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.
For many investors, the past few years on the continent have been difficult, according to David Cowan, Africa Economist at Citi. “Currencies have collapsed around you. You’ve had a lot of issue on return,” he said during his session "INVESTING Solo: Where is Africa going? Thinking about Economic and Currency Outlook" at the AFSIC 2025 conference.
27four has launched LoanChomi, a national township-linked economy fund aligned with South Africa’s priorities for inclusive growth, job creation and broader economic participation.
Satrix, a provider of index-tracking investment products in South Africa, has announced that it would further expand its offering into another African market.
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.
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.
