FSD Africa has announced a new $25-30m Inclusive Insurtech Investment Fund (3iF) to open the way for more private investment in the insurance technology (insurtech) sector, accelerate insurance innovation and close the continent’s protection gap.
International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has invested $20m (approximately R350m) in Summit Private Equity Fund II (SPEF II).
The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) of Kenya and the National Securities Exchange of Somalia (NSES) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deepen cooperation in East Africa’s capital-markets ecosystem.
MCB Group and Omnicane have launched an investment vehicle dedicated to the financing of renewable energy projects in Mauritius and the region.
The Public Investment Corporation (PIC), which manages just over 3.5 trillion Rand ($ 204bn) in AUM, has invested $30m into Enko’s private credit fund.
S&P Global has announced the launch of its iLEVEL Snowflake integration, a no-code solution that is designed to enable private markets investors to seamlessly extract core raw datasets from S&P Global's iLEVEL portfolio monitoring platform directly to their Snowflake environment.
Acorn Holdings has received authorisation from the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) for the establishment of a Build-To-Rent Development Real Estate Investment Trust (D-REIT) aimed at expanding Kenya’s affordable housing rental market for young urbanites.
The African Development Bank Group has granted a $100m loan to the Emerging Africa and Asia Infrastructure Fund (EAAIF), a Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company, managed by the investment firm Ninety One.
African Development Bank Group has approved a $310m financial package to FirstRand Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of the FirstRand Group and one of the largest financial institutions in Africa.
Stears, Africa’s financial data provider, and Ventures Platform, a seed-stage venture capital firm in Africa, have launched the Stears-VP Liquidity Index (SVL Index), a first-of-its-kind index designed to unlock the next phase of capital flow into Africa by creating trusted, standardised data infrastructure across African private markets.
Swedfund, Sweden’s development finance institution, has invested in Solar Saver to expand access to clean and reliable energy in Southern Africa.
The Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA), the development equity impact investment arm of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has made a $300m strategic investment in the Africa Minerals and Metals Processing Platform (A2MP).
Standard Bank Group, Africa’s largest financial institution by assets, has launched a Representative Office in Egypt to strengthen trade and investment flows between Egypt, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Middle East, recognising Egypt’s role as a vital gateway in Africa's north-south trade corridor.
In the wake of recent protests over prolonged water outages in Gauteng, the country’s deepening infrastructure failures have once again exposed a critical weakness in South Africa’s development model: the inability to convert available capital into bankable, investable projects.
Satrix will operate under its own Category II Financial Services Provider licence, effective November 1, 2025, marking a strategic milestone for the business.
South Africa’s asset management industry assets grew by 9.5% supported by strong domestic markets, according to the 27four DEInvest Annual Survey 2025.
The Old Mutual Investment Group Namibia (OMIGNAM) has appointed Sara Mezui Engo as Chief Investment Officer: Unlisted Investments.
Verdant IMAP has acted as sole financial advisor and arranger to Ctrack Holding on the successful closing of a $23.4m (ZAR 406m) equity raise for Ctrack Holdings.
Mediterrania Capital Partners (MCP), a private equity firm focused on growth investments in SMEs and mid-cap companies across North and Sub-Saharan Africa, has announced a €100m co-investment in Coris Holding, the second largest banking group in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU).
Old Mutual has agreed to acquire a majority stake in 10X Investments (10X) from Old Mutual Private Equity (OMPE), part of Old Mutual Alternative Investments, and DiGAME Investments (DiGAME), marking an important next step in the company’s evolution as a leader in passive, technology-enabled investment solutions in South Africa.
Sanari Capital has exited its investment in Fernridge Solutions, with Broll Property Group acquiring the Johannesburg-based market intelligence and geospatial analytics firm.
Marex has launched EMEA Emerging Markets (EM) Credit desk, offering a hybrid model that combines agency execution with selective principal risk-taking abilities to better serve institutional clients across sovereign and corporate debt.
