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Review of Week of 12 October 2026
This week’s briefing features Renaissance Africa Energy's $4.4B banking pool, the $2B IFC-BlueOrchard credit vehicle, Standard Bank's $185M placement in OPay, and strategic transactions across Cygnum Capital, Banque du Caire, and EBRD.
Review of Week of 05 October 2026
This week’s briefing features Sanlam’s $1.2B privatization offer for Santam, Infinite Partners’ $170M fund close, Shelter Afrique’s $100M sustainable bond issuance, and strategic growth transactions across M-KOPA, East Africa Foods, and Andersen.
Review of Week of 28 September 2026
This week’s deals feature MNT-Halan’s filing for a $1.4B Cairo IPO, Heirs Energies’ $71M Seplat stake increase, Attijariwafa Bank’s 55.22% acquisition of Société Générale Ghana, and strategic growth capital across Nedbank, Cold Solutions Rwanda, and Satlyt.
Review of Week of 21 September 2026
This week’s deals feature a landmark $1.0B critical minerals PE initiative, OCP Group’s $149.9M hybrid bond tap, Ardova’s 100% buyout of Powergas Nigeria, and strategic growth capital deployments across Paymob, Quickmart Kenya, and Spiro.
African Payments Giant Flutterwave Promotes Morounke Olufemi to Global Chief Financial Officer
Pan-African fintech leader Flutterwave elevates Morounke Olufemi to Global CFO, succeeding Mitesh Popat as the company doubles down on capital discipline, multi-currency liquidity, and stablecoin-backed cross-border settlement.
The Weekly Brief: Clean Energy Fund Closes, Mining Pre-Financing & Telecom Consolidations (14 Sep 2026)
This week’s deals feature Airnergize Capital’s $239M energy transition close, Glencore’s $300M pre-financing for Nimba Mining, BlueOrchard’s $250M climate fund launch, Pepkor’s $140M logistics monetization, and DNI’s $115M digital infrastructure integration.
The Weekly Brief: Infrastructure Debt Deployments & Mid-Market PE Closes (7 Sep 2026)
This week’s deals feature US EXIM’s $99.6M loan to Africell Angola, mid-market closes for Capitalworks IV and GrindstoneXL, scaling climate assets like ARC Ride, and major tech consolidation across East and West Africa.
Absa Bank Kenya Confirms Long-Serving Insider Yusuf Omari as Substantive Managing Director and CEO
Following a two-month interim tenure, the seasoned banking executive steps into the permanent top post, bringing over two decades of institutional history to lead the lender’s next strategic phase.
Africa50 Appoints Former IFC Regional Director Cheick-Oumar Sylla as CEO of its Project Development Fund
Bringing over three decades of development finance and infrastructure investment experience, the seasoned executive steps in to accelerate the continent’s pipeline of bankable opportunities.