* Seen Mid East investments benefit from government spending * Likes
deals in consumer-focused sectors *
eyes investments in Saudi, UAE, Turkey and
**rth Africa By Mirna Sleiman DUBAI, March 26 (Reuters) - The Middle Eastern investments of
U.S. private equity firm Carlyle have benefited from a rise in government spending since the Arab Spring uprisings, a senior executive said, adding the company would also start looking at
deals in
**rth Africa. Carlyle, with $189 billion of assets under management across the world, opened Middle East ******s in 2007 and has since bought stakes in six firms, mainly in Turkey and Saudi Arabia. Firas Nasir, managing director and co-head of
Carlyle MENA (Middle East and
**rth Africa), said the companies were **t in countries directly affected by the political turmoil of the Arab Spring, and in some cases had prospered as governments in the region raised spending on social and infrastructure projects.
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