Africa’s investment landscape is undergoing a profound transformation in March 2026. A convergence of large-scale resource deals, development finance institution activity, surging demand for digital infrastructure, and the deepening of domestic capital markets is creating what many analysts are calling a genuine structural inflection point — a moment where sentiment is moving decisively from cautious […]

Europe’s development finance arm closed 2025 with one of its most active years on the African continent, deploying €3.1 billion across Africa — a figure representing roughly one-third of the more than €9 billion channelled globally through EIB Global, the European Investment Bank’s international partnerships division. The scale of the commitment reflects a deliberate strategic […]

Platinum Credit Uganda (PCU), a subsidiary of The Platcorp Group, has secured a USD$4 million investment from Symbiotics, the Geneva-based Swiss impact asset manager, in a deal designed to expand affordable credit access to micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and low-income households across Uganda. The 24-month facility, disbursed for deployment in December 2025, marks […]

Lithium Africa Corp. (TSXV: LAF) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a substantial lithium asset in South Africa’s Namaqualand region, marking a significant strategic expansion for the recently listed Canadian junior miner as global demand for battery-grade lithium inches toward what analysts increasingly describe as a supply inflection point. The company announced on February […]

In a continent where motorcycle taxis carry millions of people through city traffic and rural roads every day, a quiet but rapidly accelerating revolution is underway. Financing for electric vehicle transport is ramping up across Africa, and this week that momentum reached a new high as Spiro, the continent’s largest electric mobility operator, announced it […]

The African Development Bank Group has approved a landmark grant of $58.04 million to electrify three towns in Eritrea’s southwest Gash Barka region, a move that promises to reshape not just the country’s energy landscape, but its entire rural economic model. The approval, confirmed on February 18, 2026, is among the most significant clean energy […]

Africa recorded $13.84 billion in energy transition investment in 2025, spread across 306 disclosed transactions in 43 countries and backed by 142 distinct investors, according to the Africa’s Power and Energy Transition Investment Report 2025 published on February 17 by Electron Intelligence, a market intelligence platform focused on Africa’s energy and power economy. The figure […]

In a market long defined by fragmentation, consolidation has arrived with a R1 billion price tag. JSE-listed fintech group Araxi — known until October 2025 as Capital Appreciation Limited — has entered into binding agreements to acquire 80% of Pay At Holdings (Proprietary) Limited and its affiliate International Payment Holdings Limited (IPHL) for a combined […]

On the same day that President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his State of the Nation Address, Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) held court with its own annual address to the nation’s motoring industry. The ninth State of the Motor Industry (SOMI) event, held on February 12, 2026 under the theme “Driving Through Disruption,” brought together industry […]

In a landmark transaction that signals a fundamental shift in African telecommunications infrastructure strategy, MTN Group has agreed to acquire full control of IHS Holding for approximately $6.2 billion, buying out the roughly 75% stake in the tower operator it does not already own. The all-cash deal marks one of the largest digital infrastructure transactions […]