Author: Melanie Schwartz

08 Sep AIH Capital- A 100% Black Women-Owned and Operated South African Private Equity Fund Secures $25 Million USD Investments

With a flourishing middle class and its spending power growing at exponential rates, opportunities for investors to impact change in African communities are burgeoning. Impactful investing in Black women-owned businesses is especially important because these businesses, time and time again, invest their earnings back into...

14 Aug USAID Supports 5th Institutional Investor Delegation Trip To South Africa

14 Aug How the U.S. plans to make Africa a big investment destination

21 Mar Seizing Africa’s overlooked investment opportunities with an inclusivity lens

21 Mar Changing the Gatekeepers: Why Female Fund Managers Are the Key to Unlocking More Inclusive Capital

13 Dec This Bond Could Be a Breakthrough in Combatting West Africa’s Housing Shortage

For most West Africans, homeownership is out of reach. Rapid population growth and urbanization have created a housing shortage, exacerbated by the lack of access to affordable mortgage loans to finance purchases. With support from USAID INVEST, the Caisse Regionale de Refinancement Hypothecaire (CRRH) is...

29 Oct MiDA Advisors, Standard Bank and Mercer Launch Infrastructure Publication Part II in Effort to Mobilise Private Capital for African Investment and Development