Category: Funding

Impact investors and specialised funds represent a distinct category of capital allocators that intentionally seek to generate measurable positive social and/or environmental outcomes alongside financial returns. Unlike traditional investors who prioritise financial performance exclusively, impact investors apply explicit criteria to evaluate and manage both financial and impact performance throughout the investment lifecycle. Key defining features…

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Institutional investors comprise large-scale, long-term capital allocators that manage assets on behalf of diverse beneficiaries or national mandates. The most prominent sub-categories relevant to emerging and frontier markets include: Pension Funds: Entities responsible for retirement savings of public-sector employees, private-sector workers, or national contributors (e.g., South Africa’s Government Employees Pension Fund [GEPF] / Public Investment…

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Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) and multilateral development banks (MDBs) are public or quasi-public entities established to promote economic development, poverty reduction, and sustainable growth in low- and middle-income countries. They provide financing on concessional terms, often below-market interest rates, longer terms, or first-loss structures to address market failures and catalyse private-sector investment. Key defining features…

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Published on: Mar 16, 2026  Sahel Capital has approved a $1 million loan facility to Zigoti Coffee Works Limited (commonly known as Zigoti), a leading Ugandan coffee processor and exporter. The funding is extended through Sahel Capital’s Social Enterprise Fund for Agriculture in Africa (SEFAA), an impact-oriented vehicle that provides structured debt to agribusinesses serving…

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Published on: Mar 16, 2026  Mirova has committed a US$15 million senior secured financing facility to iSAT Africa Mauritius, a connectivity platform specialising in rural telecommunications infrastructure. The 10-year facility, provided through the Mirova Gigaton Fund, will finance the deployment of fully solar-powered mobile network towers in Liberia and Zambia as part of iSAT Africa’s broader…

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Published on: Mar 16, 2026  Proparco has committed $15 million to the African Transition Acceleration Fund (ATAF), a pan-African investment vehicle managed by African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM). Announced on March 12, 2026, this investment forms part of ATAF’s first close, within a targeted fund size of $200 million. ATAF is structured as a catalytic blended…

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Published on: Mar 16, 2026  FSD Africa Investments (FSDAi) and Allied Climate Partners (ACP) have jointly committed $50 million as anchor investors to the first close of the African Transition Acceleration Fund (ATAF), managed by African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM). Announced on March 12, 2026, this catalytic investment anchors the fund’s targeted size of $200 million…

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  Persistent has launched the $70 million Persistent Africa Climate Venture Fund (Persistent ACV Fund), an early-stage investment vehicle dedicated to accelerating climate-focused innovation across Africa. The fund achieved a strong first close of $52 million on March 9, 2026, including a dedicated $5 million Venture Building Facility (VBF) to provide operational support to portfolio…

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Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) refers to investment vehicles established and funded by large, incumbent corporations to deploy capital into early- to growth-stage companies. CVC pursues a dual objective: generating financial returns while delivering strategic value to the parent organisation. Strategic value may include access to emerging technologies, identification of potential acquisition targets, ecosystem influence, supply-chain…

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Infrastructure investors specialise in deploying capital, typically through equity, senior debt, mezzanine debt, or hybrid structures, into long-lived, asset-heavy projects that provide essential services with stable, predictable cash flows. These investments target physical or network infrastructure, including energy generation and transmission (renewables, conventional power, grids), transportation (roads, ports, rail, airports), utilities (water, wastewater, gas distribution),…

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