14 Apr
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Partech Africa, a member of the Partech Group, a global technology venture capital fund, and Enza Capital have invested in the $3.6m extension round in Tugende, a technology enabled MSME lender in East Africa.
13 Apr
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South African venture capital firm Kalon Venture Partners has announced a follow-on investment a cyber-security email protection and compliance business, Sendmarc.
13 Apr
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HAVAÍC, Zedcrest Capital, DFS Lab, Victor Asemota and three other investors have invested an undisclosed amount in Kenyan agency banking startup Tanda.
1 Apr
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Mastercard, a global technology company in the payments industry, has agreed to invest $100m in Airtel Mobile Commerce BV, a wholly owned subsidiary of Airtel Africa.
1 Apr
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The Energy Entrepreneurs Growth Fund (EEGF), managed by Triple Jump, and the Facility for Energy Inclusion Off-Grid Energy Access Fund (FEI-OGEF), managed by LHGP Asset Management, have invested €4m in Baobab+.
24 Mar
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EXEO Capital has announced an investment in the Maia Group through its Food and Agribusiness fund, Agri-Vie Fund II, a private equity investment fund focused on food and agribusiness in Sub-Sahara Africa.
23 Mar
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Amethis has announced a majority investment via its Amethis MENA Fund II in Magriser, a leading player in micro-irrigation systems in Morocco.
23 Mar
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Valar Ventures, a US-based venture capital fund, has led a $25m Series A funding round into Nigerian digital banking startup Kuda, with Target Global and other unnamed investors participating.
18 Mar
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The Rise Fund, the global impact investing platform of alternative investment firm TPG, has agreed to invest $200m in Airtel Mobile Commerce (AMC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Airtel Africa, at $2.65bn valuation.
16 Mar
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The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), a member of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), has agreed to provide €29m in financing to Urbasolar, the developer of a 30MW solar plant in Burkina Faso.
16 Mar
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Avenir Growth Capital and Tiger Global Management have led a $170m Series C for Flutterwave, a digital payments platform for African businesses.
15 Mar
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The Catalyst Fund Inclusive Digital Commerce accelerator, managed by BFA Global, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation COVID-19 Recovery and Resilience Program and the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST), have jointly invested in Boost Ghana and KudiGo.
3 Mar
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ARISE Industrial Services (ARISE IS), a pan-African infrastructure developer and operator, has acquired 35% stake in Aera Group, a trader of environmental certificates in Africa, based on a valuation of €28.5m.
2 Mar
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Old Mutual Investment Group (Namibia) via its infrastructure investment fund has acquired a majority stake in a 5MW solar PV (photovoltaic) plant at Rosh Pinah in the Karas Region of Namibia.