Partech has led a $5 million seed round in Happy Pay, one of Africa’s fastest-growing Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) platforms, with additional backing from Futuregrowth Asset Management, 4Di Capital, E4E Africa, Equitable Ventures, and Felix Strategic Investments.
Adenia Partners has reached the $180 million hard cap for the first close of its inaugural Adenia Entrepreneurial Fund I (AEF), less than a year after launching fundraising—surpassing its original $150 million target and pushing the firm’s total capital raised beyond $1 billion.
AXIAN Investment, the venture capital arm of the AXIAN Group, has committed an undisclosed investment to Hamilton Labs to support the large-scale deployment of its USDh stablecoin, a permissionless digital dollar designed to provide on-chain access to sovereign yield opportunities.
Moniepoint Inc., an all-in-one financial ecosystem platform for individuals, businesses, and their customers, has announced the acquisition of Orda Africa, a cloud-based restaurant management platform operating in Nigeria. The move signals a strategic push by Moniepoint to expand its presence in the food service sector while strengthening its mission of providing integrated financial and operational tools.
Africa recorded 530 private capital deals worth $5.1 billion in 2025, marking an 8% increase in deal volume year-on-year (YoY) and making the continent the only global region to grow amid a global decline in private investment, according to the African Private Capital Association (AVCA).
The Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) has committed €4.3 million to Afreenergy Solar, a platform developing clean energy solutions for commercial and industrial (C&I) customers in Senegal, with plans to expand into select West and Central African markets.
The Prescient Group has acquired Obsidian Fund Services in Guernsey, strengthening its global fund administration offering with a particular focus on private assets.
The Bank of Tanzania (BOT) has made an undisclosed equity investment in the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), becoming a sovereign shareholder and further strengthening the Corporation’s diversified capital base and pan-African ownership structure.
Amethis has agreed to acquire a significant minority stake in Tiba for Starch & Glucose, an Egyptian producer of rice-based specialty food ingredients, in a transaction expected to close in the second quarter of 2026, subject to regulatory approvals and other conditions.
FSD Africa Investments and Allied Climate Partners have announced a combined anchor commitment of $50 million to the first close of the African Transition Acceleration Fund, a new investment vehicle aimed at accelerating Africa’s energy transition.
