Latest News East Africa

Private Equity

20/12/2022 at 19h13, by Africa Business+

Private equity : XSML goes back to investors for fourth fund

With its third vehicle about to be fully invested, the impact fund manager is preparing the next step...

Renewable energies

20/12/2022 at 19h01, by Africa Business+

Tulu Moye 50 MW geothermal power plant in Ethiopia will cost $330 million

The total cost of the plant, developed by TMGO, will be confirmed once drilling to assess steam resources...

New technologies

19/12/2022 at 18h54, by Africa Business+

Artificial intelligence : Samasource strengthens position on the East African flank

The former NGO, which will be transformed into a for-profit company in 2019, has applied to the IFC...

Renewable energies

16/12/2022 at 12h52, by Africa Business+

Globeleq secures $72m senior debt and concessional loans for Kenya Menengai project

The AfDB is leading the way by providing $29.5 million in senior debt and raising $22.4 million in co-financing...

Maritime transport

13/12/2022 at 18h11, by Africa Business+

WeFreight targets Nairobi-Mumbai shipping route

The freight forwarder, a specialist in emerging markets, is considering other African openings, including...

Telecoms & Media

09/12/2022 at 18h44, by Africa Business+

Canal+ to open subsidiaries in Chad and Burundi 

More details from Africa Business+. 

Agri-food industry

06/12/2022 at 21h29, by Africa Business+

Castel: Hervé Milhade takes over BGI Ethiopia

Two other moves in Malawi and Togo accompany his appointment at the helm of the French group’s Ethiopian...

Health

05/12/2022 at 23h01, by Africa Business+

Clinics: $28m IFC support for Lenmed South Africa

The funding will enable the private clinic operator to double the number of beds.

Private Equity

02/12/2022 at 18h32, by Africa Business+

Helios and AIIM supported Nigerian Starsight Energy opens three new markets in 2023

The green energy supplier, in the process of merging with South Africa’s SolarAfrica, began its foray...

Bank & Insurance

01/12/2022 at 15h41, by Africa Business+

Kenya : Watu Africa seeks financial backing to revolutionise motorbike taxi market 

The combined microfinance and transport platform fintech aims to strengthen its activities in Kenya...

Private Equity

24/11/2022 at 18h09, by Africa Business+

Admaius Capital Partners buys SNBG in Tunisia and looks to purchase a generic company

In the wake of its investment in Power Brands (Céréalis) to establish a North African FMCG platform,...

Construction & Infrastructure

23/11/2022 at 17h41, by Africa Business+

AIIF4 with Mota Engil and Stanbic Bank gets MIGA support for PPPs in Kenya 

South African insurer Old Mutual’s infrastructure fund received a guarantee for its $37 million capital...

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