Ecobank, a pan-African financial services group, has named Daba Finance, an Ivorian fintech company, as the Grand Winner of the 2024 Ecobank Fintech Challenge.

DEG, Germany’s development finance institution, has agreed to provide a €30 million loan to the Africa Go Green Fund (AGG), a debt fund managed by Cygnum Capital, to support the expansion of climate-oriented businesses across the African continent.

Blue Earth Capital has committed $25 million in private credit funding to Robust International, a company that processes and exports agricultural products like cashews and sesame seeds.