Backed by the Gates Foundation and run by Salient Advisory, i3 is helping African healthtech startups move beyond donor-funded pilots towards commercial partnerships and sustainable scale. Senior Consultant Somto Chloe Keluo-Udeke discusses the initiative with Launch Base Africa.
British development finance institution bets that a lighter, decentralised alternative to mini-grids can help close one of the world's largest electricity access gaps - but the model's commercial viability still hinges on procurement and policy execution.
Multi-originator warehouse facility backed by IFC, Norfund, AfDB and SEDF aims to extend asset-backed finance beyond pay-as-you-go solar into electric vehicles and productive equipment.
A fatal road accident, local outcry over odours, and a burnt-out facility: Inside the regulatory and social crisis tearing apart one of North Africa’s premier green tech darlings, just months after it secured €18m with backing from British International Investment.
The Egyptian-founded, Nasdaq-listed mass-transit group delivered VNV's largest fair-value boost in the third quarter—a rare bright spot in a portfolio otherwise marked down by private-market multiple compression.
The move follows MNT-Halan’s highly anticipated float on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) on October 20, which was the country’s largest IPO in dollar terms since at least 2021.
The London-based private equity firm, which says it manages some $4bn in assets and co-investments and has invested nearly $850mn in Egypt over the past decade
Backed by the Gates Foundation and run by Salient Advisory, i3 is helping African healthtech startups move beyond donor-funded pilots towards commercial partnerships and sustainable scale. Senior Consultant Somto Chloe Keluo-Udeke discusses the initiative with Launch Base Africa.
Growth-equity deal values Casablanca-based HealthTech platform at a fraction of the billion-dollar threshold, as African healthtech funding remains subdued.
