07-05-2021. Mediterrania Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on growth investments for SMEs and mid-cap companies in North Africa and Sub-Saharan countries, is proud to announce that Akdital Holding, one of its partner companies, owns Ain Borja, the Casablanca clinic that assisted the birth of nine babies by a Malian woman.
In 2019, Mediterrania Capital III invested in Akdital Holding to help strengthen the group’s foundations and consolidate its leadership while making top-quality healthcare services more accessible to larger portions of the population.
Founded in 2011, Akdital began operations with the Jerrada Clinic in Casablanca and since 2018 it has been carrying out a major investment plan with the construction of four new multidisciplinary and specialist health establishments: the Ain Borja clinic (2018), the Casablanca International Oncology Centre (2019), the Longchamps clinic (2019) and the Casablanca Ain Sbaâ private hospital (2019). With a total capacity of 550 beds, Akdital uses advanced techniques and best-in-class equipment to provide a variety of healthcare services such as cardiology, cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, oncology, radiotherapy, intensive care, neonatal care, etc.
On 4th May 2021, Halime Cisse from Mali gave birth to nine babies, five girls and four boys, at the Ain Borja clinic. The renowned clinic offers an advanced technical platform including neonatal surgery and resuscitation units at the cutting edge of technology. Thanks to the efforts of the entire medical team, the mother and the babies are in good health and will be taken care of with the best treatments in the region.
Albert Alsina, Mediterrania Capital Partners’ Founder and CEO, said: “Our job as private equity investors can’t receive a higher reward than seeing how the medical staff at Akdital’s clinics, assisted by the most advanced technologies, are saving lives every day. Through Mediterrania’s investments we help companies move to their next stage of development, and we do so following the highest ethical standards ensuring the well-being and prosperity of the African communities.”
About Mediterrania Capital Partners
Mediterrania Capital Partners (www.mcapitalp.com) is a private equity firm focusing on African and mainly North African growth investments in SMEs and mid-cap companies.
Headquartered in Malta and with offices in Abidjan, Algiers, Barcelona, Cairo and Casablanca, Mediterrania Capital Partners takes a proactive, hands-on approach to implementing the growth strategy of its portfolio companies by driving the Value Creation and ESG processes. Today, the group companies and portfolio companies of Mediterrania Capital Partners deliver over €1.5 billion in annual revenues and employ more than 20,000 people in Africa.
In 2019 Mediterrania Capital Partners was granted an Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) Licence under the Directive 2011/61/EU by the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA). This licence requires fund managers to comply with a stringent regulatory and supervisory framework that includes strong governance processes.
Mediterrania Capital Partners is a regulated financial investment manager licensed by the MFSA, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) in Mauritius and the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) in Spain.
About Akdital Holding
Founded in 2011 by Dr Rochdi Talib, Akdital Holding began operations with the Jerrada Clinic in Casablanca which holds 100 beds. In 2018, the group put in place an expansion strategy that led to the opening of four additional clinics in the Casablanca area between July 2018 and October 2019. Akdital also owns a structure that receives patients from Sub-Saharan Africa, Southern Europe and the MENA region.
