Tesh Mbaabu, CEO & Founder at Cloud9 Venture Capital Kenyan Fintech Cloud9 Secures $500K Pre-Seed Funding From Crypto Accelerator Alliance The Nairobi-headquartered digital banking platform brings its total pre-seed capital to $1 million as it expands cross-border payment corridors and card issuance for African merchants. By Charles S. • 17 days ago
M-KOPA Acquires Finnish Phone-Locking Firm KilpiTek for $8 Million The fintech asset-financier acquires full ownership of the Tampere-based software developer to secure core device-locking IP and streamline global hardware sourcing.
Oct 7, 2026 Kenyan Fintech Cloud9 Secures $500K Pre-Seed Funding From Crypto Accelerator Alliance The Nairobi-headquartered digital banking platform brings its total pre-seed capital to $1 million as it expands cross-border payment corridors and card issuance for African merchants. Tesh Mbaabu, CEO & Founder at Cloud9
Oct 7, 2026 M-KOPA Acquires Finnish Phone-Locking Firm KilpiTek for $8 Million The fintech asset-financier acquires full ownership of the Tampere-based software developer to secure core device-locking IP and streamline global hardware sourcing. M-KOPA CEO, Jesse Moore / Image Credit: M-KOPA
Oct 7, 2026 AfricInvest Vehicle FIVE Backs Vantage Payment System’s Moroccan Expansion The financial inclusion fund invests in holding company Equity Invest to consolidate full ownership of VPS and fund its nationwide point-of-sale acquiring rollout. Partner Omar Bekkali, AfricInvest
Oct 7, 2026 South African Telecom Ilitha Secures $30M Debt Facility From Absa to Scale Township Fibre The R500 million funding from Absa Corporate and Investment Banking will accelerate the deployment of uncapped prepaid broadband across underserved peri-urban communities. Image Credit: Ilitha
Oct 7, 2026 Shelter Afrique Issues $100M Sustainable Bond for West African Housing Infrastructure The FCFA 60 billion local-currency issuance on the WAEMU regional capital market represents the multilateral lender's debut sustainable bond offering. The headquarters of Shelter Afrique Development Bank (ShafDB) in Nairobi, Kenya.
Oct 6, 2026 Infinite Partners Closes Second PE Fund at $170M, Exceeding Target The Black-owned South African private equity manager wrapped up fundraising for Core Equity Fund II at R2.8 billion, driven by local pension funds, insurers, and banks. Tabane Matheolane, Co-Founder & Partner; Edward Pitsi, Co-Founder & CEO; Titi Sekhukhune, Co-Founder & Partner; and Naomi Nethengwe, Co-Founder & Principal, Infinite Partners.
Oct 5, 2026 Sanlam Moves to Take Santam Private in $1.2 Billion Minority Buyout Offering R505 per share, a 26.6% premium, Sanlam Life seeks to acquire the remaining 37.3% interest in South Africa’s largest short-term insurer through a scheme of arrangement. Sanlam Group CEO, Paul Hanratty / Image Credit: Dwayne Senior (Bloomberg)
Oct 5, 2026 RMB Ventures Acquires MoreCorp as Old Mutual Private Equity Exits After a Decade The secondary private equity buyout sees Rand Merchant Bank's investment arm acquire the golf and cycling retail group following a ten-year holding period during which company turnover tripled. Amina Pahad, CEO of RMB Ventures
Oct 5, 2026 CA&S Group Acquires Strategic Stake in TDMC The JSE-listed consumer goods distribution giant secures an initial 30% holding in digital agency TDMC, establishing a phased path to majority ownership and bridging physical distribution with e-commerce. Duncan Lewis, CA&S Group CEO
Oct 4, 2026 Tony Elumelu’s Heirs Energies Buys $71 Million Seplat Stake to Lift Combined Holding to 21.07% The £53.2 million transaction on the London Stock Exchange consolidates Elumelu's position as Seplat Energy’s largest single shareholder ahead of his transition to board chairman in 2027. Nigerian billionaire investor Tony Elumelu at the Council on Foreign Relations
Oct 2, 2026 Egypt’s First Fintech Unicorn MNT-Halan Files to List 20% Stake in $1.4 Billion Cairo IPO Parent entity MNT Tech Holding plans to float 320 million shares on the Egyptian Exchange, testing international institutional appetite for North Africa's largest non-bank lending platform. MNT-Halan Co-Founder and CTO Ahmed Mohsen, and Co-Founder and CEO Mounir Nakhla