9 May
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Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), Africa’s leading infrastructure solutions provider, in partnership with Italy’s national development finance institution Cassa Depositi e Prestiti S.p.A (CDP), have announced a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that sets out to elevate Italian-African business collaboration, contributing to sustainable growth and prosperity on a global scale.
30 Apr
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British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, has signed a $100m risk-sharing facility with Citi to support the trade finance needs of SMEs and corporates in frontier and emerging African economies.
18 Apr
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RMB, one of Africa’s corporate and investment banks, has invested in Acre Export Finance Fund I, which targets commercial debt tranches of Export Credit Agency (ECA) transactions supporting climate-aligned infrastructure in Africa.
18 Apr
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The Norwegian Investment Fund for developing countries (Norfund) invested just over 6.5 billion NOK in developing countries in 2023, with 51% of investments in Africa.
16 Apr
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The Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF), the impact investment arm of the Open Society Foundations, has committed $25m to Allied Climate Partners (ACP)—a new and innovative public-private partnership focused on increasing the number of bankable climate projects in emerging markets and developing economies around the world.
25 Mar
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British International Investment (BII), the UK's Development Finance Institution (DFI) and impact investor, has announced a $100m finance facility with the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB).
29 Feb
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IFC and Solcon Capital have partnered to identify and nurture investment opportunities in the Deep Tech sector within South Africa and India.
22 Feb
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Finnfund, DFC, SEDF (Soros Economic Development Fund), UBS Optimus Foundation and Grand Challenges Canada, have invested $20m in Hewatele, a medical oxygen producer in Kenya.
19 Feb
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The Danish Climate Investment Fund (DCIF), managed by IFU, has sold its 6.25% stake in Lake Turkana Wind Power, the largest wind farm in Africa, to the Climate Finance Partnership, a public-private finance vehicle managed by BlackRock.
15 Jan
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British International Investment, the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, has underlined its support for fintech entrepreneurs with a $40 m commitment to a new Apis fund – the Apis Growth Markets Fund III (Apis III). Apis Partners is a UK-based private equity firm investing exclusively in high-growth, capital-light, tech-enabled financial services businesses globally.
10 Jan
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EIB Global has announced a $30m equity investment in the Seedstars Africa Ventures I venture capital fund.
20 Dec
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The Danish Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU), on behalf of the Danish SDG Investment Fund, has invested €21m in Oncologie et Diagnostic du Maroc (ODM), a healthcare provider in Morocco.
20 Dec
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British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, has announced its anchor commitment of $15m equivalent in Tanzanian Shilling to NMB Bank’s (NMB) inaugural sustainability bond offering, known as the NMB Jamii Bond.
19 Dec
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The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has committed a $24m equity investment in Miro Forestry Developments Limited (Miro) to expand the company’s sustainable forestry and timber processing on degraded land in West Africa.
