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.
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).
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.
Kenya’s plan to raise KSh 995.7 billion from the domestic market in the 2026/27 fiscal year could influence how banks balance lending to businesses against investing in government securities, according to EBC Financial Group.
Creation Capital has launched the Creation Yield Fund, a hybrid private credit vehicle that combines privately originated debt investments with a listed note structure on the Cape Town Stock Exchange (CTSE), as the specialist investment manager seeks to channel more institutional capital into South Africa's underserved SME and mid-corporate market.
Africa’s electricity demand is projected to nearly double to 2,291 TWh by 2050, requiring an estimated $30 billion in transmission and grid infrastructure investment to unlock and integrate new generation capacity.
Satrix has expanded its African footprint with the secondary listing of three of its Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed exchange traded funds (ETFs) on the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE), with trading commencing on July 9.
H1 Holdings (H1) and Revego Fund Managers (RFM) have announced plans to explore a strategic merger that would create one of South Africa’s largest dedicated renewable energy equity investment platforms, with a combined asset base of approximately R13.3 billion.
African banks continued to outperform global peers, delivering some of the highest returns in the global financial system, driven by strong interest margins, rising fee income, and rapid digital adoption, according to a recent McKinsey report.
Ecobank Group has launched the first International Capital Market Association (ICMA) commercial bank-issued Nature Bond, raising $450 million to support sustainable agriculture, biodiversity protection and water infrastructure projects across Africa.
Foreign exchange liberalization, tighter monetary policy and increasing transparency have helped Nigeria reemerge as one of the most commercially compelling financial markets in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new report by Crisil Coalition Greenwich, as improving liquidity and investor participation reshape activity across the country’s FX, bond and equity markets.
Nigeria has increased its share of Africa’s upstream final investment decisions (FIDs) from 4% to 40% in just two years, according to a new government-backed review that points to a sharp turnaround in investor confidence following a series of energy sector reforms.
