African startups raised $3.9bn across 506 deals in 2025, signalling a steadying pulse for the continent’s venture ecosystem after two years of global market adjustment, according to AVCA’s newly ...

Sahel Capital has announced the first close of Sahel Capital Agribusiness Fund II (SCAF II) in December 2025. The close was anchored by KfW Development Bank, alongside a US-based family office. A ...

African private capital activity showed notable resilience in 2024, marked by increased participation from African LPs, continued reliance on proven sectors like Consumer Staples and Financials, and ...

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has extended a $15 million SME finance facility to Ecobank Zimbabwe under its Export SME Development Programme (ESDP), in a move aimed at strengthening ...

A.P. Moller Capital, through its Emerging Markets Infrastructure Fund II (EMIF II), has signed an agreement via a special purpose vehicle to acquire Mainstream Renewable Power South Africa, a leading ...

Persistent has launched the $70 million Persistent Africa Climate Venture Fund (Persistent ACV Fund), with a first close of $52 million and an additional $5 million Venture Building Facility (VBF) to ...

FirstRand Bank (FRB) has become the first commercial bank globally to issue an outcomes-based bond that directly links investor returns to verified ecological and environmental restoration outcomes, ...

The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has committed capital to Africa Finance Corporation’s (AFC) $750 million Infrastructure Climate Resilient Fund (ICRF), in a move aimed at expanding ...

Capria Ventures, a Global South specialist investing in applied Generative AI, has led a $2.95 investment round in BFREE, Africa’s ethical credit manager platform. Capria Ventures, a Global South ...

Adenia Partners has acquired a majority stake in Minet Group, one of Africa’s largest independent insurance brokerage and risk advisory firms, from private equity investor Capitalworks. Adenia ...

Invest Salone, with support from the UK Government and in collaboration with British International Investment (BII) through the Africa Resilience Investment Accelerator (ARIA), which is co-funded by ...

FCMB Asset Management (FCMBAM) and TLG Capital have announced the full deployment of the oversubscribed ₦100 bn FCMB–TLG Private Debt Fund Series 1. "This is Nigeria's first local currency private ...