With lenders and donors fatigued, attention is turning to underutilized domestic capital. According to the Africa Finance ...

S&P Global Ratings said African regional development creditors are poised to expand lending to fill national financing gaps, ...

Access to finance remains a key challenge for mid-sized businesses across Africa. In a development aimed at addressing part ...

African startup funding has seen a significant decline of more than 50% over the past three quarters compared to the previous year, as reported by The Big Deal. To date, startups on the continent have ...

The report highlights opportunities for cooperation between South African and Chinese institutions — from co-financing and ...

Enko Capital, an Africa-focused hedge fund, has raised $100 million for its private credit strategy for mid-sized firms.

About Africa Tech Festival: Now in its 28th edition, Africa Tech Festival 2025 will take place from 11 to 13 November 2025 at ...

African private capital fundraising more than doubled to $4.0 billion in 2024, representing the third highest final close value on the continent in the last decade. The 2024 African Private Capital ...

Last year presented a tough period for African tech startups. Venture capital was hard to bag (as predicted earlier), bridge and down rounds became the norm, and news of fire sales, layoffs and ...

When maurizio caio, a fund manager with about 20 years of experience in tech, began raising money in 2015 for an African startup fund, investors were hesitant. “They said to pick either Africa or ...