Debt overtakes equity in Africa’s $19bn private capital market
According to BusinessDay (Nigeria), Share Africa’s private capital market recorded a seven-year series high in disclosed transaction value in the third quarter of 2026, even as dealmaking slowed, with growing debt financing and large infrastructure transactions driving the increase, according to a new report by Stears. The continent recorded 240 private market transactions valued at $19 billion in the three months to September, a 57 percent increase from the revised $12.1 billion recorded in the second quarter.
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Share Africa’s private capital market recorded a seven-year series high in disclosed transaction value in the third quarter of 2026, even as dealmaking slowed, with growing debt financing and large infrastructure transactions driving the increase, according to a new report by Stears. The continent recorded 240 private market transactions valued at $19 billion in the three months to September, a 57 percent increase from the revised $12.1 billion recorded in the second quarter.
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