Africa Impact Review

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Building Alternative Local Capital Providers to Serve Africa's Underserved Small Businesses

Sep 23, 2026

FSD Africa's new Manager Finance Facility offers catalytic capital to build up the local fund managers reaching Africa's underserved small businesses.

Agribusiness financing gaps, green debt, and new funding calls across Africa

Sep 8, 2026

Fresh capital aimed at Africa's persistent financing gaps, new guidance on technical cooperation for capital mobilization, and two new funding calls.

Funding closes across the the capital stack

Aug 25, 2026

Private credit, infrastructure, and growth equity close across Africa over the last two weeks

Blended finance gets a playbook, and capital keeps flowing to Africa's missing middle

Aug 13, 2026

BII, GFANZ, and BCG publish a practical framework for structuring blended finance funds, while fresh capital lands in Africa's agribusiness and green mobility gaps.

A Framework for Domestic Capital Mobilisation in Emerging Markets

Jul 28, 2026

The recent successful launch of Ci Gaba Fund, West Africa's first pension‐backed fund‐of‐funds, provides a framework for domestic capital mobilisation in emerging markets.