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African-owned PE raises the $500m bar

Admaius Capital Partners, the Kigali-headquartered African-owned PE firm, has launched Virunga Africa Fund II targeting $500 million, doubling Fund I's…

Angola’s economy breaks free of oil

Angola's economy expanded 5.3% year on year in Q1 2026, its strongest quarterly performance since Q2 2024. The non-oil sector…

Equity’s Congo goldmine: 58% profit surge

Equity Group CEO James Mwangi confirmed plans to establish two insurance businesses in the DRC as Equity BCDC posted a…

Mauritius bank plugs Africa’s $92bn trade hole

Mauritius Commercial Bank announced a $1 billion trade finance facility on June 1, to be deployed over four years to…

Abiy unveils Addis Ababa’s riverside makeover

Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed inaugurated the Entoto-Kebena River and Riverside Development Project in Addis Ababa…

EU’s steel tariff hits South Africa

The EU's new steel import framework took effect July 1, imposing annual quotas with a…