14 May
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Moringa, a private equity impact investment fund specialized in agroforestry projects in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, has invested in Jus Délice, a Togolese company developing a juice processing factory supplied by a large network of organic producers who cultivate their fields according to organic practices.
4 May
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AfricInvest and Amethis have announced a minority equity investment in CFG Bank, a pioneering investment bank which is now extending its activities to become a universal bank.
3 May
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Partech’s recently launched Africa Fund has led a $3m Series A round in TradeDepot, the SaaS platform for FMCG distribution in Africa.
3 May
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Orange Digital Ventures Africa, the Orange investment fund’s new initiative for Africa, has announced its first investment, helping Africa’s Talking to raise $8.6m, alongside the IFC World Bank and Social Capital.
2 May
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Uqalo, a South-African private equity fund, has bought Sh404m($4m) worth of shares in Kenyan fast food chain Big Square for an undisclosed stake.
2 May
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The Yield Uganda Investment Fund, managed by Pearl Capital Partners (PCP), has made its maiden investment in Uganda, committing Ushs 1.6bn ($4.31m) to Sesaco, a soy processing company.
29 Apr
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Five major banks and funds across three continents have financed the global for-profit social enterprise d.light’s next phase of growth to empower millions more off-grid families.
27 Apr
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Knife Capital has invested in Cape Town-based machine learning startup DataProphet, which develops and implements product development solutions to a wide range of industries.
27 Apr
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Vantage Capital has provided $8m of funding to Rosslyn Riviera Shopping Mall, a convenient neighbourhood shopping mall in the upmarket suburb of Rosslyn/Runda in Nairobi that officially opened for trading in 2017.
21 Apr
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DOB Equity, a Dutch family-backed impact investor, has recently completed its first investment in Rwanda, by acquiring an equity stake in Sarura Commodities, a grain trading company.
20 Apr
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Edge Growth’s Vumela Fund with participation from Omidyar Network, the Brozin family’s Forever Young Capital and Catapult Trust, have invested in Giraffe, a South African automated high-volume recruitment start-up.
18 Apr
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LUN Partners Group, a China-based global investment management group, alongside Goodwell Investments and several angel investors have invested $4.5m in MFS Africa, a Pan-African fintech company, in a Series B funding round.
18 Apr
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Agri-Vie and Norfund have announced a $17m co-investment into the Marginpar Flower Group Holdings, an East African flower sales business.
17 Apr
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Grit, the largest and only pan-African focused real estate income group, has announced changes to its board and further expansion of its portfolio in Mozambique and Ghana.
