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IFC and fintech platform M-KOPA Holdings Ltd. today announced a partnership to expand its financial services to underbanked consumers in Eastern Africa, which will enable hundreds of thousands of women, lower-income customers, those in rural communities, and others in Kenya and Uganda, to purchase productive assets such as smartphones and home solar systems.

Proparco committed $5 million in DisrupTech, which aims to provide seed capital to up to 28 start-ups with prime focus on financial technology services. The fund raised $36 million from several investors, including Development Finance Institutions, Funds-of-funds and Family offices. It will be an important financing source for Egyptian tech companies, which often struggle to raise capital to bring their innovations to market.

Egyptian venture capital firm Acasia Ventures led the USD seven-figure pre-seed investment round in Cairo-based, remittance-focused fintech startup Balad. The round was joined by Launch Africa, Future Africa, V&R, Magic Fund, First Circle, Sunny Side, and several family offices.

The Minerals Income Investment Fund (MIIF) and Injaro Investment Advisors Ltd (IIAL) are delighted to announce the decision by the management and Board of Directors of MIIF to commit GHS25M to the Injaro Ghana Venture Capital Fund (IGVCF) which is managed by IIAL. 

Nairobi, Kenya, April 25, 2023—IFC today announced an investment in Kenyan healthcare provider Avenue Group Limited that will support the company's strategy to grow its healthcare offering and boost its patient reach by 20 percent across the country over the next five years.

IFC today announced an investment in Kenyan healthcare provider Avenue Group Limited that will support the company's strategy to grow its healthcare offering and boost its patient reach by 20 percent across the country over the next five years.

Adiwale Fund I and Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P), through its fund IPAE 2, announced the acquisition of a majority stake in VRS Africa. The company offers operational car leasing and fleet management services for corporate clients.

Swedfund invested USD 30 million on the 1stof March in the Mirova Gigaton Fund[1]. The main purpose of investing in the fund is to reach out to projects in developing countries, with debt financing through a wide range of important, complementary solar energy solutions outside the regular grid, so-called off-grid solutions.

Helios Investment Partners is pleased to announce the completion of the sale of Solevo to a group of investors. The execution of Helios’ value creation strategy over the investment period significantly transformed the company into a leading distributor of specialty chemicals across the most important life sciences and industrial segments, driving the institutionalisation of the business and positioning it for continued growth.

The European Investment Bank (EIB), through EIB Global, its new arm for development finance and international partnerships, has signed a finance contract with CaixaBank worth around MAD 330 million (€30 million) to increase support for Moroccan micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs).

To support the growth of the avocado industry in Africa, Asia, South America, and Europe, IFC, HSBC Bank, and Standard Bank today announced an investment in Westfalia Fruit International Limited to help the company expand sustainable avocado production at its existing facilities and explore opportunities in new markets.

Dekemhare 30-megawatt photovoltaic solar power plant project in Eritrea. Amount: US$ 49.92 million grant comprising US$ 19.5 million from the African Development Fund (ADF-15) and US$ 30.42 million from the Transition Support Facility (TSF).

Enable specialises in providing short-term funding solutions to subcontractors involved in the physical construction and deployment of local, regional and national fibre network infrastructure in SA.

Egypt-based VC firm Acasia Ventures has participated in the $1 million Seed round raised by the Lagos-based last-mile delivery platform Fez Delivery, led by Nigeria’s discovery fund Ventures Platform.

To support the development of medium-sized companies in Africa, with a special focus on firms run or led by women, IFC today announced that it will invest in the first close of Mediterrania Capital Partners' Mediterrania MC IV fund.

British International Investment (BII), the UK's development finance institution (DFI) and impact investor, today announced a EUR 20 million commitment to The Urban Resilience Fund (TURF), launched by Meridiam. The investment is the DFI’s first investment in an urban infrastructure fund and supports the design and scale of climate-focussed infrastructure projects across sub-Saharan Africa - increasing the affordability, safety, reliability, and climate-resilience of public infrastructure in African cities.

Swedfund has decided to invest USD 5 million in NHAO (Nordic Horn of Africa Opportunities Fund). The amount is split into 2 tranches where the second tranche requires certain conditions to be met.

The Renew Capital Angels have invested in Wazi Vision, a women-founded Ugandan company with a vision to change the eyewear industry in Africa. Founders Brenda Katwesigye Baganzi and Geogette Ochieng Ndabukiye launched Wazi in response to a gap in Uganda’s eyewear market.

Metito Utilities Limited (MUL), a global investor and operator of water, wastewater, and alternative energy management solutions, and British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, announced the launch of their new company Africa Water Infrastructure Development “AWID”, a first-of-its-kind platform to develop climate-smart water projects at scale and to increase water security across Africa.

LeapFrog Investments, the profit with purpose investment firm, today announced that its financial services and healthcare businesses have now crossed the threshold of reaching over 200 million women and girls, providing essential springboards and safety nets to help them rise into a better standard of living.