10 Jun
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The 2X Challenge, founded by the Development Finance Institutions of the G7 nations, has announced that it would raise at least $15bn for gender-lens investment by the end of 2022 after surpassing its original target by 100%.
8 Jun
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CDC Group has provided a $50m risk-sharing facility to Absa Bank to support lending to MSMEs and households through microfinance institutions (MFIs) and non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) in Africa.
27 May
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IFC has invested R150m ($10m) in Eris’s South African Student Accommodation Impact Investments Proprietary platform, a new investment platform managed by Eris Property Group.
27 May
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Proparco has invested $10m in d.light, an innovator of solar energy products, to enable the expansion of the company’s solar and Pay-Go consumer finance business in Africa.
26 May
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The Development Bank of Austria, OeEB and European Investment Bank (EIB) have launched a €100m African private sector COVID-19 resilience investment initiative.
25 May
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US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has announced the first disbursement of a $5m direct loan to Africa Healthcare Network (AHN), the largest operator of dialysis centers in East Africa.
20 May
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The Sovereign Fund of Egypt (TSFE) and EFG Hermes have agreed to acquire 76% of the capital of Arab Investment Bank (AIB).
20 May
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DFC and FMO have launched the $75m DFC-MASSIF COVID-19 Response Co-Financing Facility, which seeks to bring liquidity to financial intermediaries to support MSMEs impacted by the COVID-19 crisis and promote new investment to support economic sustainability in developing countries.
11 May
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MFS Africa, a pan-African fintech company, operating the largest digital payments hub on the continent, had provided seed investment of $3m to Maviance, a Cameroon-based fintech provider.
10 May
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CDC Group, the UK's development finance institution and impact investor, has announced a $100m debt commitment to ETG, an agricultural conglomerate connecting smallholder farmers to global markets through its operations in 48 countries worldwide.
4 May
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The Rockefeller Foundation and the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), through its company GuarantCo, have invested in Acre Impact Capital, an impact-focused investment manager.
26 Apr
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Finnfund, a Finnish development financier and impact investor, has announced a $26m commitment to African Development Partners III (ADP III), a pan-African private equity fund.
26 Apr
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FMO, OeEB and Swedfund have agreed to invest €50m to the Interact Climate Change Facility (ICCF), a co-financing facility providing financing to climate-related investments in emerging markets.
24 Apr
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The Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB) has provided $60m funding to Karpowership to fuel Senegal’s national electrification and LNG-use ambitions.