Africa’s economy is poised to accelerate from a projected 3.3% growth in 2024 to 3.9% in 2025, reaching 4% in 2026, despite growing geopolitical tensions and global trade disruptions, according to the African Development Bank Group's 2025 African Economic Outlook report.
Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking (Nedbank CIB), an African banking partner to corporates and institutions across the continent, has extended its sustainable finance offering to Senegal with the closure of a €19.4m sustainability-linked development and term loan for Kasada, an independent real estate private equity platform dedicated to the hospitality sector in Africa.
EFG Hermes, an EFG Holding company and the leading investment bank in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), has announced that its investment banking division has successfully closed the issuance of a senior unsecured short-term note for the Hermes Securities Brokerage Company (HSB), a wholly owned subsidiary of EFG Holding, in an EGP 900m transaction.
Incofin Investment Management, a global impact asset manager, has announced the final close of the Water Access Acceleration Fund (W2AF) at approximately €61m in committed capital, exceeding its original target of €50m.
The Emerging Africa & Asia Infrastructure Fund (EAAIF), a Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company managed by Ninety One, has successfully raised $325m in new debt facilities, bringing recent commitments to $620m and exceeding the Fund's $500m target ahead of schedule.
Africa50, a pan-African infrastructure investor and asset manager, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM) to pioneer new infrastructure financing solutions within the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), leveraging the region’s capital markets.
In a significant vote of confidence for Africa’s underserved mid-market, four leading European Development Finance Institutions (EDFIs)—British International Investment (BII), FMO (the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank), Swedfund, and the Swiss Investment Fund for Emerging Markets (SIFEM)—have jointly committed $80m to BluePeak Private Capital Fund II (BPCF II).
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), through its development impact investment arm, the Fund for Export-Development in Africa (FEDA), has committed to spearhead the launch of the Africa Film Fund as part of its Creative Africa Nexus Programme (CANEX).
The majority of Limited Partners (LPs) (71%) cite a weak exit climate and unpredictable exit windows as the biggest challenges to investing in Africa, according to the latest Deals to Dollars: Navigating Successful Private Equity Exits in Africa publication by Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
IFC and TLG Capital have announced the first close of a new private credit fund, TLG Africa Growth Impact Fund II (AGIF II), with $75m raised.
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