Telefónica and Liberty Global, the joint owners of Virgin Media O2 (VMO2), have formally agreed to acquire Netomnia — the UK’s second-largest alternative fibre network operator — in a deal valuing Netomnia’s parent company, Substantial Group, at approximately £2 billion (€2.3 billion). The transaction is being executed through Nexfibre, the joint venture co-owned by Telefónica, […]
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 […]
The Republic of Kenya has formally closed a tender offer for two series of U.S. dollar-denominated sovereign bonds, repurchasing $415.4 million in notes — a transaction that represents the latest and most complex move in what has become a sustained multi-year strategy by the National Treasury to manage and extend the country’s external debt maturity […]
Montreal-based content monetization platform Stay22 has closed a USD$122 million minority growth investment from Summit Partners, one of the most significant funding rounds in the Canadian creator economy technology space in recent memory. The deal, announced on February 25, 2026, signals growing institutional confidence in the infrastructure layer that connects digital content to commercial transactions […]
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 […]
Kenya Pipeline Company’s landmark initial public offering has closed oversubscribed, with institutional investors providing the decisive demand that allowed East Africa’s largest-ever IPO in local currency terms to cross the line, the deal’s lead transaction adviser confirmed on Wednesday — pushing back against weeks of reports depicting an offer struggling to attract interest. The IPO, […]
British space technology investment firm Seraphim Space has completed fundraising for its second private early-stage venture fund, exceeding its $100 million target in a milestone that underscores the accelerating convergence of space infrastructure, artificial intelligence, and national security strategy. The firm confirmed on Thursday that investors in the new fund — Seraphim Space Ventures II […]
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 […]
Global retail broker XM has obtained a licence from the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) of Kenya, becoming the latest international broker to seek local regulatory status in one of Africa’s most active and rapidly growing retail trading markets. The approval, announced on February 24, 2026, marks a significant step in XM’s strategic expansion across Africa […]
India and France have signed an Amending Protocol to their bilateral Double Taxation Avoidance Convention (DTAC), overhauling a three-decade-old agreement originally signed in 1992. The revised framework cuts dividend levies for large French investors, expands India’s power to tax capital gains on share sales, and eliminates the contentious Most-Favoured-Nation (MFN) clause. The changes represent the […]
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