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Africa’s Private Capital Market Defies Global Slowdown with Rising Deal Activity and Stronger Exits

London – 25th March 2026 – AVCA – the African Private Capital Association today released its 2025 Private Capital Activity in Africa report, revealing that Africa outperformed global private capital trends despite a challenging global environment. Deal activity on the continent expanded by 8% year-on-year (YoY) to 530 transactions, making Africa the only global region to record growth in deal volume. The year also marked one of Africa’s strongest exit cycles on record, signalling improving…

Delisting and take-private trend is a sign of progress rather than crisis for South Africa

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JOHANNESBURG, Capital Markets in Africa – This exclusive opinion piece by Nanga Kwinana, Partner at Bowmans, offers a perspective on the current debate about JSE delistings in South Africa. Nanga argues that South Africa is experiencing the same structural shifts seen in global markets – and that delistings and take‑privates are signs of a maturing capital‑markets ecosystem. There has been a mixed response to the trends of declining company listings and increasing delistings on the…

EAAIF secures USD $100 million debt facility from Export Finance Australia

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LONDON – The Emerging Africa & Asia Infrastructure Fund (EAAIF), a Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company managed by Ninety One, today announced it has secured a USD $100 million debt facility from Export Finance Australia (EFA). The commitment reinforces EAAIF’s expansion to Asian markets and plans to mobilise investment for strategic infrastructure in South and Southeast Asia. Emerging Markets and Developing Economies (EMDEs) in South and Southeast Asia represent over 2.5 billion people –…

US economic uncertainty to spark boom in UK real estate investing

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By Daniel Austin, CEO and co-founder at ASK Partners As Trump’s economic agenda resurfaces rooted in protectionism, tariffs, and “America First” rhetoric, markets are experiencing renewed and significant volatility. While the goal may be to repatriate jobs and capital, the reality could mirror his first term: supply chain disruption, retaliatory tariffs, inflation, and ultimately, a loss of investor confidence. The resulting uncertainty is likely to trigger another wave of capital flight, as global investors seek…

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

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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…

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…

Responsible Investing and Its Impact on South Africa – Dr Rufaro Nyakatawa, Market Development Consultant, Africa, Jersey Finance

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The history of responsible investing (RI) in South Africa dates back to the 1970s when investors began to align their portfolios with social concerns. This was further shaped by significant events such as, the publication of the King Reports on Corporate Governance in 1994, 2002 and 2009, the launch of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment in 2006 and the formulation of institutional investor guidelines such as the Code for Responsible Investing in South…

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