The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a €6.5 million investment in the Saviu II venture capital fund — a move that carries significance well beyond its headline figure. For a continent where early-stage venture capital remains alarmingly concentrated in four anglophone markets — Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, and South Africa — this commitment represents […]

South Africa and the European Union have moved the Clean Trade and Investment Partnership (CTIP) into active implementation, holding the inaugural Business-to-Government Dialogue on Tuesday 3 March 2026 — a milestone that marks the shift from diplomatic endorsement to on-the-ground engagement between industry and policymakers from both sides. The dialogue, convened in the context of […]

Digital payments infrastructure in Zimbabwe has received a significant boost with the launch of a new prepaid Visa card jointly rolled out by Flocash, a pan-African payments technology company, and Quest Financial Services, one of Zimbabwe’s established financial and remittance service providers. The card went on sale at all Quest Financial Services branches across Zimbabwe […]

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 […]