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05/05/2026

Africa’s green bond market is evolving from one-off sovereign issuances to a multi-issuer ecosystem — and tracking it properly matters. Read our deep dive on market growth, infrastructure needs and what it means for investors and issuers: https://wix.to/Ct2dHI4

Key takeaways: shifting issuance patterns, benchmarking challenges, and why Africa’s share of global green bonds remains under 1% — for now.

Africa’s green bond market is moving from isolated sovereign firsts to a structured, multi-issuer ecosystem — and the infrastructure to track and benchmark it must match the pace.In the first quarter of 2026, global green bond issuance reached $168.39 billion, continuing the structural growth of...

05/05/2026

South Africa has formally joined Afreximbank, unlocking an $8 billion commitment to industrial, trade and transformation priorities across the continent. Read how this milestone reshapes Africa’s trade finance landscape and what it means for businesses and policymakers. https://wix.to/MYku4pv

South Africa’s formal Afreximbank membership closes the continent’s most significant multilateral finance gap and commits $8 billion to industrial, trade, and transformation priorities.On 4 February 2026, at a formal ceremony attended by President Cyril Ramaphosa and Afreximbank President Dr Geo...

05/05/2026

Canal+’s proposed inward listing on the JSE is a milestone for Africa’s capital markets — and a signal that the exchange is ready for institutional-grade global assets. Read our analysis on what this means for indexation, liquidity and foreign participation. Read more: https://wix.to/RMoOzIY

Canal+’s historic JSE listing is the clearest statement yet that Africa’s largest exchange has reached the international standing that demands institutional-grade indexation to match.On 3 June 2026, Canal+, the global media and entertainment company that completed its acquisition of MultiChoice ...

05/05/2026

Africa’s $2 trillion in pension and sovereign wealth assets is shifting from mobilisation to action. Our latest blog explores how institutional capital is being deployed across the continent and why robust infrastructure is now critical for growth. Read more: https://wix.to/DVrBTei

Africa’s $2 trillion in pension and sovereign wealth assets has crossed from mobilisation into ex*****on — and the infrastructure to deploy it rigorously is the defining requirement of this moment.In February 2026, more than 200 institutional investors gathered in Mauritius for the ninth edition...

05/05/2026

Nigeria’s $5B total return swap with First Abu Dhabi Bank is reshaping how African sovereign financing works — and raising questions about transparency, oversight, and future risk. Read our analysis on what this invisible debt layer means for markets and policymakers. https://wix.to/r5NT42E

Nigeria’s $5 billion total return swap is the continent’s clearest signal yet that African sovereign financing is evolving faster than the infrastructure designed to track it.On 24 March 2026, President Bola Tinubu submitted a request to Nigeria’s National Assembly for approval of a $5 billion...

05/05/2026

Africa needs ratings that reflect its real economies — not recycled models built elsewhere. Read our latest analysis on AfCRA, Africa’s proposed continental credit rating agency, its mandate, and why accurate, locally grounded sovereign and corporate ratings matter: https://wix.to/B8TewbI

AfCRA is not about giving Africa better ratings — it is about giving Africa accurate ones, built from data that reflects the continent’s real economic structure.In February 2025, at the 37th Ordinary Summit of the African Union in Addis Ababa, African heads of state gave formal political endorse...

05/05/2026

Kenya just flipped the script on retail investing. Ziidi Trader brings direct share trading into the M-PESA Super App — no CDS account, no broker required. Read how this could reshape Africa’s capital markets and unlock millions of new investors. Read the full analysis: https://wix.to/v6nAhfT

Kenya’s Ziidi Trader proves that Africa’s retail investor base is not a future ambition but a present reality — and that the infrastructure to serve it must be built to match.On 10 February 2026, Safaricom and the Nairobi Securities Exchange launched Ziidi Trader, embedding direct share tradin...

30/04/2026

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24/04/2026

New analysis: VFEX is emerging as a credible hard-currency venue in a market many allocators overlook. Read why this matters for global capital allocation, the structural challenges Zimbabwe presents, and what rules-based evaluation reveals. Read the full post: https://wix.to/Q5O447c

A credible hard-currency venue in an unlikely setting is exactly the kind of development a rules-based reference architecture is built to evaluate on its merits rather than dismiss on its reputation.The received wisdom about Zimbabwean capital markets, for most of the last decade, has been straightf...

23/04/2026

PAPSS has moved from promise to core plumbing for cross-border capital flows in Africa. In our latest piece, we explain why a functioning continental payments rail matters upstream of every cross-border capital-market activity — and why institutional investors should pay attention to this quiet but transformative buildout. Read more: https://wix.to/kyepB0r

A continental payments rail that works is upstream of every capital-markets activity that crosses a border — and the maturation of PAPSS is exactly the kind of quiet, compounding development institutional investors should be paying closer attention to.There is a rhythm to capital-markets infrastru...