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Afreximbank has committed a US$75 million facility to the Development Bank of Nigeria, which will lend through partner financial institutions to small businesses, including creative enterprises. Pricing, tenor and beneficiary numbers have not been published.
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Afreximbank's investment arm CANEX Creations says it has signed an equity investment in D'banj's creator platform CREAM. Neither side has disclosed the stake or the amount, and no source reviewed confirms a closing.
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Payments infrastructure provider enza has closed a US$6 million Seed+ round led by 4DX Ventures, according to a company announcement dated 3 November 2026. The UK’s British International Investment joined as a new investor, and existing backers Quona Capital and Algebra Ventures added to their stakes.
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Pan-African venture firm Enza Capital has closed about $21 million at the first close of its AI Africa Fund, 35% of a $60 million target with an $80 million hard cap.
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Cape Town cross-border payments company Lumepay says it closed a US$6 million pre-seed round at the start of 2026. It has not named its investors. The roughly $10 million in capital float it also cites is not counted here as money raised. The company says a restraint-of-trade judgment naming it as a respondent is before a higher court; we have not independently verified that.
M&A
Nigerian cross-border fintech Raenest has acquired all of Remitise, a UK company the Financial Conduct Authority lists as a small payment institution. The price was not disclosed. That registration caps average monthly payment volume at €3 million and bars account information and payment initiation services, which limits what the UK entity can do under its current permissions.
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South African fintech Yoco has secured a $100 million credit facility from Victory Park Capital to fund Yoco Capital, its merchant cash advance product. Yoco says the facility gives it direct control of the financing layer, including pricing and risk on its own book. The facility size is disclosed; the amount drawn is not.
