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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 08:53:19 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>#MiningIndaba: New deal to accelerate critical minerals beneficiation</title>
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	<description>A new master risk participation agreement (MRPA) was signed between the African Export‑Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) at the 2026 Mining Indaba in Cape Town. The MRPA offers African businesses the opportunity to expand trade finance, reduce risks in cross-border transactions, and speed up the beneficiation of critical minerals.</description>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Patrice Motsepe announces Harmony Gold's "huge investment"</title>
	<link>https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/patrice-motsepe-announces-harmony-gold-huge-investment-629101a</link>
	<description>Harmony Gold chairman Patrice Motsepe said that the company is evaluating a substantial copper venture in Papua New Guinea in partnership with US mining giant Newmont Corporation.</description>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 09:57:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Miko Pharma drives $50m investment push to set up pharmaceutical plant in Ghana</title>
	<link>https://www.bizcommunity.africa/article/miko-pharma-drives-50m-investment-push-to-set-up-pharmaceutical-plant-in-ghana-672521a</link>
	<description>Miko Pharma’s newest initiative is a capital fundraising campaign aimed at garnering strategic investments and collaborators to fuel the construction of a pharmaceutical plant in Ghana that will manufacture medications for the treatment of high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, malaria and pain management.</description>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 29 Feb 2024 16:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>L'Oréal launches fund to invest in female-founded startups</title>
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	<description>Beauty giant L'Oréal has created the Bold Female Founders initiative, designed to support female-led startups worldwide.</description>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2022 11:04:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Constant Ventures launches $100m venture capital fund for tech startups across West Africa</title>
	<link>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/412/518/228288.html</link>
	<description>Constant Ventures, a part of the Constant Group is raising a $100m venture capital fund to invest across a range of technology startups with a focus on financial inclusion, education and healthcare.</description>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2022 09:04:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>#StartupFunding101: Raising capital in Africa and crossing the bridge to the US</title>
	<link>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/839/215735.html</link>
	<description>Pardon Makumbe, co-founder and managing partner of CRE Venture Capital and early investor of Endeavor entrepreneurs (Flutterwave, Flexclub and SweepSouth) chats about the challenges of raising capital in Africa and shares advice on crossing the bridge to the US...</description>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2021 09:21:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>West African solar startup secures $8.5m</title>
	<link>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/839/211761.html</link>
	<description>Senegal-based startup, Oolu has secured $8.5-milliom in a Series B round of investment led by RP Global, an independent renewable energy developer, and several additional investors namely, Persistent Energy Capital, Shell-seeded impact investor All On, Gaia Impact Fund and DPI Energy Ventures.</description>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2020 11:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>#BestofBiz 2019: Finance &amp; Insurance</title>
	<link>https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/357/199086.html</link>
	<description>We've compiled our annual #BestofBiz 2019 lists across all our industries featuring our most popular articles, most-read contributors and brand press offices with the most views. Discover the most read content on Bizcommunity's Finance &amp; Insurance site over the past year below.</description>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 17 Dec 2019 09:16:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>#GlobalGenderSummit: 'Financial sector has a responsibility to women of Africa' - AfDB president</title>
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	<description>At the recent inaugural session of the Global Gender Summit, hosted by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the organisation's president, Akinwumi Adesina, called for greater access to finance for African women.</description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 11:13:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>FDI on the rise in Africa</title>
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	<description>While foreign direct investment (FDI) is falling in other global markets, it is on the rise in Africa, with approximately $46bn in FDI flowing into the continent in 2018 - an 11% increase compared to the previous year.</description>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2019 14:12:00 +0200</pubDate>
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