When USAID withdrew its funding from programmes across Africa, it did not just disrupt development initiatives. It exposed a structural gap that private capital has been slow to fill. Edwin Mbugua, Co-Founder and General Partner at Lighthouse Capital, joined CGTN
Lighthouse Capital is raising a $50 million fund targeting mid-market businesses in South Africa and Kenya, with a first close targeted before the end of 2026. Africa Business Plus covers what we are building and why the timing matters. Read
Twenty-five years of investing across Africa has taught Nico Christoforou one consistent lesson: capital that arrives without operational depth tends to underperform. Africa.com asked him why global investors are still getting the continent wrong, and what the ones who get
