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Venture Capital
Six investors re-up for 54gene's Series A
Six members of the 10-investor consortium backing 54gene's Series A round last week had backed the Lagos-based genomics startup previously...
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54gene raises its Series A from a group of 10 venture capital investors
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Venture Capital
Eventtus's pandemic-driven innovation gets backing
In the expectation of an acceleration in demand for virtual event solutions brought on by the COVID-19 crisis, Algebra Ventures, Hala Ventures and Daal VC are providing...
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Fund & Fundraising News...
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Private Equity
Alitheia IDF's gender-lens fund reaches second close
Alitheia IDF's Gender Smart Fund, a joint venture between two women-owned, women-led private equity firms, has held the second close for its inaugural investment vehicle, hitting...
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Private Equity
SPE Capital lands IFC commitment for SPE AIF I
The International Finance Corporation announced an investment in SPE Capital's first independent fund, the Africa Industrialization Fund...
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Venture Capital
Global Ventures closes maiden fund with $50mln
Dubai-based Global Ventures has reportedly closed its first fund, winning commitments from some significant Middle Eastern institutions including...
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Private Debt
New investor for responsAbility's clean energy debt fund
responsAbility, which held the first close for its latest private debt fund in late January, has added another provider of first-loss capital for the 10-year blended finance fund...
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ESG
ESG and Africa's Unlisted Companies: Benchmarking to unlock the potential of the private sector for sustainable development
For the fifth excerpt from the just-published Impact Africa report, a look at how a well-designed benchmarking process allows individual companies to decide for themselves how to develop sustainably, in line with the Global Goals, while at the same time setting them all on a competitive "race to the top".
Written by Ido Verhagen, Food and Agriculture Benchmark Lead at the World Benchmarking Alliance
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Senior Investment Associate at Centum
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Based in Nairobi, Kenya
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Investment Funds Attorney at Development Finance Corporation
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Based in Washington, DC, United States
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Funds Portfolio Analyst at Development Finance Corporation
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Based in Washington, DC, United States
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Johannesburg, South Africa, September 7th to September 11th, 2020
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New this week...
African Start-up Investment Summit 2020
Virtual Event, starting at 3pm South African Standard Time on...
April 23rd, 2020
April 30th, 2020
May 7th, 2020
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Nairobi, Kenya, June 24th to June 25th, 2020
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Nairobi, Kenya, August 27th to August 28th, 2020
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Paris, France, September 22nd to September 23rd, 2020
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New date!
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, October 20th to October 22nd, 2020
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