of USD50-million sugar financing to West Kenya Sugar Company by Barak Fund. negotiation of funding facility with Gemcorp Capital LLP (UK) and the Finnish Fund For Industrial Cooperation for fintech financial services provider Jumo World and its subsidiaries in Ghana, Kenya, Pakistan, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, the United Kingdom and Zambia. for Apis Partners LLP in relation to its investment in Greenlight Planet and its African subsidiaries, which are incorporated in Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda. (deep dive) on M&A targets in multiple countries in Africa, including Angola, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. divestment of Absa from Barclays by Barclays Bank plc, involving Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, the United Kingdom and Zambia.

for Rhodes Food Group relating to East Africa (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda). of Spencon Services, a Kenyan construction company with operations in Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. pertaining to the African operations of a multinational financial services company, including in Botswana, Kenya and Nigeria. acquisition by the Vodacom Group of a 34.94% stake in East African telecommunications operator Safaricom. This deal won the 2017 DealMakers Deal of the Year Award. restructure of the Distell Group, requiring approval from competition authorities in Botswana, COMESA, Kenya, South Africa and Tanzania.