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Transactions & Digital Infrastructure

CI Capital Advises Raya Holding on Strategic Stake Sale in Raya Data Centers to Africa50

CI Capital advised Raya Holding on the strategic sale of a stake in Raya Data Centers to Africa50, reflecting growing investment activity within digital infrastructure and regional technology ecosystems.

YEYara El-SherifM&A Director
May 24, 2026 7 min84 words

CI Capital's advisory role on the strategic stake sale in Raya Data Centers to Africa50 underscores the accelerating institutional appetite for digital infrastructure exposure across Egypt and the broader African market.

Data centres have emerged as a defining asset class for sovereign-backed investors and DFIs, sitting at the intersection of digital connectivity, energy infrastructure, and long-duration cash flows.

The transaction reinforces Egypt's positioning as a regional digital hub and signals continued cross-border participation from pan-African institutional capital in the country's technology and infrastructure ecosystem.

"Data centres have emerged as a defining asset class for sovereign-backed investors and DFIs, sitting at the intersection of digital connectivity, energy infrastructure, and long-duration cash flows.."

Yara El-Sherif, M&A Director
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