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- 18 Jun 2021
DLM Capital Group Retains Position as Best Structured Finance & Securitization Team in West Africa
Prominent Developmental investment bank, DLM Capital Group have emerged winner at the Capital Finance International (CFI) 2021 awards as the best structured finance and securitization team in West…
- 20 Mar 2020
BOI Raises $1Bn from International Capital Market for SMEs
Bank of Industry (BOI) said it has raised €1 billion (approximately $1.11billion) from the international capital market, towards revitalising Nigeria’s industrial sector and creating 10 million jobs…
- 9 Apr 2019
Branch International Raises $170m Series C Financing
Branch, the most downloaded finance app in Africa, announced a new global partnership and investment from Visa. The two companies share a vision of bringing financial access to billions of…
- 23 Dec 2025
AfDB Group Mobilises Global Private Capital to Close Africa’s Financing Gap
Building on the successful conclusion of the 17th replenishment of the African Development Fund (ADF-17), which mobilised $11 billion for Africa’s most vulnerable countries, the African Development…
- 24 Nov 2022
NGX, IFC Sign MoU to Deepened Green Bond Sustainability in Nigerian Capital Markets
Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) and International Finance Corporation (IFC), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further deepened green bond sustainability in Nigerian capital markets.…
- 6 Jan 2021
AFC Secures $250m Loan from United States’ DFC
The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has announced that it has successfully secured a $250 million tier-2 capital loan from United States’ International Development Finance Corporation (DFC). Formed…
- 27 Apr 2022
CRC Named Best Credit Bureau in Nigeria
CRC Credit Bureau Limited (CRC) is named the Best Credit Bureau, Nigeria 2022 by Capital Finance International (CFI.co) a print journal and online resource reporting on business, economics and…
- 15 Dec 2008
AnabelMobile is Simply a Smartphone-Okoye
Nicholas Okoye, managing director/chief executive officer, AnabelMobile is a consummate professional. He has experience in the finance and international capital markets and has worked with Merryl…
- 2 Jun 2026
Ecobank Raises Record $450m in Nature Bond for Africa’s Biodiversity
Ecobank Group has broken new ground in sustainable finance with the launch of the world’s first International Capital Market Association (ICMA) commercial bank-issued Nature Bond on the London Stock…
- 14 Apr 2020
54gene Closes $15M Series A
54gene, the African genomics research, services, and development company has closed a Series A round of $15M, led by Adjuvant Capital, a life sciences fund backed by the International Finance…
- 20 Mar 2026
UBA UK, BII Sign Letter of Intent to Slash Africa’s $80Bn Trade Finance Gap
United Bank for Africa (UK) Limited (“UBA UK”) and British International Investment plc (“BII”), the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor, today announced that they have signed a…
- Business2 Sept 2026
WIOCC Group Secures Strategic Investment from AFC, Vision Invest to Accelerate its Digital Infrastructure Expansion Across Africa
WIOCC Group, Africa's leading carrier-neutral digital infrastructure platform, today announced the signing of a Shareholder Subscription Agreement (SSA) with Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and Vision International Investment Company (Vision Invest), through which the two investors will make a combined US $300 million investment in the company.
- 18 Mar 2022
Nigeria Raises $1.25b Eurobonds
Nigeria has raised a $1, 25 billion Eurobond in the International Capital Market. A statement by the Debt Management Office, indicated that the Eurobond had a seven-year tenor and singled out Nigeria…
- 15 Aug 2019
e-Logistics Start-up Kobo360 Secures $30M Funding
Kobo360, the digital technology platform disrupting African third-party logistics, today announced the completion of a $20M Series A equity round led by Goldman Sachs, with participation from Asia…
- 4 Mar 2017
Turkish Airlines Records $12Bn Aircraft Financing Deals in 10 Years
Turkish Airlines has crowned its success with 21 international finance awards in the past 10 years for raising $12 billion with three new awards for its successful aircraft financing models. The…
- 22 Mar 2021
The impact of COVID-19 on the Debt Capital Markets in Africa - FBNQuest
Traditionally, corporates and states in Africa use debt capital markets to raise huge funding. As the coronavirus bites harder against the increasing debt-to-GDP ratios coupled with increasing risks…
- 5 Nov 2024
Standard Chartered, BII Renew $350 million Commitment to Support Trade Finance in Emerging Markets
Standard Chartered, a leading international cross-border bank, and British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution (DFI) and impact investor, announce the signing of…
- 9 Apr 2013
Diamond Bank to Raise $750Bn to Enhance Ops
Diamond Bank Plc is to raise $750 million additional capital to enhance its working capital and finance its business development initiatives, according to a notice to its shareholders that was signed…
- 14 Jul 2020
TradeDepot Secures Additional $10M to Transform Informal Retail Supply Chain in Nigeria
TradeDepot, the B2B eCommerce platform for consumer goods in Africa, has raised a further $10 million in a pre-Series B equity round co-led by Partech, International Finance Corporation, Women…
- 12 Dec 2022
FSDH, IFC to Boost Businesses with $33m Facility
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), has approved a credit facility totalling $35 million in partnership with FSDH Merchant Bank to be used to improve access to finance for medium-scale…
- 8 Mar 2022
IWD 2022: DLM Capital Group Lends Voices to Break Bias with Ibukun Awosika
DLM Capital Group continues its commitment to celebrate and enable Women on International Women’s Day 2022. In commemoration of this year’s International’s Women Day, DLM Capital Group joined the…
- 11 Jul 2014
Helios Towers Africa Raises $630m in New Equity Fundraising
Helios Towers Africa, the leading, independent telecommunications towers company in Africa, announced that it has raised $630 million in new equity resources from existing and new shareholders.…
- 8 Oct 2025
Nigeria Seeks to Raise $2.8Bn Including its First International Sukuk
Federal government plans to raise $2.8 billion in fresh funding as part of efforts to diversify its borrowing instruments and attract capital from global Islamic finance markets. President Bola…
- 29 Apr 2026
IFC, Standard Chartered Partner on Supply Chain Finance to Support African Businesses
The World Bank Group, through its private sector arm – the International Finance Corporation (IFC) – and Standard Chartered today announced a new risk sharing facility aimed at strengthening supply…
- 23 Dec 2014
Phase3 Telecom Holds Annual Xmas Carol, Cocktail
Phase3 Telecom, West Africa’s largest independent fibre optic infrastructure and telecommunications services provider, has held a spectacular annual Christmas carol and cocktail in Abuja which…
- 6 Feb 2014
Jonathan Convenes Power Financing Confab @ Aso Rock
President Goodluck Jonathan has convened an International Conference aimed at facilitating financing of power infrastructural development in Nigeria scheduled to hold on Monday, February 10, at the…
- 21 Jul 2021
Agusto, GCR Affirm InfraCredit’s ‘AAA’ Long Term Credit Ratings
Rating agencies, Agusto & Co and Global Credit Ratings (GCR) have re-affirmed the “AAA” credit rating of Infrastructure Credit Guarantee Company Limited (InfraCredit), specialised infrastructure…
- 10 May 2020
IFC, CIBN Partner On Sustainable Banking Certification Programme
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), has collaborated with the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) on capacity building and certification on sustainable banking in Nigeria Mr.…
- 20 Apr 2023
Creative Ways to Raise Business Startup Funds During Tough Times
It is said that small and medium sized enterprises mostly rely on internal finances or cash from friends and family to begin, and initially manage their businesses. According to a report by the World…
- 15 May 2025
IFC Invests $5m in Husk Nigeria to Build 108 Solar Mini Grids
Husk Power Energy Systems Nigeria Ltd (Husk Nigeria), a subsidiary of solar mini-grid operator Husk Power Systems Inc., has received a $5 million investment from The International Finance Corp.…