Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has announced the successful closing of a $100 million, 5-year loan facility from the Export-Import Bank of India (India Exim Bank), further strengthening its long-standing partnership with the institution.
In a time of uncertainty and rapid change, South African family businesses are showing exceptional resilience and growth. While family businesses generate around two-thirds of global GDP and 60% of jobs, according to the United Nations, many face increasing challenges. However, South African family business leaders reported double-digit sales growth in 2025, highlighting the country’s enduring strength.
The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has reached financial close and disbursed €43m under the Poro Power Green Bond, the first project finance green bond issued in Côte d’Ivoire and within the West African Economic and Monetary Union.
The Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF), the impact investment arm of the Open Society Foundations, has committed $7m to Persistent’s Africa Climate Venture Builder Fund (ACV Fund), a $70m blended finance vehicle aimed at scaling early-stage climate innovation across Africa. The investment forms part of SEDF’s broader push into locally led climate and development strategies on the continent.
Axis Pension Trust and Norfund have joined Growth Investment Partners (GIP) as new investors, committing a combined $20m to the Ghana-focused platform in a move that signals growing confidence in locally driven investment solutions for the private sector.
The African Development Bank Group has approved a series of equity investments totaling over $37m to support high-growth and early-stage enterprises across Africa.
FirstRand Bank (FRB) has become the first commercial bank globally to issue an outcomes-based bond that directly links investor returns to verified ecological and environmental restoration outcomes, marking a significant evolution in sustainable finance.
The Bank of Tanzania (BOT) has made an undisclosed equity investment in the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), becoming a sovereign shareholder and further strengthening the Corporation’s diversified capital base and pan-African ownership structure.
FSD Africa Investments and Allied Climate Partners have announced a combined anchor commitment of $50 million to the first close of the African Transition Acceleration Fund, a new investment vehicle aimed at accelerating Africa’s energy transition.
British International Investment (BII) has partnered with Deutsche Bank to launch a $150 million risk-sharing programme aimed at expanding trade finance across some of Africa’s most underserved markets.
EIB Global will invest €40 million in Speedinvest’s first Africa-focused fund to support financing for technology startups across the continent.
The African Development Bank Group has approved an investment of €6.5 million in the Saviu II fund in order to support technology start-ups through their seed phase and first institutional fundraising, mainly in French-speaking Central and West Africa.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) Group deployed more than €9bn through EIB Global, its arm for international partnerships and development finance, in 2025.
British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, and Alexforbes Investments (Alexforbes), South Africa’s largest multimanager, have each committed R500m to the Revego Africa Energy Fund.
