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Sage Valley, Zambia gets financing from Empress Fund

Tanzania’s East Africa Fruits raises $2M Funding

CDC and Rwanda Finance sign partnership agreement

Ethos Mezzanine and Proparco invest in Ethiopian platform, Turaco

GET IT Rwanda obtains investment from VestedWorld

A.P. Moller Capital invests in Kenya

Ed-Tech startups get funding from MasterCard foundation

African Development Bank launches record breaking $3 billion “Fight COVID-19” Social Bond

Ethiopia to build new airport in 2020

Amethis Finance to buy stake in Naivas supermarket chain in Kenya

Rwanda – Qatar Airlines sign deal on construction of Bugesera airport

IFC and IFHA launch healthcare fund targeting East and Southern Africa

Cepheus Capital invests in Tabor Ceramics – Ethiopia

The Rise Fund invests in Pearl Diary, Uganda

Zoscales Partners invests in Ethiopian Biscuit producer, Ahadukes Food Products

Equity Bank Kenya to acquire majority stake in BCDC bank, DRC

Kenya lifts interest rate cap

Tanzania begins construction of Tabora- Katavi power transmission project

Yes! Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge made it in Vienna

Fenix International to launch off grid solar in Mozambique

Adenia Partners acquires majority stake in Quick Mart Kenya

Growthpoint, Investec JV buys Zambia shopping centre

Creadev invests in Twiga Foods Kenya

Havaíc Invests in MPost Kenya

Rwanda – Volkswagen choice of place to test its ride hailing business

Jumia goes public

Kenyan juice maker to get additional financing from German’s DEG

Kenya UNBOWED!

Bharti Airtel and Telkom Kenya in talks to take on Safaricom

Ethiopia earns over USD 28million from electricity export

Rwanda’s Akagera Motors signs partnership deal with Mercedes Benz

Al Nakhil to invest in Zanzibar tourism

Shoprite opens shop in Kenya

ATI backs OPIC & Actis in Kipeto wind power farm

Warburg Pincus (among other parties), to acquire 20% equity stake in Bharti Telemedia limited for $350 million

Agribusiness in Africa: Coffee

German based GreenTec Capital to inject capital in Kenyan Insurance start up, Bismart

Australia’s Windlab to build first ever wind farm in Tanzania

Kenya’s first slum based cryptocurrency takes off

Rwanda: Bharti Airtel to buy Millicom’s operations

Kenya: World’s first ovarian tissue transplant in the world without use of toxic anti-organ rejection drugs performed in Kenya

Kibos Sugar set to be East Africa’s first producer of industrial sugar

Safaricom, Vodacom/ Vodafone deal clears the path for M-Pesa growth

Lerai Advisory attended the September 2017 Afrolynk Conference held at the Microsoft offices in Berlin!

Zipline Expands Drone delivery of medical supplies to Tanzania

SAP Skills for Africa launches first East African chapter

Ethiopia Government sets up Aviation Holding Group

Tanzania wins US$21.7 million from Climate Investment Funds

Alibaba’s Jack Ma launches US$10 million African Young Entrepreneurs Fund

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