FSD Africa and Nigeria’s Pension Industry Leadership Council (PILC) have signed an agreement to support the establishment of a proposed $750 million infrastructure investment fund aimed at mobilising domestic pension capital and development finance.
British International Investment (BII), the UK's development finance institution and impact investor, has launched its 2026–2031 strategy in Kenya, outlining plans to deploy approximately $6.7 billion of its own capital and mobilise up to $5.3 billion in private investment across Africa.
EFG Hermes, an EFG Holding company, has acted as Joint Global Coordinator and Joint Bookrunner on Banque du Caire’s initial public offering (IPO) on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX), raising EGP 36.37 billion ($658 million).
Mediterrania Capital Partners (MCP) has completed an investment in AFG Assurances, the insurance arm of Atlantic Group, to support its expansion across Francophone Africa.
The European Investment Bank Group's development arm, EIB Global, has partnered with Dashen Bank to provide €40 million in financing to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Ethiopia, with a focus on agriculture, climate action and women-led businesses.
GuarantCo, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), has provided a $75 million partial credit guarantee to support a $100 million private capital raise for a gender-lens infrastructure investment fund managed by US-based impact investor ALMA.
AAFC Group, a US-based investor in asset-backed financing solutions in emerging markets, has invested an additional $9.5 million in EASE, bringing the healthcare equipment financing platform's total equity funding to $24 million.
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has disbursed a $975 million financing facility to support the management buyout of Oryx Energies SA, bringing the African energy trading and distribution business under majority African ownership for the first time.
British International Investment (BII), the UK's development finance institution and impact investor, has provided a $7 million debt facility to Okra Solar to support the expansion of its off-grid electricity technology in rural Nigeria.
Circle Ventures, an affiliate of Circle Internet Group, has invested in CrissCross, a South African cross-border payments infrastructure provider operating across more than 30 African markets.
