15 Jan
News > Investors
British International Investment, the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, has underlined its support for fintech entrepreneurs with a $40 m commitment to a new Apis fund – the Apis Growth Markets Fund III (Apis III). Apis Partners is a UK-based private equity firm investing exclusively in high-growth, capital-light, tech-enabled financial services businesses globally.
10 Jan
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EIB Global has announced a $30m equity investment in the Seedstars Africa Ventures I venture capital fund.
20 Dec
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The Danish Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU), on behalf of the Danish SDG Investment Fund, has invested €21m in Oncologie et Diagnostic du Maroc (ODM), a healthcare provider in Morocco.
20 Dec
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British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, has announced its anchor commitment of $15m equivalent in Tanzanian Shilling to NMB Bank’s (NMB) inaugural sustainability bond offering, known as the NMB Jamii Bond.
19 Dec
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The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has committed a $24m equity investment in Miro Forestry Developments Limited (Miro) to expand the company’s sustainable forestry and timber processing on degraded land in West Africa.
5 Dec
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British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, has announced $5m in debt funding for BasiGo, Africa’s leading Electric Bus solution provider.
4 Dec
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The Mastercard Foundation Africa Growth Fund ( Fund of Funds, FoF) has invested in three Investment Vehicles (IVs): Chui Ventures, VestedWorld, and SME Impact Fund.
9 Nov
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British International Investment (BII), UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, has committed €15m in the new MC IV fund to support mid-cap companies in North and Sub-Saharan Africa.
6 Nov
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British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution (DFI) and impact investor, has committed $26.5m to AFEX, Africa’s leading commodities platform, which currently operates over 200 warehouses in Nigeria, Kenya, and Uganda and serves over 450,000 farmers.
16 Oct
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IFC has announced a $50m equity investment in LeapFrog Emerging Consumer Fund IV LP, a new fund by LeapFrog Investments, one of the largest private equity groups dedicated to impact investing in emerging markets.
22 Sep
News > Investors
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a multilateral bank that promotes the development of the private sector and entrepreneurial initiative in 36 economies across three continents, will be investing up to €30m in the new Mediterrania Capital Partners’s MC IV fund to support mid-cap companies in North and Sub-Saharan Africa.
19 Sep
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Turaco, Africa’s tech-enabled affordable insurance company, has acquired a microinsurance company, MicroEnsure Ghana from MIC Global.
18 Sep
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The African Development Fund, the African Development Bank Group’s concessional lending window, has approved a $19.98m grant to finance the implementation of Mozambique’s Economic Acceleration and Governance Support Programme.
5 Sep
News > Investors
FSD Africa Investments (FSDAi), the investing arm of FSD Africa, has announced investments totalling $19.5m in Acre Impact Capital’s Export Finance Fund I, Catalyst Fund and Camco’s Spark Energy Services.
