African private capital activity showed notable resilience in 2024, marked by increased participation from African LPs, continued reliance on proven sectors like Consumer Staples and Financials, and ...

FCMB Asset Management (FCMBAM) and TLG Capital have announced the full deployment of the oversubscribed ₦100 bn FCMB–TLG Private Debt Fund Series 1. "This is Nigeria's first local currency private ...

Carlyle has agreed to sell its majority stake in Tessara, a provider of post-harvest solutions in South Africa, to AgroFresh Solutions. Carlyle has agreed to sell its majority stake in Tessara, a ...

Economist Impact’s Sustainability Week Africa is a business and investment event focused on how companies can support the continent on becoming sustainable faster, while avoiding the brunt of climate ...

Kredete, a fintech company focused on helping African immigrants build credit and access financial services, has raised a $22m Series A funding round led by AfricInvest via their Cathay AfricInvest ...

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 ...

The Facility for Energy Inclusion (FEI) managed by Cygnum Capital (formerly Lion’s Head Group) has signed a $30m multi-country facility to finance the assets of Equator Energy, a commercial and ...

Charles Russell Speechlys has advised Mirova, which aims to provide debt support to SMEs that generate and provide clean energy, primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia, on its $20 million ...

Kasada, an independent real estate private equity platform dedicated to the hospitality industry in Africa, has acquired the former Radisson Blu Hotel & Residence, the 214-room hotel in the center of ...

Bosquet Investments, the private investment vehicle of Alain Nkontchou, has acquired a 21.22% stake in Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) from Nedbank Group. This transaction remains subject to ...

For the first time in almost a decade of consistently strong growth, the number of venture capital deals in Africa decreased by 31% YoY, according to the African Private Capital Association 2023 ...

TLG Capital, an alternative investment firm, has announced a $10m structured private credit facility for one of the country’s largest aluminum recyclers in Nigeria, in collaboration with Wema Bank, ...