Category: New Investments

Checker, a company building infrastructure for stablecoin-based financial services, has secured $8 million in fresh funding as it looks to expand digital payment and settlement solutions across Africa and other emerging markets.

Impact Fund Denmark has committed DKK 160 million, equivalent to around $25 million, to East African forestry company The New Forests Company (NFC) as the region faces growing demand for timber and wood products.

Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has approved up to $100 million for investments in venture capital and growth equity funds focused on Africa’s digital economy.

Digital Africa has unveiled a new investment vehicle aimed at helping African startups navigate one of the toughest stages in their growth journey.

Kenya has recorded a major milestone in agricultural finance after fintech company Kaleidofin completed the country’s first private-sector local currency securitization focused on smallholder farmers, unlocking fresh capital for rural lending.

Namibia-based alternative investment firm Bellatrix Investment Managers has launched a new $10 million venture capital fund aimed at backing early-stage startups across Southern Africa.

Pan-African debt recovery and distressed credit investor BFREE has secured a new growth investment round aimed at expanding its ability to purchase bad loan portfolios from banks and digital lenders across Africa.

Village Capital has made its first investments through the Africa Ecosystem Catalysts Facility (AECF), deploying $350,000 into two startups in Ghana as the nonprofit deepens its push to support early-stage African businesses tackling essential everyday challenges.

Sabou Capital, a Nigerian impact investment firm focused on technology-driven small and medium-sized businesses, has received an undisclosed anchor investment from the Mastercard Foundation Africa Growth Fund.