The Awareness Company co-founders: Shazia Vawda, Priaash Ramadeen and Estelle Lubbe Dealflow | Lucy Ngige South African startup lands $1.6 million to help businesses manage energy and water usage
LemFi co-founders Ridwan Olalere & Rian Cochran Dealflow | Lucy Ngige Remittance app LemFi lands $53 million to build financial services for African immigrants
Biovea Biomass Plant in Côte d'Ivoire Signals | Lucy Ngige How EAAIF is leveraging its African expertise to drive infrastructure financing in Asia
Dealflow | Roodgally Senatus Cassava Technologies secures $90 million for digital infrastructure in Africa
Credit: Ziweto Innovative Finance | Lucy Ngige Early growth-stage companies are going public – in Africa
Dealflow | Lucy Ngige BlueOrchard’s Green Earth Impact Fund invests $5 million in climate-smart infrastructure in Africa
Dealflow | Lucy Ngige CrossBoundary Energy lands $140 million to scale commercial renewable energy in Africa
Cape Town, South Africa Dealflow | Lucy Ngige South Africa’s Ninety One closes $260 million fund for emerging markets infrastructure
Dealflow | Lucy Ngige Arab African International Bank bond raises $500 million for Egypt’s green transition
Emerging and Growth Markets | Lucy Ngige Investors ink clean energy deals in Africa’s overlooked markets
Kinshasa, Congo Signals | Lucy Ngige Private investors warm to small business investments in Africa’s most underserved markets
Credit: Rhino Park Investing in Health | Jessica Pothering Blue Earth issues $11 million sustainability-linked loan to Namibian hospital
Photo credit: Expedia Signals | Lucy Ngige Overheard at AVPA: Building Africa’s pipeline of local capital for sustainable economic growth and resilience
Dealflow | Lucy Ngige Absa Bank secures $150 million to provide trade financing to Africa’s small businesses
Photo credit: BURN Manufacturing Dealflow | Lucy Ngige BURN lands $15 million to electrify household cooking in East Africa
Dealflow | Lucy Ngige Kenya’s BasiGo raises $42 million in equity and debt for ‘pay-as-you-drive’ e-buses
Dealflow | Lucy Ngige Earthbond raises $200,000 to bring solar energy to Nigerian small businesses and enterprises
Clean Energy | Lucy Ngige Improving livelihoods with ‘productive use appliances’ and other off-grid innovations
Photo credit: Sistema.bio Clean Energy | Lucy Ngige Small-scale biodigester maker Sistema.bio lands $15 million in a bridge round
Credit: Farmworks Smallholder Agriculture | Jessica Pothering Farmworks secures investment to link Kenya’s farmers to markets
Johannesburg Dealflow | Lucy Ngige A new catalytic fund for social development projects in Africa aims to close financing gaps
Photo by JIBU. Water | Roodgally Senatus With each bottle sold, UK retailers aim to backstop water entrepreneurs in emerging markets (Q&A)
Credit: Lapaire, a Transform Health Fund portfolio company Investing in Health | Jessica Pothering Transform Health Fund closes $111 million to invest in better quality, affordable healthcare in Africa
Nairobi Catalytic Capital | Lucy Ngige Dhamana gets $14.6 million to mobilize capital for sustainable infrastructure in East Africa
Ethiopian EV startup Dodai Africa | Lucy Ngige EV policy incentives give Africa’s e-mobility startups an edge in a competitive market
Dealflow | Dennis Price Anchored by Altérra, TPG and Brookfield raise billions for climate opportunities in emerging markets
Photo credit: Ampersand Climate and Clean Tech | Lucy Ngige Financing EV startups with carbon credits, battery securitization and more at Africa E-Mobility Week
Credit: Wood Packaging Industry Gender Smart | Jessica Pothering WIC Capital invests in sustainable carpentry company in Côte d’Ivoire
Investing in Health | Jessica Pothering French pharmaceutical giant makes strategic investment in Rwandan health e-commerce company Kasha
Africa | Natalie Alm Mobilizing African capital for African infrastructure – without concessional financing
Photo by GAIN. Dealflow | Roodgally Senatus Incofin’s Nutritious Foods Financing Facility backs three social enterprises in Africa
Credit: Chpter Africa | Lucy Ngige Kenya’s MarketForce founders secure $1.2 million for new e-commerce venture
Photo credit: Sukhiba Impact Tech | Jessica Pothering Sukhiba raises $1.6 million for enterprise software that helps Africa’s small businesses close deals
Credit: NoorNation Africa | Lucy Ngige Egypt’s NoorNation raises fresh capital for solar-powered water desalination and irrigation
Climate and Gender | Lucy Ngige KawiSafi’s gender-inclusive climate fund gets $10 million from the African Development Bank
Clean Energy | Lucy Ngige Open Access Energy lands early equity to connect green power to South Africa’s grid
Green Infrastructure | Roodgally Senatus South Africa-based AIIM scoops up nearly $1 billion for sustainable infrastructure
