Vital Capital, a high-performing impact investor focused on addressing critical needs in growth markets, has made a strategic investment in Vastpoint to help scale its efforts in transforming land use, ownership and management in some of the world’s most vulnerable regions.
A consortium of investors, including RDF Ghana, Sahel Capital, and ABSA Bank, have investen over $1m in Mariseth Farms, a lwomen-owned agribusiness in Ghana.
With over $4 trillion in investable domestic capital—from commercial banking assets, long-term institutional funds, and central bank reserves—Africa holds the financial capacity to transform its economic future. Yet, according to the 2025 State of Africa’s Infrastructure (SAI) Report released by Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), most of this capital remains locked in low-risk, short-term investments, failing to power the continent’s urgent infrastructure and industrial needs.
International Finance Corporation has committed up to the lower of $25m or 20% of total Limited Partner (LP) commitment in Enko Capital's new Impact Credit Fund (EICF).
Mediterrania Capital Partners, a leading Private Equity firm focused on growth investments for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-cap companies across North and Sub-Saharan Africa, is proud to announce the final close of its fourth fund, Mediterrania Capital IV Mid Cap (MC IV), at €600m.
Oando, Nigeria’s leading indigenous energy solutions company with primary and secondary listings on the Nigerian and Johannesburg Stock Exchanges, has announced the successful upsizing of its Reserve Based Lending (RBL2) facility to $375m.
Africa’s economy is poised to accelerate from a projected 3.3% growth in 2024 to 3.9% in 2025, reaching 4% in 2026, despite growing geopolitical tensions and global trade disruptions, according to the African Development Bank Group's 2025 African Economic Outlook report.
EFG Hermes, an EFG Holding company and the leading investment bank in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has announced that its investment banking division has successfully closed the issuance of a senior unsecured short-term note for the Hermes Securities Brokerage Company (HSB), a wholly owned subsidiary of EFG Holding, in an EGP 900m transaction.
Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking (Nedbank CIB), an African banking partner to corporates and institutions across the continent, has extended its sustainable finance offering to Senegal with the closure of a €19.4m sustainability-linked development and term loan for Kasada, an independent real estate private equity platform dedicated to the hospitality sector in Africa.
Incofin Investment Management, a global impact asset manager, has announced the final close of the Water Access Acceleration Fund (W2AF) at approximately €61m in committed capital, exceeding its original target of €50m.
The Emerging Africa & Asia Infrastructure Fund (EAAIF), a Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company managed by Ninety One, has successfully raised $325m in new debt facilities, bringing recent commitments to $620m and exceeding the Fund's $500m target ahead of schedule.
Africa50, a pan-African infrastructure investor and asset manager, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM) to pioneer new infrastructure financing solutions within the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), leveraging the region’s capital markets.
In a significant vote of confidence for Africa’s underserved mid-market, four leading European Development Finance Institutions (EDFIs)—British International Investment (BII), FMO (the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank), Swedfund, and the Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets (SIFEM)—have jointly committed $80m to BluePeak Private Capital Fund II (BPCF II).
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), through its development impact investment arm, the Fund for Export-Development in Africa (FEDA), has committed to spearhead the launch of the Africa Film Fund as part of its Creative Africa Nexus Programme (CANEX).
The majority of Limited Partners (LPs) (71%) cite a weak exit climate and unpredictable exit windows as the biggest challenges to investing in Africa, according to the latest Deals to Dollars: Navigating Successful Private Equity Exits in Africa publication by Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
IFC and TLG Capital have announced the first close of a new private credit fund, TLG Africa Growth Impact Fund II (AGIF II), with $75m raised.
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 an increase in exit volumes, according to the AVCA's 2024 African Private Capital Activity Report.
Aruwa Capital Management, a Lagos based female founded and led early-stage growth equity and gender lens fund manager, has raised 90% towards its $40m target for its second fund, Aruwa Capital Fund II.
Mediterrania Capital Partners, a Private Equity firm focused on growth investments for SMEs and mid-cap companies in North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, is pleased to announce the successful full exit of its investment in Akdital through the MC III fund.
Mergence Investment Managers, an infrastructure investment firm, has acquired a controlling stake in strategic digital infrastructure assets located within the residential precincts of Waterfall City, Gauteng.
The Arysteq Short-Term Income (AMETF), approved by the Namibia Financial Institutions Supervisory Authority (NAMFISA), has listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE).
AVCA – the African Private Capital Association – and the Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, Nigeria (PEVCA), have announced a strategic merger to strengthen Nigeria’s private capital ecosystem. The merger reflects a joint ambition to catalyse new investment opportunities and boost sub-regional and continent-wide growth.
