Canada’s bilateral Development Finance Institution, FinDev Canada, has announced a $20m commitment to Ninety One’s Africa Credit Opportunities Fund III (ACO3) , a private credit fund providing financing to enterprises and infrastructure projects across Africa and other emerging markets.
Phatisa, an African private equity fund manager, is raising its third food fund, with a target of $300m and having secured capital commitments from a number of aligned development finance institutions for a first close in early 2026, Africa Global Funds can reveal.
The Emerging Africa & Asia Infrastructure Fund (EAAIF), a Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company, managed by Ninety One, has made a $15m investment in WIOCC, a key pan-African telecommunications infrastructure provider.
Standard Chartered and Coinbase have expanded partnership on digital assets to explore the development of trading, prime services, custody, staking and lending solutions for institutional clients.
PwC has appointed Anastacia Tshesane as the new CEO for PwC South Africa, effective July 1, 2026.
Africa Practice (Africa Practice), a mission-led advocacy practice with a 20+ year track record and presence across the African continent, has acquired 100% of Brink Innovation, a global innovation practice that combines behavioural sciences with proven innovation methods to deliver real world change.
Mediterrania Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on growth investments in SMEs across North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, has partially sold its stake in Cash Plus, Morocco’s largest independent money transfer and low-income financial services provider, through an IPO on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
The African Development Bank’s Board of Directors has approved a $10m loan to Hyphen Hydrogen Energy, a Namibian green hydrogen development company, to support a green ammonia project valued at more than $10bn and with the potential to position Namibia as a pioneer in the global green hydrogen economy.
When pension funds and investment managers change portfolio strategies, the visible costs are often just the tip of the iceberg. Poor execution during these transitions can erode significant value, yet many South African institutions still underestimate the risks involved and the value of partnering with an experienced transition manager.
Mergence Renewable Energy Debt Fund II Trust, managed by Mergence Investment Managers, and Specialised Listed Infrastructure Equity En Commandite Partnership (SLIEP), managed by Creation Capital, have incorporated a special purpose vehicle called Sustent Holdings, to act as the offeror to acquire and delist Mahube Infrastructure, a company listed on the JSE in 2015 and initially trading as GAIA Infrastructure Capital.
