22 September 2021
A collection of news across the African private equity and venture capital industry | Cartona raises US$4.5mn in funding Cartona, the Egypt-based B2B platform connecting retailers to manufacturers and wholesalers, has successfully raised US$4.5mn in it…
Read more »15 September 2021
A collection of news across the African private equity and venture capital industry | SunFunder invests US$4mn into off-grid solar company SunFunder, which provides debt financing for solar enterprises working in emerging and frontier markets, announced…
Read more »08 September 2021
A collection of news across the African private equity and venture capital industry | Cropnuts, backed by DOB Equity, launches AgViza, a new disruptive AI platform, designed to make soil testing more affordable for African farmers Crop Nutrition Laborat…
Read more »01 September 2021
A collection of news across the African private equity and venture capital industry | Sequoia Heritage, Stripe and others invest US$200mn in African fintech Wave at US$1.7bn valuation Wave, the U.S. and Senegal-based mobile money provider, has raised US…
Read more »25 August 2021
A collection of news across the African private equity and venture capital industry | OPay raises US$400mn in a funding round led by SoftBank Chinese-backed and Africa-focused fintech company OPay raised US$400mn in new financing led by SoftBank Vision …
Read more »18 August 2021
A collection of news across the African private equity and venture capital industry | Acumen closes US$58mn impact fund, the first to drive climate adaptation for smallholder farmers The Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund (ARAF) closed in June 2021. This…
Read more »11 August 2021
A collection of news across the African private equity and venture capital industry | Old Mutual PE fund backs Malawian macadamia producer Africa Merchant Capital (AMC) Advisory advised the management team at Gala Agriculture Company, a macadamia planta…
Read more »04 August 2021
A collection of news across the African private equity and venture capital industry | Pearl Capital Partners' invests US$2.5mn in Pura Organic Agro Tech Ltd Yield Uganda Investment Fund (Yield Fund), which is managed by Pearl Capital Partners, has annou…
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RT @theAlitheia: This article published by @AVCA_Africa provides a much-needed perspective on Nigeria's proposed NITDA Bill and its implica…
On @cnbcafrica, AVCA CEO @Abi_Mustapha discussed the motivation for setting up the AVCA Academy as a tool to enhanc… https://t.co/QT3kuiDGE3
In the latest episode of #PETalksAfrica, @Rossstrike, Investment Manager at @CDCgroup, joins us to discuss the Sust… https://t.co/jrn4MJhnLQ
RT @CDCgroup: London has three times the cloud computing capacity as the whole African continent. At this event on 27 Sept, we're discuss…
Two weeks to go! Join us for an informal evening of networking over drinks and nibbles in the Courtyard at… https://t.co/1qvjmBtXOc
