Africa’s industrial moment is not waiting for more money. It is waiting for the right kind — structured correctly, sequenced intelligently, and aimed at the right stage of a project’s life. Afreximbank’s Oluranti Doherty on why the continent’s financing problem is really a coordination problem. Why this series exists Our new editorial initiative seeks to…
Nairobi — The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Kenya Climate Ventures (KCV) have launched a partnership aimed at unlocking more domestic and international capital for climate adaptation and resilience businesses across Sub-Saharan Africa. The two institutions signed a Joint Declaration at the Adaptation Investment Summit for Africa 2026 in Nairobi, creating a framework…
Mamor Capital Veutres co-founder and CFO Fuzlin Levy-Hassen, and founder and CEO Mamokete Ramathe. Mamor Capital Ventures has secured a R300 million first close for its inaugural fund, giving the black women-owned venture capital (VC) firm capital to begin investing in post-revenue South African technology businesses. According to a statement, the firm is continuing to…
South African venture capital firm Mamor Capital Ventures has reached a R300m first close for its inaugural fund, giving it capital to begin investing in post-revenue technology businesses while it continues raising towards a R550m target. Fuzlin Levy-Hassen CFO, Mamokete Ramathe CEO, of Mamor Capital | image supplied The first close follows more than three…
Agriculture is the foundation for Africa’s economic takeoff, but without land tenure reform, its potential will remain untapped. Africa’s quality of governance has largely stagnated or declined over the past decade, as reflected in the World Bank’s Governance Effectiveness Index, Afrobarometer surveys across countries and the Ibrahim Index of African Governance. Africa’s youthful population is…
Oluchi Chibuzor Africa’s energy story is entering a pivotal chapter. The question is no longer whether the continent has the resources or ambition to industrialise, but whether it can build the infrastructure, mobilise investment and forge the partnerships required to turn that potential into sustained economic growth. That question was at the heart of the…
Abraham van der Merwe, Group CEO of Vivica Group. Local telecoms and connectivity businesses Frogfoot Networks, Vox and Hypa have secured new equity capital and debt facilities in a transaction that values the companies at R14.4 billion. The three sister firms sit under Vivica Group: Vox is the main telecoms business, while fibre infrastructure provider…
Washington, DC – Over the next two days, a portion of the United States capital will transform into a seven-turn professional-grade track for the city’s first-ever IndyCar race. The Freedom 250 Grand Prix, championed by President Donald Trump, is one of several special events held to commemorate the country’s 250th birthday. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend…
Nigeria now has the highest headline capital gains tax rate among selected major African economies and one of the continent’s broadest regimes for taxing indirect transfers of Nigerian assets, according to a new report by PwC Nigeria. The report titled: “Nigeria’s Capital Gains Tax Reforms: What the New 30% Rate and Indirect Transfer Rules Mean…
Africa has no shortage of industrial ambition. What it lacks is the financial machinery to turn ambition into factories. For decades, Africa’s economic predicament has been described through the things it appears to lack: infrastructure, industrial capacity, skills, technology, foreign investment. There is another way of looking at the problem. Follow us on WhatsApp |…
