Liquid Intelligent Technologies has completed a $660 million debt refinancing, anchored by a $300 million Eurobond that was oversubscribed 2.5 times, in a sign of investor confidence in Africa’s digital infrastructure sector.
The Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC; B-/Positive/B) successful placement of inaugural Eurobond issuances totaling $1.25 billion, well above its initial $750 million target, marks a turning point for the country, opening access to commercial debt markets and creating new funding opportunities to address the country's substantial infrastructure gap, according to S&P Global Ratings.
Access Bank's Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Roosevelt Ogbonna, has called for stronger collaboration among policymakers, financiers and businesses to accelerate trade within Africa and unlock the continent’s economic potential.
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).
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.
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.
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.
