The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has officially announced the creation of a new Strategic Sovereign Fund, the Fonds d’Investissement Stratégique (FIS RDC).
South Africa’s retirement industry is entering a period of accelerated change, with new data revealing how governance, member behaviour and risk management are being reshaped in real time.
Franklin Templeton, a global investment manager and Binance, a cryptocurrency exchange, have announced a new institutional off-exchange collateral program, making digital markets more secure and capital-efficient.
Cartesian Capital, a boutique South African 100% black female owned asset management firm, has announced the listing of an Actively Managed Exchange Traded Fund (AMETF) and an Actively Managed Certificate (AMC) on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE).
OeEB and Accession Capital Partners (ACP) Group, a European advisor and asset manager in the field of private equity and private debt, have jointly launched ACP OeEB Climate Impact Fund, a new fund of funds.
FSD Africa has announced a new $25-30m Inclusive Insurtech Investment Fund (3iF) to open the way for more private investment in the insurance technology (insurtech) sector, accelerate insurance innovation and close the continent’s protection gap.
The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) of Kenya and the National Securities Exchange of Somalia (NSES) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deepen cooperation in East Africa’s capital-markets ecosystem.
MCB Group and Omnicane have launched an investment vehicle dedicated to the financing of renewable energy projects in Mauritius and the region.
Acorn Holdings has received authorisation from the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) for the establishment of a Build-To-Rent Development Real Estate Investment Trust (D-REIT) aimed at expanding Kenya’s affordable housing rental market for young urbanites.
In the wake of recent protests over prolonged water outages in Gauteng, the country’s deepening infrastructure failures have once again exposed a critical weakness in South Africa’s development model: the inability to convert available capital into bankable, investable projects.
Satrix will operate under its own Category II Financial Services Provider licence, effective November 1, 2025, marking a strategic milestone for the business.
South Africa’s asset management industry assets grew by 9.5% supported by strong domestic markets, according to the 27four DEInvest Annual Survey 2025.
Transactions by domestic and foreign investors on Nigerian Exchange (NGX) more than doubled in the nine months of 2025, reaching ₦8.54 trillion a 115.2% increase from ₦3.97 trillion recorded in the same period of 2024.
As investor interest in African equities continues to rebound, discussions at AFSIC 2025 in London revealed a renewed urgency to modernize, connect, and scale the continent’s public markets.
