The Editorial Team

AVCA’S Fifth VC Summit Spotlights: Resilience, Scale and Bankability

Lagos, Nigeria—30 April 2025—The African Private Capital Association (AVCA) hosted its fifth Venture Capital (VC) Summit yesterday. The summit forms part of the industry association’s 21st Annual AVCA Conference week, held in Lagos until 2 May. The global gathering brings early-stage and venture capital investors, corporate venture arms, founders, entrepreneurs, and accelerators together to discuss new trends and plot the rise of Africa’s venture capital landscape. Abi Mustapha-Maduakor, CEO of AVCA, opened the Summit by…

Commodities Weekly – Framing tariff-induced stagflation risks

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LONDON, Capital Markets in Africa – President Trump has imposed towering tariffs on all countries. These tariffs have a distinctly stagflationary flavour. They push up import prices that then pass through into higher consumer goods prices and inflation – acting as a tax on spending and, thus, creating a corresponding drag on economic growth. In such a textbook stagflationary environment as today, a portfolio allocation to commodities – as real physical assets – have historically…

African Private Capital Fundraising Doubles to $4bn in 2024

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London — 17 April 2025 – AVCA – the African Private Capital Association – has released its 2024 African Private Capital Activity Report, providing insights into the evolving investment landscape across the continent. Drawing on proprietary data across fundraising, investments, and exits, the report affirms the strength and maturity of Africa’s private capital ecosystem despite persistent global macroeconomic headwinds. The report finds that African private capital activity showed notable resilience in 2024, marked by increased…

The Rise of Contemporary African Art in a Global Market – Marelize van Zyl

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The art historical narrative, traditionally skewed towards Western perspectives, has long undervalued African art, limiting its global visibility and appreciation. This trend, however, has changed as collectors from around the world increasingly appreciate African art’s rich history and significance. While the contemporary African art market’s dollar value remains small compared to other regions, it has experienced remarkable growth in the past decade with ultra-contemporary art pieces by African-born artists – under 45 years of age…

21st Edition Connected Banking Summit – Innovation & Excellence Awards 2025

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Johannesburg, South Africa – As the countdown begins, Johannesburg prepares to host one of the most anticipated gatherings in the financial services sector — the 21st Edition Connected Banking Summit Innovation & Excellence Awards 2025 – Southern Africa, taking place on July 23rd, 2025 Hosted under the theme “Shaping the Future of Banking in Southern Africa: Innovation, Connectivity, and Financial Resilience,” the summit will bring together visionaries and industry leaders from banking, fintech, financial services,…

Afreximbank delivered exceptional 2024 financial performance

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Cairo, Egypt 14 April 2025: – African Export-Import Bank (“Afreximbank” or the “Group”) has released the consolidated financial statements of the Bank and its subsidiaries, for the year ended 31 December 2024. Financial Highlights Afreximbank reported strong financial performance despite a complex global economic landscape marked by geopolitical tensions, inflationary pressures, and elevated interest rate, posting a net income of US$973.5 million for FY 2024, a 29% increase from the previous year – with subsidiaries…

Gozem raises Series B Funding for their Super App for Africa

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Gozem is a super app dedicated to Africa with ride-hailing, an e-commerce marketplace, vehicle financing and digital banking. The company operates in Francophone Africa. As trailblazers in Fintech in Africa, Gozem has embraced the trend in embedded finance, which is emerging as a critical enabler of fintech services. Gozem has just secured $30 million Series B debt and equity funding with the MSC Group, one of the largest shipping companies in the world, and Al…

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