Announced deal
Groupe Dangote backs Raffinerie de Lamu (East Africa Oil Refinery)
Kenya · Oil and gas (upstream and gas infrastructure) · Sept 2026
16,000 M$Equity
Why they investedFuel import substitution
Deal flow
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Announced deal
Heirs Energies backs Seplat Energy Plc
Nigeria · Oil and gas (upstream and gas infrastructure) · Sept 2026
Equity
Announced deal
IFC (International Finance Corporation) backs Nayo Tropical Technology
Nigeria · Mini-grids and rural electrification · Sept 2026
8.6 M$Senior debt
Why they investedDistributed rural electrification (DARES)
Announced deal
Mirova Natural Capital backs SunCulture
Kenya · Productive use: solar cooling and pumping · Sept 2026
10 M$Senior debt
Announced deal
Acumen backs Sun King (Zambie)
Zambia · Off-grid solar and solar kits · Sept 2026
5 M$Equity
Why they investedUnlock local-currency debt financing
Announced deal
Africa Go Green Fund (AGG) backs Spiro
Kenya · Electric mobility · Sept 2026
18 M$Senior debt
Why they investedSpiro has made strong progress since AGG's initial investment.
Announced deal
Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals
Nigeria · Oil and gas (upstream and gas infrastructure) · Sept 2026
1,592.593 M$Equity
Announced deal
Novastar Ventures backs ARC Ride
Kenya · Electric mobility · Sept 2026
33.3 M$Senior debt
Announced deal
Proparco backs Arc Ride Ltd
Kenya · Electric mobility · Sept 2026
Equity
Why they investedAccelerate the deployment of electric mobility solutions in Africa
Announced deal
General Bank of Cameroon (ex-Société Générale Cameroun) backs Socadel (ex-Eneo)
Cameroon · Power transmission and distribution · Sept 2026
350.633 M$Senior debt
Why they investedFinancial restructuring of the national power distributor
Announced deal
Enko Capital backs EV.Tech
Côte d'Ivoire · Electric mobility · Aug 2026
Quasi-equity
Why they investedInfrastructure already deployed: 70 stations and a proprietary app
Announced deal
FMO backs M-KOPA Kenya
Kenya · Electric mobility · Jul 2026
30 M$Senior debt
Announced deal
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) backs Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals
Nigeria · Oil and gas (upstream and gas infrastructure) · Jul 2026
2,500 M$Equity
Why they investedPre-IPO of an operating industrial asset
Announced deal
General Bank of Cameroon (ex-Société Générale Cameroun) backs Eneo (Socadel) — investissements
Cameroon · Power transmission and distribution · Jul 2026
105.19 M$Senior debt
Announced deal
Petrolin Group backs Seplat Energy Plc
Nigeria · Oil and gas (upstream and gas infrastructure) · Jun 2026
Equity
Announced deal
All On backs Eja-Ice Nigeria
Nigeria · Productive use: solar cooling and pumping · Jun 2026
1 M$Quasi-equity
Why they investedProductive uses of solar energy
Announced deal
NewTrails Capital backs Spiro
Kenya · Electric mobility · Jun 2026
55 M$Equity
Announced deal
A.P. Moller Capital backs Mainstream Renewable Power South Africa
South Africa · Renewable power plants: solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, biogas · Jun 2026
Equity
Why they investedRenewable platforms and power trading
Announced deal
Afreximbank (Banque africaine d'import-export) backs Shoreline Power Company
Nigeria · Oil and gas (upstream and gas infrastructure) · Jun 2026
200 M$Senior debt
Why they investedExport of Nigerian engineering services
Announced deal
Development Bank of Southern Africa backs Zimi
South Africa · Electric mobility · Jun 2026
2.6 M$
Announced deal
Cascador backs Powerstove
Nigeria · Clean cooking · Jun 2026
1.2 M$Senior debt
Announced deal
Cascador backs First Electric
Nigeria · Commercial & industrial energy · Jun 2026
357 k$Senior debt
Announced deal
Cascador backs Koolboks
Nigeria · Productive use: solar cooling and pumping · Jun 2026
1.4 M$Senior debt
Announced deal
Impact Fund Denmark backs Spiro
Kenya · Electric mobility · Jun 2026
215 M$Equity
Announced deal
KfW (banque allemande de développement) backs Ville de Johannesburg (City Power)
South Africa · Power transmission and distribution · May 2026
234.568 M$Senior debt
Why they investedLocal-currency municipal finance
Announced deal
Triple Jump backs MAX
Nigeria · Electric mobility · May 2026
8 M$Senior debt
Announced deal
BGFIBank Cameroun backs SNH — quote-part dans la raffinerie CSTAR de Kribi
Cameroon · Oil and gas (upstream and gas infrastructure) · May 2026
210.38 M$Senior debt
Why they investedThe country's second refinery after the Sonara shutdown
Announced deal
Value Chain Innovation Fund backs Dodai
Ethiopia · Electric mobility · Apr 2026
13 M$Equity
Announced deal
Delta40 backs Instollar
Nigeria · Off-grid solar and solar kits · Apr 2026
Equity
Why they investedAfrica’s solar buildout is creating strong demand for skilled technicians.
Announced deal
Investec backs Mulilo — centrale solaire de Beaufort West
South Africa · Off-grid solar and solar kits · Apr 2026
Senior debt
Why they investedPrivate renewable power via wheeling
Announced deal
IFC (International Finance Corporation) backs Développeurs de mini-réseaux DARES (Darway Coast, PriVida Power, Prado Power, GVE Projects, StarTimes Smart Energy)
Nigeria · Mini-grids and rural electrification · Apr 2026
83.2 M$Senior debt
Why they investedDistributed rural electrification (DARES)
Announced deal
Sustent Holdings backs Mahube Infrastructure
South Africa · Renewable power plants: solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, biogas · Apr 2026
Equity
Announced deal
Breega backs PowerLabs
Nigeria · Commercial & industrial energy · Apr 2026
Why they investedIntelligent orchestration is essential to solving Africa's energy reliability challenge (Tosin Faniro-Dada, Breega)
Announced deal
Standard Bank backs Mulilo — stockage par batteries Mercury
South Africa · Storage and batteries · Apr 2026
86.42 M$Senior debt
Why they investedGrid-backed power storage
Announced deal
Acumen backs Instollar
Nigeria · Off-grid solar and solar kits · Apr 2026
Why they investedTackles youth unemployment and energy poverty together
Announced deal
Afreximbank (Banque africaine d'import-export) backs Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals
Nigeria · Oil and gas (upstream and gas infrastructure) · Mar 2026
4,000 M$Senior debt
Why they investedRefinancing an asset now in operation
Announced deal
Investec backs SPS — Slimsun Too phase 2
South Africa · Off-grid solar and solar kits · Mar 2026
5.37 M$Senior debt
Announced deal
BNP Paribas Asset Management Alts backs Sistema.bio
Kenya · Renewable power plants: solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, biogas · Mar 2026
53 M$
Announced deal
Congruent Ventures backs Zeno
Kenya · Electric mobility · Mar 2026
25 M$Equity
Announced deal
Amethis backs ADEMAT
Côte d'Ivoire · Commercial & industrial energy · Mar 2026
Why they investedDevelop solar photovoltaics
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