Adenia Partners, a private equity firm, and the development financing institution Proparco will sell the activities of the OCS group in Morocco and Senegal to a consortium led by the Moroccan group Retail Holding, alongside the pan-African fund Amethis.
The transaction, announced on Thursday, January 29, concerns the catering and facility management activities of OCS. The financial terms have not been disclosed. The completion of the operation is subject to regulatory approvals and usual closing conditions.
“OCS illustrates our active investor approach in Africa. We have supported its structuring, refocusing, and expansion, making the Group a leading service provider with strong development prospects,” said Stéphane Bacquaert, managing partner at Adenia Partners.
Founded in 2009, OCS operates in Morocco and Senegal in catering and facility management, through the brands Ansamble and Proxirest for catering, as well as Artis Facilities in Morocco and Alizés in Senegal. This operation represents a new exit for Adenia in business services in Africa.
Adenia and Proparco entered the group’s capital in 2021. Since then, OCS has doubled in size, expanded its scope of activities, and strengthened its governance, notably with the acquisition of Artis in 2023. The group generates a turnover exceeding one billion dirhams (110 million USD).
The acquiring consortium plans to support the next phase of OCS’s development, leveraging industrial synergies with Retail Holding and Amethis’s pan-African network, who are already partners on several investments in North and West Africa.
