Africa Finance Corporation (“AFC” or “the Corporation”), the leading infrastructure solutions provider in Africa, today announces the successful issuance of … More

Acumen and FMO have led a $3m Series A Equity round in Easy Solar, a solar company in West Africa. In addition, the … More

Every year, an estimated $88.6 billion, equivalent to 3.7% of Africa’s GDP, leaves the continent as illicit capital flight, according … More

There is an urgent need for financing to reenergize Africa’s trade in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to … More

  The OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) has approved US$100 million in new funding to support development operations in … More

The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) Board of Directors has approved investments this quarter totaling more than $2.5 billion … More

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Africa’s foremost multilateral trade finance institution, has approved a $400-million revolving global credit facility agreement … More

Conventional investors see uncompensated risk. Investors of ‘catalytic capital’ see an opportunity for outsized impact. One Acre Fund has spent … More

On July 2nd 2020, Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the African Export-Import Bank (AfreximBank) have announced a new facility … More

The African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) has launched a program to help Africa’s Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to … More