Tag: Tech News
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AHL Venture Partners Secures Additional $15 Million for Africa Credit Fund, Bringing Total to $45.5 Million
AHL Venture Partners has secured a further $15 million debt facility for the AHL Africa Credit Fund I, increasing the vehicle’s total capital raised to $45.5 million.
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Africa-Founded Fintech Yellow Card Raises $40 Million to Expand Stablecoin Payment Infrastructure
Africa-founded fintech company Yellow Card has secured $40 million in strategic equity financing to accelerate the expansion of its institutional stablecoin payments business.
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Moove Becomes Africa’s Newest Unicorn After Raising $250 Million in Series C Funding
Nigeria-founded mobility fintech Moove has become Africa’s newest unicorn after raising $250 million in a Series C funding round that valued the company at $2.1 billion.
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Swedfund Invests $12 Million in Acumen’s ARAF II to Support Climate-Resilient Agriculture in Africa
Swedfund, Sweden’s development finance institution, has committed $12 million to the Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund II (ARAF II).
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BII Commits $20 Million to Africa50 Infrastructure Fund as Private Capital Push Gains Momentum
British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, has committed $20 million to the Africa50 Infrastructure Acceleration Fund (IAF), strengthening efforts to mobilize long-term private capital for critical infrastructure projects across Africa.
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African Development Bank and Biovac Sign $15 Million Agreement to Advance Africa’s First End-to-End Cholera Vaccine Production
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has finalized a loan of up to $15 million to South Africa’s Biologicals and Vaccines Institute (Biovac), supporting the construction of a new multi-vaccine manufacturing facility in Cape Town that is expected to strengthen Africa’s vaccine production capacity and reduce the continent’s heavy dependence on imported vaccines.
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Moment Raises $22 Million to Expand Pan-African Payment Infrastructure
Pan-African fintech company Moment has secured $22 million in a Series A funding round to accelerate the expansion of its payment infrastructure across Africa, strengthening investor confidence in the continent’s fast-growing digital payments market.
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Impact Fund Denmark Commits $22.5 Million to ETG to Strengthen Agricultural Value Chains in Africa
Impact Fund Denmark has committed $22.5 million to African agribusiness group ETG as part of a $600 million sustainability-linked loan designed to strengthen agricultural value chains in Africa while advancing measurable environmental and social outcomes.
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Proparco Commits $12 Million to Acumen Agriculture Fund II to Back Climate-Resilient Agribusinesses Across Africa
Proparco has committed $12 million to the Acumen Resilient Agriculture Fund II (ARAF II), strengthening the flow of early-stage capital to agribusinesses serving smallholder farmers across sub-Saharan Africa.