Triodos Microfinance Fund and Triodos Fair Share Fund have provided a $10m loan to Bridge Taxi Finance in South Africa, which provides affordable credit facilities to entrepreneurs in the minibus taxi industry. The loan supports Bridge Taxi Finance in its growth ambition.
Sanlam Private Equity (SPE) has acquired a majority stake in Danny’s Auto Body Parts, a provider of a wide range of high quality aftermarket automotive parts and accessories for various vehicle types and models in South Africa and other sub-Saharan countries.
Vantage Capital, Africa’s largest mezzanine debt fund manager, has made an investment into Aquasantec International, a manufacturer and distributor of water tanks, pipes and related products, addressing water, sanitation and hygiene needs across the East African region.
CVE South Africa, an international Independent Power Producer (IPP) with offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg, has funded a large solar-plus-battery project that will provide clean power and load shedding relief to one of the oldest and largest technical high schools in South Africa.
Vantage Capital, Africa’s largest mezzanine fund manager, has closed a €30m equity investment for the acquisition of a significant minority stake in Promamec, a Moroccan medical distribution business.
Absa Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB), has invested $8m in Moove, an African-born, global mobility fintech, bringing its total funding to-date from the bank to $28m.
Aruwa Capital Management, an early-stage growth equity and gender lens fund investing in Nigeria and Ghana, has made a $2 million investment into Fastizers, a local manufacturer of snack foods and confectioneries in Nigeria.
Gemcorp Capital Management has announced that one of its funds has entered into a $25m loan agreement with a subsidiary of Walkabout Resources, an ASX listed African focused energy mineral developer, to support the development into production of its Tanzanian graphite mine, Lindi Jumbo.
Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures (VKAV) has invested $1.5m in Chari, a Morocco-based B2B e-commerce company, to support its growth plan.
Plus Venture Capital (+VC), Seedstars International Ventures, Flat6labs have participated in a pre-seed investment round in Agel, Egypt’s first Islamic FinTech.
Verdant Capital Hybrid Fund has made a $7m dual tranche investment comprising a subordinated loan and senior secured loan to Mogo Auto, a subsidiary of Eleving Group operating in Europe, Asia, and Africa.
The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) has committed $30m to Eastcastle Infrastructure, a platform company that owns, operates, and develops shared telecom tower infrastructure in countries across Africa. The investment enables the purchase and development of telecom towers across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for the country's mobile network operators (MNOs).
The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), a Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company, has committed a €11.5m senior secured loan to develop the first project-financed solar PV plant and battery energy storage system (BESS) in West Africa
Convergence Partners has closed an investment in Yellow, a provider of pay-as-you-go finance for off-grid solar home systems and connectivity solutions for low-income consumers in parts of East Africa.
