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Growth Equity
Fresh from raising $100 million from its Series C round four months ago, African cross-border payments firm Chipper Cash banked another $150 million in an extension last week backed by a group of new...
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Cross-border payments startup Chipper Cash scoops another $150mln in Series C extension
Image Credit: Pixabay
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Growth Equity
Creadev has led a group of investors backing Twiga Foods' latest fundraising round. Between them, the investors, most of whom have backed the e-commerce distribution platform in earlier rounds, are...
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Private Equity
OP Finnfund Global Impact Fund I, a Finland-based emerging markets impact fund, has invested equity in a Moroccan healthcare business. The €135 million fund is investing...
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Private Debt
Ampersand Rwanda, an electric motorcycle startup based in Kigali, has secured a debt investment from the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (or DFC) to support its expansion plans in Rwanda and Kenya...
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Venture Capital
Breadfast, a grocery delivery platform based in Egypt, has raised $26 million for its Series A round from a group of investors co-led by Vostok New Ventures and Endure Capital...
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Private Equity
Silicon Valley venture capital firm At One Ventures has led a trio of investors backing an electric vehicle manufacturer headquartered in Kenya in what is said to be the largest deal to date in an electric...
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Private Equity
A new fund managed by Admaius Capital Partners, a private equity firm founded by Marlon Chigwende who headed Carlyle's sub-Saharan investment activities between 2011 and 2016, has launched with...
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Private Equity
FMO is considering a commitment to an Egypt-based private equity firm's latest fund, having backed its predecessor in 2016. If it goes ahead, the Dutch development bank will be investing as much as...
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Private Equity
Coinciding with COP26, three Zambia-based organizations have agreed to set up a new climate fund next year focused on bankable projects and SMEs operating in segments such as climate-resilient...
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Infrastructure
Helios Investment Partners and InfraCo Africa are planning to co-launch a pan-African investment vehicle targeting opportunities in climate-aligned infrastructure projects and growth businesses...
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Highlighted Job of the Week |
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Managing Director, Head of Impact Investing at DFC // dfc.gov
Based in Washington, D.C., United States
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Partner, ESG, EHS Dude Diligence, Transaction & Sustainable Finance at ERM // erm.com
Based in Cape Town, South Africa, or another ERM office on the continent
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London, United Kingdom, November 15th to November 17th, 2021
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Online & Maputo, Mozambique, November 9th to November 11th, 2021
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Hermanus, South Africa, November 11th to November 13th, 2021
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Online and Cape Town, South Africa, November 15th, 2021
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Online and Cape Town, South Africa, November 16th to November 17th, 2021
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Online, November 22nd to November 23rd, 2021
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Online, November 17th to November 19th, 2021
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London, United Kingdom, November 17th to November 18th, 2021
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Online and Luanda, Angola, November 23rd to November 25th, 2021
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Online and Houston, USA, December 9th to December 10th, 2021
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