27 Oct
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Standard Bank Group, Citi, CDC Group and Norfund have partnered to provide a $75m equivalent KES denominated sustainable finance facility for Greenlight Planet Kenya, Africa’s leader in off-grid solar home solutions.
20 Oct
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Finnfund and the University of Helsinki in the first co-investment participation financing have provided a €10m debt facility to the Advans Group, a microfinance group serving over one million clients in Africa and Asia.
19 Oct
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The African Development Bank Group has approved $350,000 in grant funding for technical assistance to consolidate Cabo Verde’s capital markets strategy and increase the liquidity of its fixed income markets.
12 Oct
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CDC Group has partnered with DP World to accelerate Africa’s trade potential through supporting the modernisation and expansion of ports and inland logistics across Africa.
6 Oct
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CDC Group has committed $100m to African Development Partners III, a fund advised by Development Partners International DPI.
5 Oct
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MIGA, a member of the World Bank Group, has issued a €4.5m guarantee to GreenYellow that will cover its equity and quasi-equity investments into Société de Production d’Energie Solaire de Ouagadougou SAS (SPES Ouagadougou) in Burkina Faso for a period of up to 20 years.
30 Sep
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Capria Ventures and its affiliated network of funds have invested $92.1m in early-stage startups spread across 56 countries as of December 2020, according to its annual impact report.
30 Sep
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DFC, FSD Africa Investments and EDFI-ElectriFI have invested $23m in Nithio FI, an energy financing platform powered by a proprietary AI-enabled risk analytics engine.
22 Sep
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CDC Group has committed $50.9m in the African ICT sector, helping to boost development of necessary infrastructure and providing rural and underserved communities with access to affordable mobile connectivity.
17 Sep
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CDC Group under its African Private Credit Fund Strategy has committed $30m to Vantage Mezzanine Fund IV and $30m to BluePeak Private Capital Fund I.
26 Jul
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27four Black Business Growth Fund II Partnership (27four BBGF II), a blended finance partnership between the South African Government through the Jobs Fund, and South African institutional investors, has announced its commitment to Vuna Partners Fund I (Vuna Fund I).
22 Jul
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Dutch-based entrepreneurial development bank FMO has invested a further $10m in REGMIFA, the Regional MSME Investment Fund for Sub-Saharan Africa.
15 Jul
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CDC Group has committed $36m to Divercity Urban Property Fund (Divercity), an affordable housing platform focused on the regeneration of South African cities.
15 Jul
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CDC Group has announced a $50m trade finance facility for Ecobank International (EBI SA), the Paris based member of the Ecobank Group.