Vantage Capital provides a US$22mn mezzanine facility to Pétro Ivoire in the first-ever leveraged management buyout in Francophone West Africa. (Image source: Vantage Capital Group)
Vantage Capital, Africa’s mezzanine fund manager, has announced that it has provided US$22mn of mezzanine funding to Pétro Ivoire, a distributor of oil and gas products in Côte d’Ivoire
Paxful’s peer-to-peer bitcoin marketplace enables bitcoin sellers and buyers to interact digitally while ensuring that the transaction is completed. (Image source: John Jones/Flickr)
Cryptocurrency, especially Bitcoin, can provide financial inclusion to the underbanked and unbanked, giving a Mwananchi (local Kenyan) the opportunity to increase their wealth, Paxful said in a statement
Private sector urged to invest in Africa’s Transboundary infrastructure projects. (Image source: ECA)
Adeyinka Adeyemi, a senior advisor on regional integration and trade at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), has invited private sector investors to invest in transboundary projects throughout Africa
The South African High Commissioner to Mozambique, Mandisi Mpahlwa with the provincial permanent secretary of Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado Province, Antonio Domingos Mapure. (Image source: Department of Trade and Industry, South Africa)
The provincial permanent secretary of Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado Province, Antonio Domingos Mapure, has extended an invite to the South African businesses to invest and do business in the province
Shopex is a new multi-channel retailer that sells innovative and proven international products for everyday life. (Image source: Loewe Technologies/Unsplash)
Response Architects, a multichannel retail business, has announced the launch of Nigeria’s first international teleshopping platform, Shopex TV
The Bell team in Richards Bay consists of more than 800 machinists, welders, and assemblers. (Image source: Bell)
GFE Power Product’s extensive range covers generators from 10 kVA up to 3,000 kVA. (Image source: GFE Power Products)
The funding is the largest-ever equity raise in the minigrid industry according to Husk. (Image source: Adobe Stock)
The initiative will help African contractors participate in annual infrastructure investments. (Image source: Afreximbank)
ITS has evolved into a sophisticated systems approach, providing numerous opportunities to revolutionise road networks. (Image source: Adobe Stock)
Inside Condra’s Johannesburg factory: an overhead crane positions an electric motor during assembly of hoist and crab. (Image source: Condra)
Invest International’s Lara Muller; Ivory Coast Minister of Finance and Economy, Adam Coulibaly; and Ambassador Designate to Ivory Coast, Jeroen Kelderhuis. (Image source: Invest International)
The Yellow Metal Machine Rental team with some Wacker Neuson equipment. (Image source: Wacker Neuson)
Although displaying resilience, the report warns that African banks remain exposed to physical climate risks due to both sovereign and industry lending. (Image source: Adobe Stock)
The parties will also promote the mutual exchange of information and expertise in the field of export credit policies and practices. (Image source: TBD Group)
WAA and VCMI will seek to establish regulatory frameworks to enable access to high integrity and fair voluntary carbon markets for WAA member countries. (Image source: Adobe Stock)
IVECO is renewing its entire product range, all at once. (Image source: IVECO)
Both the IMF and EIU expect SSA to rank as the world’s second fastest growing economy in 2024. (Image source: Adobe Stock)
The MoU was signed alongside the Africa Health Business Symposium. (Image source: Africa CDC)
There has been a focus on the sugar industry. (Image source: Adobe Stock)
Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, speaking at the launch. (Image source: Office of the President, Republic of Ghana)
Dietmar Siersdorfer speaking at Africa Energy Forum in Barcelona. (Image source: Siemens Energy)
The generator set fitted with a Perkins 1103 is providing vital backup power at the St Patrick School in Uganda. (Image source: Perkins)
5G technology deployment will take place later this year. (Image source: Adobe Stock)
Spiro will draw from its experience in Kenya, Benin, Togo, Rwanda and Nigeria as it launched in Uganda. (Image source: Spiro)
According to IRENA, concrete policy actions and massive mobilisation of finance at full speed is required in order to meet the 2030 target. (Image source: Adobe Stock)
The distributor will hold specialised training and empowerment sessions to enable its channel network to effectively deliver Vertiv’s portfolio, as well as managing inventory to serve the market. (Image source: Vertiv)
The HQ is expected to be completed and handed over by February 2025. (Image source: ECOWAS)
Africa’s share of global manufacturing only sits at around 2% today. (Image source: Adobe Stock)
There are numerous but not insurmountable challenges facing Africa's aviation sector, according to IATA. (Image source: Adobe Stock)
Africa Energy Forum 2024 was held in the Fira de Montjuïc in Barcelona. (Image source: ACP)
The quality design and manufacture of SEW-EURODRIVE South Africa’s panels and enclosures can be suited to any customer requirement wall mounts. (Image source: SEW-EURODRIVE)
African countries will require over US$45bn in the coming eight years to plug the gap in its transmission systems. (Image source: Synergy Consulting)
BII commits US$75mn to second Green Basket Bond with Symbiotics Investments to finance small-scale green projects in Africa, South, and South-East Asia. (Image source:
Transforming Africa's digital economy: Data Centres powering growth, innovation, and sustainability in the digital era. (Image source: Adobe Stock)
