 million in equity from development finance institutions to support the strategy Helios’s strategy builds on its 2021 investment in NBA Africa, which valued…

Entries Open for Free Timbuktoo Creative Hub Programme

eriinfo.com1 year ago04 mins

A partnership between The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and UVU Africa via UVU Accelerate, the entrepreneurial development and incubation arm, has launched the timbuktoo Creative Hub Ideation Incubation Programme, a virtual incubator designed for early-stage creative entrepreneurs across Africa. The six-week intensive programme will provide structured support to help creative founders validate their business concepts, develop entrepreneurial…