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Insights: the African funding market

Every page is computed from the funding deals recorded by our news monitoring (specialised media, press releases), reviewed before integration and updated continuously.

703

deals recorded

219

over 12 months

7 M$

median disclosed ticket

  • 703 funding deals recorded (Africa) since 2001, involving 627 companies and 416 identified investors. 219 of them over the last 12 months (172 the previous year).
  • Median disclosed ticket: 7 M$; half of the deals fall between 2.1 M$ and 22 M$ (374 amounts disclosed out of 703, 12.1 bn $ in total).
  • Where the money goes: Energy (17 %), Fintech (16 %), Agribusiness (14 %).
  • Most frequent stage: Growth (39 %); most used instrument: Equity (61 %).
  • Most active investors: Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P) (33), Helios Investment Partners (32), IFC (International Finance Corporation) (29).
  • 29 % of deals are syndicated (at least two investors around the table).

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