Finance | - Part 3

Mastercard Foundation Fund for Resilience and Prosperity

AFSIC – Investing in Africa is wholly focused on accelerating Africa’s economic emergence by matching investment opportunities in Africa transforming Africa’s business, trade and investment environment sustainably growing Africa’s economy and increasing African incomes in all business sectors at a continental scale. AFSIC – Investing in Africa aims to partner with companies that align on this purpose and are therefore delighted to welcome on board The Mastercard Foundation Fund for Resilience and Prosperity as a…

Launching a startup in Africa: OX Delivers

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LONDON (Capital Markets in Africa): At AFSIC – Investing in Africa 2024 dialogue focuses on nurturing investment and collaboration across the investment value chain and driving sustainable growth in Africa. With a wide variety of industry sectors attending and many of the key financial sector participants present, investors attend AFSIC looking for new investment ideas or looking to raise capital for their own funds. To help facilitate this the AFSIC Investor Pitching room offers quickfire…

IFC, British International Investment and Proparco agree €87 million loan to Support Sonatel’s Telecoms Expansion in Senegal

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KIGALI (Capital Markets in Africa) – To accelerate Senegal’s digital transformation, IFC and partners British International Investment (BII) and Proparco today announced a financing package for Sonatel to improve essential telecommunications infrastructure in the country and expand access to reliable, affordable mobile and fixed broadband services. The local currency equivalent €87 million, sustainability-linked loan includes €32 million from IFC, €25 million from BII, and €30 million from Proparco. The funding will help Sonatel, the largest…

Landmark moment for African climate investment as sustainability bond secures London listing

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LONDON (Capital Markets in Africa) – African climate investment received a landmark boost today with the cross-listing of NMB Bank’s (NMB) inaugural sustainability bond, the NMB Jamii Bond, on the London Stock Exchange. It will represent a new, vital and symbolically important route for institutional investors in the world’s largest capital markets to commit funds into African climate finance and development vehicles. BII was an anchor investor in the Tanzanian shilling tranche of the NMB…

Why Attend AFSIC – Investing in Africa 2024

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LONDON (Capital Markets in Africa) – AFSIC – Investing in Africa is the leading Africa focused investment conference and is held annually in London. AFSIC – Investing in Africa 2024 takes place 7th-9th October 2024 at Park Plaza Westminster. At the heart of AFSIC is dialogue focusing on nurturing investment and collaboration across the investment value chain and driving sustainable growth in Africa. AFSIC prides itself on being so much more than a conference as…

Renewable Energy: The Hottest Investment Space in Africa?

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LONDON (Capital Markets in Africa) – Renewable Energy is one of the hottest investment spaces in Africa and AFSIC – Investing in Africa 2024 will continue to highlight important discussions from top companies on the topic in our Sustainable Development stream sponsored by Executives in Africa and our Powering Africa stream: www.afsic.net/agenda. We’ll listen to voices from the investors: AIMS international, US International Development Finance Corporation, African Development Bank, Rand Merchant Bank, Norfund, Catalyst Fund, Gemcorp, GIZ,…

15th Edition Connected Banking Summit – Innovation and Excellence Awards 2024

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Ethiopia, 14th August 2024 – The International Center for Strategic Alliances proudly presents the 15th Edition Connected Banking Summit – Innovation and Excellence Awards 2024; Ethiopia in Addis Ababa, scheduled for August 14th, 2024. Esteemed global executives, experts, and leaders will convene to drive the banking industry forward into a new era of innovation and excellence. This summit, in collaboration with the prestigious Connected Banking Innovation & Excellence Awards, will assemble a distinguished cohort of…

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