The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is considering providing Airtel Africa with a debt financing facility of up to $200 million. Some Context: Airtel Africa plc provides telecommunications, data centres, distribution networks, and mobile money services across 14 West, Central, and East African countries. The company intends to use the new
Egypt-based Beltone Investment Holding (BIH), an affiliate of Beltone Holding, has launched a $100 million private credit platform to support Egyptian exporters. Why is this important: Few private credit offerings exist across Africa, and Beltone's platform provides a unique opportunity in the Egyptian financial markets. The private credit
Beltone Investment's $100 million private credit platform, Kenya's $2 billion PPP airport project, and Airtel Africa's $200 million debt facility. In Today's Email: * Corporate Debt: IFC mulls a $200 million debt facility for Airtel Africa. * Private Credit: Beltone Investment Holding launches a
Mali recently reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to obtain emergency financing through the Exogenous Shock Window of the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF). Why is this important: The agreement will provide Mali with $120 million (approximately 0.6% of GDP) to support its urgent balance-of-payments (BOP)