19 March 2020
Funding enables the ongoing expansion of CrossBoundary Energy’s Commercial & Industrial solar services and is first stage of larger transaction to scale solar for businesses across Africa CrossBoundary Energy is currently operating or delivering mo…
Read more »18 March 2020
Tembo Power and Metier have signed a Joint Development Agreement to bring the Kaptis hydropower project in Kenya through to financial close and construction in 2020 Tembo Power has signed a Joint Development Agreement with Metier, an independently owned …
Read more »17 March 2020
AfricInvest, a leading Pan-African private equity platform, is pleased to announce that its AfricInvest Financial Inclusion Vehicle (FIVE) has acquired a minority shareholding in I&M Bank (Rwanda) Plc (the Bank) through AfricInvest Evergreen Investmen…
Read more »16 March 2020
The African Development Bank, the European Commission, KfW, the Clean Technology Fund, Norfund, and other investors have committed nearly $160 million to the first close of the Facility for Energy Inclusion or FEI. FEI is a targeted $400 million fund to …
Read more »12 March 2020
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank approved, Thursday, March 11 in Abidjan, a stake of EUR12mn in the capital of the Yeelen fund dedicated to the financial sector. Yeelen Financial Fund LP is a 12-year investment fund domiciled in Mau…
Read more »11 March 2020
Emerging Capital Partners (ECP) announces that portfolio company Eranove has signed a financing agreement for a 390 MW combined cycle power plant in Côte d’Ivoire. Eranove, the Pan-African utilities group, signed the EUR303mn financing agreement with Inte…
Read more »03 March 2020
TerraPay announced today that a consortium of investors, including Prime Ventures, Partech Africa and management acquired the company for an undisclosed sum. In addition, the same investors, joined by IFC, invested US$9.6 mn in TerraPay to fund the compan…
Read more »02 March 2020
Tangerine Life Insurance Limited (“Tangerine Life”), supported by leading West-African private equity firm Verod Capital Management Limited (“Verod”), today announced its acquisition of a majority stake in ARM Life Insurance Plc (“ARM Life”). The acquisi…
Read more »27 February 2020
Mediterrania Capital Partners appoints Rajaa Berrkia as Director of Sustainability Mediterrania Capital Partners, the Private Equity firm focused on growth investments for SMEs and mid-cap companies in North and Sub-Saharan Africa announces the appoin…
Read more »27 February 2020
Amethis, alongside its partners DEG, MCB Equity Fund and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is pleased to announce its partnership with Naivas. The transaction marks the acquisition of a minority equity stake into the Naivas Group. Naivas is the lead…
Read more »24 February 2020
Mediterrania Capital Partners, the Private Equity firm focused on growth investments for SMEs and mid-cap companies in North and Sub-Saharan Africa, announces that its portfolio companies managed by MC II and MC III funds achieved 25% EBITDA year-on-year …
Read more »20 February 2020
Agri-Vie Fund I, the Africa Food and Agribusiness Investment Fund managed by the pan-African private equity investment firm, EXEO Capital, has announced its exit from InteliChem, a leading provider of crop protection solutions, specialised plant nutrition…
Read more »19 February 2020
Mediterrania Capital Partners, the Private Equity firm focused on growth investments for SMEs and mid-cap companies in North and Sub-Saharan Africa, announces that it has been granted an AIFM (Alternative Investment Fund Manager) Licence under the Directi…
Read more »17 February 2020
FMO recently invested US$ 2.8mn into Acumen’s Pioneer Energy Investment Initiative (PEII), surpassing the PEII’s goal of raising US$20mn to bridge the funding gap in off-grid energy and accelerate energy access across the developing world. With the PEII,…
Read more »17 February 2020
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is the lead arranger for an Islamic financing package of up to US$125 million to Humania, a private healthcare company, to help expand health services and improve medical care in Morocco and Egypt.IFC will provide Hu…
Read more »17 February 2020
Metro Plastics Kenya has 36 years’ experience in fittings and pipes manufacturing Ascent has previously invested in Auto Springs East Africa based in Limuru and Kisumu Concrete Products a leading Western Kenya-based concrete products maker Ascent Ri…
Read more »11 February 2020
The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), a member of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), is lending EUR28 million to a EUR330 million expansion of the Azito Energie gas-fired power station in Côte D’Ivoire. Known as Azito 4, the ad…
Read more »06 February 2020
Kibo Capital Partners (KCP) today announced that its portfolio company Blowplast Limited (Blowplast), in partnership with Unilever and recycling company Mr Green Africa, has produced Kenya’s first fully recycled packaging solution. The packaging, produced…
Read more »06 February 2020
Encouraging further development of the African tech scene, the online software outsourcing Marketplace company Gebeya have secured a $2 Million dollar seed round investment co-led by Partech and Orange Digital Ventures and followed by Consonance Investmen…
Read more »05 February 2020
African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), one of Africa’s largest infrastructure-focused private equity fund managers and a member of Old Mutual Alternative Investments, has revealed that two-thirds of its AIIF3 fund is already committed to a div…
Read more »24 January 2020
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is providing US$24mn in financing, including a US$12mn C loan for IFC’s own account and a mobilization of a US$12mn B loan through IFC’s syndication program, to Zalar Agri, one of Morocco’s leading fruit producers, a…
Read more »23 January 2020
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today announced an investment of up to EUR050mn in Habesha Breweries S.C. to help the company expand operations in Ethiopia and increase local barley sourcing from smallholder farmers.The loan is co-funded by the Dut…
Read more »20 January 2020
The Sovereign Fund of Egypt (TSFE) and Actis, a UK based leading emerging markets investor, have signed an MOU relating to strategic cooperation across multiple sectors in Egypt. The signing took place during the UK-Africa Investment Summit witnessed by D…
Read more »20 January 2020
CDC Group, the UK’s publicly owned impact investor, has announced the commitment of US$39.2 million to support SMEs in West Africa. CDC is backing Verod Fund III and Adiwale Fund I, West-African based private equity funds targeting SMEs in the region, wit…
Read more »20 January 2020
CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, has committed US$15mn to TLcom’s TIDE Africa Fund to support early-stage high-growth start-ups across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). With a presence in the key financial hubs of Lagos an…
Read more »20 January 2020
CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, has made a US$20mn commitment to the Metier Sustainable Capital II fund. The South African private equity fund will provide growth capital to renewables and resource efficiency proj…
Read more »20 January 2020
CDC Group plc (“CDC”), the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, has announced a EUR25mn commitment to Mediterrania Capital Partners III (MCP III), a generalist fund primarily targeting investments in North Africa. North Africa is hom…
Read more »20 January 2020
At the UK-Africa Investment Summit, FSD Africa Investments has today announced US$3.2 million in investments into MFS Africa and Frontclear, two leading companies transforming Africa’s financial sector. MFS Africa, a leading pan-African fintech company o…
Read more »20 January 2020
Acorn Holdings Ltd., the largest Purpose-Built Student Accommodation property developer in Kenya, has dual-listed its KES 4.3 billion green bond program on the International Securities Market of the London Stock Exchange. The medium-term note (MTN) progra…
Read more »17 January 2020
VerifyMe Nigeria, an ID verification and KYC technology company, announced today it has secured a Series A financing for an undisclosed amount from Consonance Investment Managers. The funds will be used to expand strategic partnerships and bring new digi…
Read more »17 January 2020
With the support of the European Union (EU), PROPARCO invests US$3mn equity in RENSOURCE (Holdings), a key player in the renewable energy sector in Nigeria. This is the first investment made by Proparco in partnership with the EU under the Africa Renewa…
Read more »16 January 2020
African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) has acquired minority interests in gas assets in Nigeria majority-owned by Savannah Petroleum Plc. This comprises a 20% stake in Seven Uquo Gas Limited, the entity that holds a 40% participating interest …
Read more »15 January 2020
Through a US$10mn commitment to Metier Sustainable Capital International Fund II, Proparco will continue its support of renewable energy, resource efficiency and energy efficiency projects in Africa. South Africa-based investment manager Meti…
Read more »14 January 2020
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is signing memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with two Tunisian start-up accelerators today to help unlock the potential of innovative entrepreneurship in the country, with a focus on women-led start-ups and creating …
Read more »14 January 2020
AfricInvest, a leading Pan-African private equity platform, is pleased to announce its new partnership with Masria Digital Payment (“MDP” or “the Company”) through its Maghreb Private Equity Fund IV. Established in 2003 as Masria Card S.A.E, MDP is the l…
Read more »13 January 2020
Helios Investment Partners becomes the largest emerging markets-focused PE firm globally to receive B Corp certification B Corp status recognizes the firm’s long-standing commitment to sustainability and responsible business practices The B Corp cer…
Read more »07 January 2020
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved a US$20mn investment in the Metier Sustainable Capital International Fund II, which channels funds to renewable energy and resource-efficient infrastructure projects across Sub-Saharan Af…
Read more »06 January 2020
AfricInvest, a leading pan-African private equity platform, is pleased to announce that its Maghreb Private Equity Fund III (MPEF III) has exited from its investment in Polymedic, a leading generics manufacturing company headquartered in Casablanca, Moroc…
Read more »20 December 2019
FMO has approved a US$15mn equity investment into the Metier Sustainable Capital Fund II. To find out more, please click here.
Read more »20 December 2019
FMO has approved a US$5.8mn equity investment into Greenlight Planet's Building Prospects fund. To find out more, please click here. -END-
Read more »19 December 2019
CDC Group, the UK’s development finance institution, has today announced its decision to sell its remaining 9.97% stake in DFCU Limited (“DFCU”). The shareholding is being sold to IFU, the Danish development finance institution. CDC made its first inves…
Read more »16 December 2019
Metier has received US$113mn in commitments and has called the first close of its second Sustainable Capital Fund, MSC II. The fund will strengthen renewable energy, energy efficiency, water and waste management investments in sub-Saharan Africa. “MSC II…
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