BII Names Leslie Maasdorp New CEO
Leslie Maasdorp has been selected as the new Chief Executive of the UK’s development finance institution British International Investment.
Leslie Maasdorp has been selected as the new Chief Executive of the UK’s development finance institution British International Investment.
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has approved a $20.8m financing facility for Nigeria-based Starlink Global & Ideal to enable the company construct and operate a 30,000-metric tonne per annum cashew processing factory in Lagos.
General Atlantic, a global growth investor, has completed its acquisition of Actis, a global investor in sustainable infrastructure.
British International Investment (BII), the UK's development finance institution and impact investor, has announced a $25m risk sharing facility with Ecobank Sierra Leone to boost private sector growth in high-impact sectors of the economy.
Derivatives exchanges in emerging and frontier markets risk not being able to capitalise on international growth opportunities due to the limitations of legacy technology, a study by Acuiti has found.
ARISE IIP, a pan-African developer and operator of industrial parks, has announced a significant capital raise of $443m.
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and Itana, Nigeria’s first licensed digital economic zone management company, have agreed to jointly develop the first digital economic zone in Africa.
British International Investment, the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, is to launch a new facility to boost the flow of private capital to meet the twin challenges of development and the climate emergency.
Prosper Africa, a U.S. Presidential national security initiative aimed at strengthening the strategic and economic partnership between the U.S. and Africa, has committed $5m to ImpactA Global, a women-led Emerging Markets infrastructure debt investor.
AXIAN Group, through its subsidiary AXIAN Investment, has acquired a stake in WiASSUR, an insurance broker based in Côte d'Ivoire.