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TLG Capital Zambia Closes $5 Million SME Lending Facility
TLG Capital structured the scaling facility for Shona Capital Zambia. The deal targets businesses too large for microfinance but too small for traditional banks. This segment faces a $2 billion financing gap across Zambia.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- lending, microfinance, MSMEs, scale
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A New World Bank-Funded Program to Transform Forest Economies and Drive Jobs Opportunities for 60 million People around the Congo Basin
This next generation of forest investments moves decisively beyond a conservation-only approach, building the economic conditions that make forest stewardship sustainable.
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- Environment, Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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British International Investment Partners With Rawbank to Enhance Financial Inclusion for Small Businesses in DRC
BII’s $25 million senior loan facility will improve access to finance for SMEs and non-mining corporates in DRC.
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- Finance
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Africa’s Startup Surge Hits $705 Million as Investment Momentum Builds
Venture capital flows into African startups accelerated sharply in early 2026, signalling a maturing ecosystem with broader geographic reach and more sophisticated funding structures.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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WDI Partners with Villgro Africa and Haskè Ventures to Scale R&D Impact Voucher Model Across Seven African Countries
R&D impact vouchers connect small and mid-size enterprises (SMEs) with public research organizations through affiliated researchers, enabling businesses that might otherwise lack resources to access cutting-edge scientific expertise while providing African researchers with access to SMEs that they normally would not be exposed to.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: World Bank Group Approves Financing to Boost Credit Access for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Job Creation in El Salvador
The project will facilitate complementary private capital mobilization, building on the support that the International Finance Corporation, the World Bank Group's private sector arm, drives in the areas of financial inclusion and productive expansion for formal job creation.
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- Finance
- Region
- Latin America
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African Development Bank Group Invests $15 Million in SPE PEF III to Support Growth-Stage Businesses in Africa
SPE Capital is an investment fund management company active in Africa, Europe and the Middle East, with more than $600 million deployed, primarily in development capital across healthcare, education, business services and manufacturing.
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- Education, Health Care, Investing
- Region
- North Africa & Near East
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- development finance, MSMEs, startups
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Kenya’s 4G Capital Secures $2 Million Funding to Expand Financial Inclusion Across East Africa
Founded in 2013, 4G Capital blends human customer service with advanced digital technology to deliver small working capital loans and customised business training to micro enterprises that are excluded from the formal financial system.
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- Finance, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Tags
- financial inclusion, fintech, innovation, lending, MSMEs, scale, startups
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