Private Equity
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Uniik Foods secures funding from Mirepa to expand manufacturing capacity.
Uniik Foods, the manufacturer of shelf-stable African food products has raised an undisclosed sum of funding from Mirepa Investment Advisors. The company will use the funds to modernize its facilities with automated equipment to scaleup production and provide working capital to streamline supply chain operations. Furthermore, the funding will accelerate the brand’s footprint in international
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Growth Investment Partners secures $20 million from Axis and Norfund to back SMEs.
For years, the pitch to Ghanaian pension funds has been simple: stop parking all your cash in government bonds and start investing in the local factories that actually drive the economy. This week, one of the country’s biggest players doubled down on its mission to invest in the real economy. Growth Investment Partners (GIP), the
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Fido secures a $5.5 million debt investment to scale its AI-driven lending platform.
Fido Ghana has secured a USD 5.5 million debt investment from the Regional MSME Investment Fund for Sub-Saharan Africa, managed by the Swiss-based impact manager, Symbiotics. The new capital injection will strengthen Fido Ghana’s capacity to scale its lending portfolio, enhance its digital infrastructure, and meet rising demand for accessible financial tools. For many borrowers,
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Henos Energy lands $1.2 million to accelerate clean cooking fuel adoption in Ghana.
Henos Energy , a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) distributor, has raised $1.23 million in debt financing from the Switzerland-based Spark+ Africa Fund, a vehicle focused on clean and modern cooking solutions in frontier markets. The facility will support Henos’ expansion under Ghana’s Cylinder Recirculation Model (CRM), a regulatory framework designed to improve safety by shifting
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Mariseth Farms backer, SEFAA secures $10m to ramp up investment in Africa’s agribusinesses.
The Social Enterprise Fund for Agriculture in Africa (SEFAA) — one of Ghana’s most active agribusiness investors and a backer of Complete Farmer, Mariseth Farms, Oyster Agribusiness, Kuapa Kokoo, and Idan Agro — has secured $10m from the Mastercard Foundation Africa Growth Fund. Managed by Sahel Capital, SEFAA plans to deepen its reach across 13
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Complete Farmer bags $5m debt deal to scale its agritech platform.
Ghana’s agriculture sector is vast , contributing nearly 20% to GDP and employing almost a third of the population but it’s also deeply fragmented. For the majority of smallholder farmers, inconsistent crop quality, volatile incomes, and weak market linkages remain daily realities. Now, Accra-based agritech startup Complete Farmer has secured $5m in debt financing from
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Complete Farmer secures €2.2 million to scale fulfilment centres and reach more smallholder farmers.
Complete Farmer, the agritech company improving market access and productivity for smallholder farmers, has secured €2.2 million (USD 2.5 million) from the European Union-funded AgriFI facility, managed by EDFI Management Company. The EU financing will support the construction of six new fulfilment centres – hubs for aggregation, quality control, and logistics in the northern regions.
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IFC to invest $10 million in Oasis Africa Fund II.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is looking to invest up to $10 million in Oasis Africa Fund II (OAF Fund II), a West Africa-focused private equity fund targeting scalable small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the region. The fund has a target size of $70 million, although it
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Lightrock taps Elizabeth Biney-Amissah as partner to deepen its energy and climate investment in Africa.
Lightrock Capital, the global impact investment platform backed by the Princely Family of Liechtenstein, has appointed Elizabeth Biney-Amissah as a Partner as it deepens its commitment to energy and climate-related investments across Africa. With nearly two decades of experience spanning energy access, generation, and transition across the Global South, Biney-Amissah brings deep expertise to the