The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED), its industrial and infrastructure development arm, IPS, and CDC Group have launched a joint power platform that will boost power generation in sub-Saharan Africa.
IFC has invested $22m to support the expansion of Bounty Brands, a South African platform that sells food, personal care and home care goods in over 40 countries globally.
Obviam has committed $8m on behalf of SIFEM to Catalyst Fund II, a $175m private equity fund that will make investments in SMEs and other fast growing companies in East Africa.
FMO has invested in Indorama Eleme Fertilizer & Chemicals, Sub-Saharan Africa's largest urea fertilizer manufacturer.
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), a pan-African multilateral development finance institution and project developer, has issued a $500m 7-year Eurobond.
IFC has made a combined investment and mobilization of $11m into Kenyan company Insta Products, which produces ready-to-use therapeutic food.
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has signed a €15.5m investment with Standard Chartered Bank Cameroon to finance the cotton campaign.
International Finance Corporation and the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) have invested $10m each in Metalco Industries Company, a Zambian company that recycles metal scrap to manufacture copper cables, lead-acid batteries, aluminum sheets and utensils.
The National Pension Fund Mauritius will invest $12.84m in the Mauritian subsidiary of Mara Delta through a nonredeemable preference share issue at a coupon rate of 6.25% per annum.
The Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries (Norfund) has announced a $7.4m investment in Verde Beef Processing, an Ethiopian beef producer.
More than 40 institutional investors across the world, including central banks, official institutions, pension funds, and fund managers, have invested in the IFC’s $500m Social Bond program.
CDC, the UK’s development finance institution, and AgDevCo, a social impact investor targeting sub-Saharan Africa, have invested $11.5m in Jacoma Estates Group to expand its Malawian farming operations.
MFX Solutions, a Washington D.C. based provider of currency hedging services to impact lenders in developing countries, has received a $120m guarantee increase from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC).
The French development agency AFD Group has secured €24m from the EU’s electrification funding initiative, ElectriFI, to deploy the African Renewable Energy Scale-Up (ARE Scale Up) facility.
