IFC issued a three-year social bond, raising $1.5 billion to support low-income communities in emerging markets. The transaction represents IFC’s largest ever social bond, with its...
IFC has announced a partnership with KERA Health Platforms, a pre-seed stage health tech company based in Dakar, Senegal, connecting and augmenting the healthcare ecosystem with...
Improving family-friendly workplace policies in Nigeria, including access to quality childcare for parents, could boost private sector productivity and benefit employees, children, and businesses in the...
To support women entrepreneurs across sub–Saharan Africa, IFC launched She WINS Africa, a program designed to unlock the potential of hundreds of women-owned startups by offering...
IFC yesterday made its largest-ever investment in northern Nigeria, providing a financing package alongside African and European partners to BUA Cement Plc to help the company...
Despite the vast opportunities for success that access to the internet and technology provides for small businesses in Africa, less than seven per cent of microenterprises...
To support economic activity and job creation in 10 countries across sub-Saharan Africa, IFC announced an investment in a risk-sharing facility for the Bank of Africa...
IFC and BNP Paribas (BNPP), the European Union’s largest bank as measured by assets and a key player in international banking, announced a landmark Synthetic Significant...
To boost access to finance for smaller businesses in Nigeria and to support increased trade, IFC yesterday announced a partnership with Union Bank of Nigeria Plc...
Ventures Platform, the pan-African VC firm championing the next generation of African technology entrepreneurs, has announced the final close of its early-stage and intercontinental fund, at...
