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    CONSCIOUS UNCOUPLING: Navigating the Complexities of Private Equity Exits: Expert Lessons from East Africa 

    Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsNews & AnalysisApril 16, 2025April 16, 2025

    Private equity (PE) transactions are often hailed as engines of economic growth, bringing much-needed capital to businesses and boosting their expansion potential. However, poor planning and misaligned expectations between investors…

    Who is Anthony Natif, the pharmapreneur behind Guardian Health- one of a few Ugandan million-dollar private equity exits

    Muhereza KyamuteteraIndustry & AnalysisThe Big StoryJuly 12, 2023July 12, 2023

    As a student at the Graduate School of the University of Washington in the USA, what first struck the then 28-year-old Antony Natif was the quality of healthcare in the…

    Ascent Capital exits Uganda’s Guardian Health pharmacy chain; Kenya’s e-pharmacy MYDAWA acquires 100% stake

    Muhereza KyamuteteraIndustry & AnalysisThe Big StoryJuly 4, 2023July 10, 2023

    After acquiring a majority stake in and growing Uganda’s Guardian Health to Uganda’s number one retail pharmacy chain, Ascent Capital, a for-Africa private equity investor has exited, selling its stake…

    Q&A with Anthony Natif, the brilliant oncology pharmacist who at 27 years founded, Guardian Health, now Uganda’s largest pharmacy chain worth over USD10 million

    Muhereza KyamuteteraCEOsCompany NewsNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryNovember 30, 2022July 4, 2023

    After just about two years, he left to fully work for Guardian Health Limited, a pharmacy business he had started while at the University of Washington with an initial capital…

    Q&A: How Guardian Health has with Ascent Capital’s help emerged out of Covid-19 a market leader and is gunning for 30 stores in 15 districts

    Muhereza KyamuteteraCEOsCompany NewsIndustry & AnalysisNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryJuly 18, 2022July 4, 2023

    Regardless of the tough period, Cedric has held steady, growing the business to 18 stores in 6 towns—the largest pharmacy chain in the country today and growing. Cedric sat down…

    Guardians of the Nation: How Ascent Capital’s just-in-time equity investment has shaped Guardian Health into Uganda’s largest pharmacy chain

    Muhereza KyamuteteraIndustry & AnalysisLists & RankingsThe Big StoryJune 12, 2022July 4, 2023

    Anthony Natif is a special kind of guy in all ways. If you met him on the street, you wouldn’t tell he is the brain behind the ever-expanding Guardian Health…

    Private Equity firms Fanisi Capital and Ascent Capital to merge

    Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsFinanceJanuary 22, 2020January 22, 2020

    Private equity firms Fanisi Capital and Ascent Capital have agreed to consolidate the operations of their respective funds, a move that is aimed at scaling up so as to yield…

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