Beyond Capital Ventures (BCV), a venture capital firm focused on supporting high-potential early-stage businesses in East Africa and India, has announced the first close of its Debt Opportunities Fund ...

Accra-based impact investment firm Sahara Impact Ventures, in partnership with Acumen, has invested in Wami Agro, a Ghanaian agribusiness focused on empowering smallholder farmers through improved ...

AgDevCo Ventures, the early-stage investment division of African agricultural investment firm AgDevCo, has announced a US$3 million mezzanine loan investment in Newman’s, a Ugandan agro-processing ...

Investment firm TLG Capital has successfully arranged a new credit facility for Koolboks, a fast-growing clean energy company that provides solar-powered refrigeration and household appliances to ...

Mediterrania Capital Partners (MCP), an Africa-focused private equity firm, has completed an investment in AFG Assurances, the insurance subsidiary of Atlantic Group, the pan-African financial ...

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has revealed plans to commit up to US$30 million to the Capital Alliance Private Equity Fund V (CAPE V), while also considering an additional US$20 million ...

Aruwa Capital Management, a Lagos-based private equity firm focused on investing in high-growth businesses across Nigeria and ...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has introduced a dedicated USSD credit service enabling Nigerians to access consumer loans ...

On October 29, Binance reported a major theft of about $6.3 billion in crypto assets, linked to a hacking group from North Korea, according to the FBI. This is the largest theft of its kind on record.

On 2 November, Ethiopia’s Media Authority (EMA) indefinitely suspended the registration of Media and Communication Center PLC, publisher of the Amharic Reporter and the English-language The Reporter, ...

Binance has started restoring cryptocurrency withdrawals following a security breach that resulted in approximately $6.3 billion worth of digital assets being stolen from its platform. Bitcoin ...

While Apple’s foldable iPhone Duo may have captured much of the attention during the company’s latest product launch event, the iPhone 18 Pro Max remains the flagship device at the top of Apple’s ...