More in today's email: * Tackling the 'African Premium' Issue *  Ethiopia's Thriving Investment Renaissance *  Investors Confidence in Nigeria's Economic Reforms Surges *  Talking Points: Introducing the 'Africa Infrastructure and Project Finance Newsletter * The Termsheet Let's dive in! Tackling the 'African

Your weekly essential briefing on African finance. Sign up for our free weekly newsletter to access exclusive insights designed for Africa-focused finance professionals, business leaders, international institutions, and policymakers. Good day. In today's email : The Demand for an African Credit Rating Agency, Guan Chong Berhad Acquires 25% of

Plus Public Investment Corp (PIC) debt investment, Coca Cola's $1billion investment in Nigeria, Helios lead $100m investment in API infrastructure fintech 1- Energy World Bank Unveils Ambitious $90 Billion Plan to Electrify Africa  The World Bank has announced a $90 billion investment in Africa's electricity sector

This week's interesting GPs and LPs dealmaking events * Star Garments, a Sri Lanka-based apparel manufacturing company, has secured a $15 million loan from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to build Togo's first large-scale, export-focused apparel manufacturing center. * Ghana-based Oasis Capital has announced the first close of

A weekly round of GPs and LPs activities. * Global Social Impact Investments (GSI), an impact investment fund manager, has secured a €15 million commitment from the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID). This will increase GSI's investing capacity in high-impact African companies. * Renew Capital, an Africa-focused impact

Today's email: * Fixed Income: WAEMU Countries raise $239.8 million in Fixed Income * FDI: Ethiopia nears $3.5 billion FDI goal. * Marco and Market Matters: South Africa keeps interest rate. * Infrastructure and Project Finance: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank to invest $1 billion in Africa. * Deals: Unmissable deals of

Welcome back to your weekly essential briefing on African finance and why it's important. Today's email: * Sovereign Finance : Ivory Coast get BB- rating, highest in Africa. * Industrials: Safaricom Ethiopia seeks $350 million Debt from IFC. * Marco and Market Matters: Kingdom of Eswatini issues $217 million bond

Beltone Investment's $100 million private credit platform, Kenya's $2 billion PPP airport project, and Airtel Africa's $200 million debt facility. In Today's Email: * Corporate Debt: IFC mulls a $200 million debt facility for Airtel Africa. * Private Credit: Beltone Investment Holding launches a

Plus, Somalia secures $1.2 billion debt cancellation, Dodai raises $4 million in Series A and Bamburi Cement sells Ugandan subsidiary for $84 million. Happy Monday! Welcome to another week of the most significant deals, developments, and trends shaping Africa's fast-changing financial landscape. If you're joining

Plus AfDB's new $2 Billion three-year Social Global Benchmark Bond, Growth Investment Partners(GIP)'s new investment, FMO's $10 million investment, Ivory Coast's successful return to the international debt market and other notable deals and market activities. Eurobond Ivory Coast Achieves $8 Billion

Plus Africa's Eurobond Return, Kenya's new $941 million IMF loan, Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund(EAIF)'s $294 million fundraising, Access Bank's new acquisition in Uganda, UNDP's $1 billion Africa Innovation Fund and other notable deals. Funding UNDP Makes Ambitious Bet on

Plus: Africa Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) arranges one of Africa's largest syndicated loans, Africa Remittance Markets and the Disruption Opportunities, Standard Chartered's €533 million of sustainable financing and other notable deals. M & A South Africa's FirstRand explores Banking Acquisition across Africa FirstRand Ltd one

Key Takeaways: Standard Chartered to exit Ivory Coast, Rwanda receives $268 million after IMF second review, Ghana tackles inflation and notable deals. Banking Standard Chartered To Sells Ivory Coast Banking Operation. Standard Chartered, the international banking company is selling its consumer-banking business unit in Africa to Burkina Faso-based Coris Bank

Plus Senegal is to start its first sustainable financing, Ghana's Koa gets new funding, Societe Generale is to sell its two operations in Mozambique and Burkina Faso and other notable deals. First time reading? Subscribe here   As always, please send us feedback at info@africafinancereview.co Sustainable Finance

The COP28 summit in UAE is still going on with a lot of dealmaking like Kenya signing deals worth $4.48 billion for seven green projects, including geothermal generation plants, fertiliser production, and a renewable energy-powered data centre. Other activities this week in Africa Finance include Zimbabwe's Debt

Islamic Banking in Egypt shows impressive growth, AfricaGoGreen raises $150m, South Africa issues new $1.1 billion Sukuk Bond, IFU invests €21 million in Morocco-based Healthcare provider, Banking Updates and Notable deals of the week. Sustainable Finance AfricaGoGreen Fund completes interim close of $150m. AfricaGoGreen Fund AGGF a Fund initiated

Key Takeaways: Africa Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), has signed many deals, Cameroon reviews plans for its $333.2 million bond issue and Kenya got an extra $938 million to meet Eurobonds commitments. Sovereign Debt Cameroon rescinds $333.2 Million International Bond Issuance till 2024. The Cameroonian government has decided to rescind

Key Takeaways: Saudi Arabia to invest in African countries, Kenya to pay back $300m Eurobonds, Africa Credit Markets Brief and Notable deals of the week. Investments Saudi Arabia’s $ 700 billion Public Investment Fund plans investments in African countries. Saudi Arabia recently hosted its Saudi-Arab-African Economic Conference in Riyadh fostering

Key Takeaways • Africa commodities platform gets $26.5 million investment and chemical sectors. • Nigerian Banks Take on Fintechs • Notable deals of the week. African Commodities platform gets $26.5 million investment from British International Investment. The UK’s development finance institutional (DFI) and impact investor British International Investment (BII) has

Key Takeaways: Ghana gets the next $3 billion IMF credit facility, Africa Bank buys Sasfin’s, Sony commits $10 million to Africa's Entertainment Industry and Notable deals of the week. Sovereign Debt Ghana gets next tranche of $3 billion IMF credit facility. The International Monetary Fund and The