Nigeria has launched a new 10-year Capital Market Masterplan aimed at attracting domestic and international investment, deepening financial markets and supporting the country's ambition to build a $1 trillion economy by 2030.
Fortis Green Renewables Investment Management and Zeitinger Invest have made a growth equity investment in GRIPS Energy Group to support the expansion of commercial and industrial solar and battery storage projects across sub-Saharan Africa.
Lagos-based accelerator Cascador and Sterling Bank have launched a $200 million SME Credit Backstop Fund aimed at expanding access to larger, longer-term loans for Nigerian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
African financial markets have reached their highest development score in a decade, with 21 of the 29 countries assessed recording improvements in 2026, according to the latest Absa Africa Financial Markets Index (AFMI).
The Energy and Environment Partnership Trust Fund (EEP Africa) has awarded a €1 million grant to Solarise Africa to support the expansion of its renewable energy leasing operations in Uganda and Zambia.
Black-owned and -led businesses across five African markets face a combined financing gap of $209 billion, according to a new report by British International Investment (BII) and Swedfund.
Finance Earth, FSD Africa and FSD Africa Investments (FSDAi) have partnered to launch the Africa Nature Impact Fund, targeting $100 million to finance early-stage nature conservation and nature-based carbon projects across Africa.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and BlueOrchard Finance have launched an emerging markets private debt investment initiative targeting up to $2 billion in commitments, with Tokio Marine Group serving as anchor investor in a $300 million first close.
Pathway Advisors has arranged a 10 billion Naira Series 1 Commercial Paper issuance for Nigerian real estate company MKH Properties under the company’s newly registered 30 billion Naira Commercial Paper Programme.
The Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), through its equity investment solution InfraCo, has led a $26 million Series B investment in agritech platform East Africa Foods (EAF) as part of a broader $40 million capital raise.
