🎯 The Billion-Dollar Hunt

To the Network, 

Angola just weaponized a global energy shock to casually drop a $2.5 BILLION Eurobond and yield-hunters violently oversubscribed it. 

Meanwhile, Ethiopia is dropping $12.5B to monopolize African aviation, the DRC is swapping raw dirt for a $1.4 BILLION lithium mega-mine, and COMESA just swallowed a staggering $65B in FDI. 

The standalone national market is officially dead. 

Let's get into the hunt!! 

DRC Launches $1.4B Lithium Mega-Mine

• Zijin Mining is preparing to commission a $1.4 BILLION lithium project in the Manono region, projected to produce 130,000 tonnes annually or 5% of global output.
• This catapults the DRC from a cobalt hub into a diversified battery metals powerhouse. Investors must immediately factor in escalating Western-Chinese competition for these newly operational critical assets. (source)

Tunisia Secures $1.2B in Foreign Investment

• Tunisia attracted $1.2 BILLION in foreign direct investment in 2025, a massive 30.3% year-on-year jump driven by manufacturing and energy.
• North Africa is aggressively capitalizing on the European nearshoring trend. C-suite leaders should view Tunisia as a highly viable, tax-efficient gateway for cross-Mediterranean supply chains. (Source)

Uganda Hits $1.45B Export Peak on Gold

• Uganda's January merchandise exports surged 72% to hit $1.45 BILLION, driven almost entirely by a 182% year-on-year spike in gold revenues.
• While Kampala is successfully diversifying its foreign exchange beyond coffee, this hyper-reliance on gold exposes their macroeconomic stability to extreme global commodity volatility. (Source)

Angola Issues $2.5B in Oversubscribed Eurobonds

• Leveraging global oil prices pushed past $100 a barrel, Angola successfully raised $2.5 billion through massively oversubscribed dollar-denominated Eurobonds.
• While most African sovereigns face hostile debt markets, Luanda is actively weaponizing geopolitical energy shocks to smooth its maturity profile and attract global yield hunters. (Source)

COMESA Captures $65B in FDI Flows

• The COMESA regional bloc secured a historic $65 BILLION in FDI in 2024, now capturing a staggering 67% of all capital inflows into Africa.
• Capital is no longer fragmenting across 54 isolated borders; it is aggressively concentrating within integrated regional blocs. If your expansion strategy ignores these unified value chains, you are already obsolete. (Source)

Ethiopia Commences $12.5B Mega-Airport Construction

• Backed by an $8 BILLION AfDB mobilization effort, Ethiopia has broken ground on the $12.5 BILLION Bishoftu International Airport designed to handle 110 million passengers annually.
• Addis Ababa is cementing an absolute monopoly over African aviation logistics. Supply chain directors must prepare for a massive continental cargo realignment toward this East African super-hub. (Source)

Adenia Closes $180M Africa Entrepreneurial Fund

• Private equity firm Adenia Partners successfully closed its Africa Entrepreneurial Fund at a $180 million hard cap, anchored by a $30 million IFC commitment.
• Smart institutional money is officially moving downmarket. Global capital is now underwriting African mid-cap and consumer goods businesses, signaling a maturation of the continent's private sector beyond mega-infrastructure. (Source)

Standard Bank Arranges $22M Enko Education Debt

• Standard Bank has provided a $22 million term debt facility to Enko Education to aggressively fund the pan-African school network's regional acquisitions.
• Debt is rapidly replacing equity as the premier standalone financing tool for mature African startups. Founders must pivot their capital structures to leverage regional commercial banks for non-dilutive scaling. (Source)

Africa’s $17.3B PE Market Shows Deep Resilience

• Despite the Middle East crisis and global macroeconomic shocks, Africa's private equity market maintained a resilient $17.3 BILLION valuation through strategic local allocations.
• The continent is successfully decoupling from global geopolitical volatility. Asset allocators are recognizing that African private credit and equity offer a highly insulated, high-yield shelter from traditional Western market turbulence. (Source)

Nigeria Pilots AfCFTA Simplified Trade Regime

• The AfCFTA Secretariat has officially designated Nigeria as the pilot hub to implement the Simplified Trade Regime (STR) across West Africa.
• This regulatory overhaul will finally digitize and formalize the massive volume of informal cross-border MSME cargo flows. Logistics operators must integrate these new unified clearance protocols to capture the incoming surge in formalized regional transit. (Source)

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Until next Monday (unless the maritime routes completely fracture),

The Safari Brief Team