The fund is one of the largest in African private equity, and it was mobilized by Nigerian proprietors Tope Lawani and Babatunde Soyeye, both former staff of Texas Pacific Group.
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"If you read USA Today and think Africa is about famine, corruption and war, you are not likely to invest, " says Lawani, who has degrees from MIT, Harvard Business School and Harvard Law.