Venture Capital
West Africa
Venture capitalization, upstream energy transactions, private credit facilities, and high-growth equity investments driving expansion across West African private markets.
Benin’s Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC Benin) Becomes an Investor in Enko Capital’s SME Strategy
The public financial institution backs Enko Capital’s Francophone West Africa SME Strategy, bolstering regional institutional participation and expanding private equity deployment for high-potential businesses.
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Biochar Industrial Group Secures $1.5M Pre-Seed Funding to Scale Pan-African Infrastructure
Founded by former Releaf Earth executives, climate-tech startup Biochar Industrial Group closes a funding round led by Breega to deploy on-site pyrolysis equipment and monetize agricultural waste into audit-grade carbon credits.
Benin’s Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC Benin) Becomes an Investor in Enko Capital’s SME Strategy
The public financial institution backs Enko Capital’s Francophone West Africa SME Strategy, bolstering regional institutional participation and expanding private equity deployment for high-potential businesses.
BlueOrchard Climate Action Mobilisation Fund Reaches First Close With $250M
The Schroders-backed impact investor secures significant institutional capital for its flagship blended finance vehicle, creating an investment-grade path for private deployment into emerging and frontier climate strategies.
Madica Deploys $1M into Five African Startups, Expanding into Algeria and Cameroon
The pre-seed investment program broadens its geographic reach beyond Africa's traditional tech hubs, writing $200,000 checks into underserved markets and non-fintech sectors.
Sahel Capital’s SEFAA Deploys $650K to Noma Services to Scale Nigerian Commodity Aggregation
Backed by KfW Development Bank, the Social Enterprise Fund for Agriculture in Africa channels structured debt into Abuja-headquartered Noma to expand staple crop supply chains.
Nimba Mining Finalizes $300 Million Glencore Pre-Financing Deal to Accelerate Strategic Mineral Assets
The strategic agreement locks in multi-hundred-million-dollar trade-backed liquidity and guarantees off-take channels for up to 60 million tonnes of Guinean bauxite.
Pigee Acquires 55% Controlling Stake in ShipAfrica to Accelerate West African Expansion
The cross-border logistics-tech acquisition highlights an accelerating M&A trend as foreign platforms leverage local infrastructure and carrier networks to scale across the continent.
Nigerian Credit Infrastructure Startup CreditChek Acquires Ugandan Core Banking Provider Algosys to Accelerate East African Expansion
The strategic acquisition combines Algosys’s core banking and loan management technology with CreditChek’s credit, income, and identity intelligence to build full-stack lending infrastructure across Africa.
Flutterwave Powers Digital Access for Landmark Dangote Refinery IPO
Acting as a licensed receiving agent, the payments technology major is providing the core infrastructure to streamline retail and diaspora subscriptions for the world’s largest single-train refinery.
ByteX and Cenne Financial Merge to Launch Unified Cross-Border Financial Stack Linking North America, India, and Africa
The cross-border payment platform has merged with Africa-focused financial operations platform Cenne Financial to build an integrated financial gateway streamlining trade and commerce across key global corridors.
Dangote Petroleum & Petrochemicals Enlists 24-Bank Syndicate to Drive Historic $1.6 Billion IPO
A powerhouse consortium of regional and international financial heavyweights has been officially assembled to manage the milestone public offering of the 650,000 barrels-per-day refining giant.