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Aureos In Africa
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Aureos Capital is excited about Africa, and so is CFW. In an interview with Aureos' CEO, Sev Vettivetpillai, we talked about the continent's good economic growth, its modernising capital markets and the industry consolidations that are ongoing and on the horizon. Aureos is currently marketing their US$400mn Africa fund and it expects to make the first close at US$227.5mn by the end of the month - and marketing for the fund only began in February of this year. Aureos Capital expects to make on average three times return on investment. The company invests in small to medium sized enterprises (SMSE)