The $8.7B quarter African agriculture just had

Every funding deal, fund close, and sovereign commitment that moved through African agriculture in Q1 2026 — fact-checked, categorised, and filterable.

11 startup deals

4 corporate rounds

5 fund closes

8 macro / sovereign deals

Deals tracked

~$8.5M+

Startup capital

$328M+

Fund closes

Countries

Startup

~$8.5M+

11 deals · equity, debt & grants · 4 undisclosed

Corporate / Growth

~$271M+

4 deals · predominantly debt

Fund Closes

~$328M+

5 funds · Phatisa, Sahel, Aqua-Spark, Al Ahly, Sistema.bio

Macro / Sovereign

~$8.1B+

8 deals · multilaterals, JVs & state-backed

Region

Country

Subsector

Instrument

Company Origin

Company / Deal↕	Amount↕	Investor(s)↕	Country↕	Region↕	Subsector↕	Category↕	Instrument↕	Origin↕	Month↕
Farm 360	$1M	Barka Capital	Ghana	West Africa	Supply Chain & Export	Startup	Equity	African	Q1 2026
Mariseth Farms	$850K	Sahel Capital, ABSA	Ghana	West Africa	Agro-processing	Startup	Equity	African	Q1 2026
FarmerTribe	Undisclosed	Green Earth Group, Pangea Global Ventures	Ghana	West Africa	Agro-processing	Startup	Equity	African	Q1 2026
Sommalife	Undisclosed	Acumen	Ghana	West Africa	Agro-processing	Startup	Equity	African	Q1 2026
Marula Proteen	€100K	develoPPP Ventures	Rwanda	East Africa	Fertilizer & Inputs	Startup	Grant	African	Feb 2026
Rada 360	€100K	develoPPP Ventures	Kenya	East Africa	Agri-Tech	Startup	Grant	African	Feb 2026
Tanganyika Blue	€100K	develoPPP Ventures	Tanzania	East Africa	Aquaculture	Startup	Grant	African	Feb 2026
Lovegrass Ethiopia	$5M	British International Investment	Ethiopia	East Africa	Agro-processing	Startup	Debt	African	Feb 2026
AgroEknor	Undisclosed	Acumen	Nigeria	West Africa	Supply Chain & Export	Startup	Equity	African	Q1 2026
Rasad	$1.5M	Sahel Capital	Nigeria	West Africa	Supply Chain & Export	Startup	Debt	African	Q1 2026
Moor Farms	Per-acre model	Retail investors (platform)	Nigeria	West Africa	Digital Farming	Startup	Platform / Crowdfund	African	Q1 2026
Sunbeth Global Concepts	$118.5M	Capital market investors	Nigeria	West Africa	Supply Chain & Export	Corporate	Commercial Paper	African	Mar 2026
Valency International	€70M (~$82.9M)	EBRD	Côte d'Ivoire	West Africa	Agro-processing	Corporate	Debt	Non-African	Feb 2026
Robust International	$70M	EBRD	Nigeria	West Africa	Supply Chain & Export	Corporate	Debt	African	Feb 2026
Zaad Group (acq. by Phatisa)	Undisclosed	Phatisa Food Fund 3 consortium	South Africa	Southern Africa	Fertilizer & Inputs	Corporate	Acquisition	African	Feb 2026
Phatisa Food Fund 3	$86M (1st close)	BII, FinDev Canada, Norfund, Swedfund, IFC	Pan-Africa	Pan-Africa	Food Value Chain	Fund	Fund Close	African	Feb 2026
Sahel Capital Private Debt Fund	$55.4M	Institutional investors	Nigeria	West Africa	Agribusiness Finance	Fund	Fund Close	African	Feb 2026
Aqua-Spark Africa	$48M (1st close)	KfW, AgriFI, Gatsby Africa, Livelihood Impact Fund	Pan-Africa	Pan-Africa	Aquaculture	Fund	Fund Close	Non-African	Mar 2026
Al Ahly Green Agricultural Group	Undisclosed	Private	Egypt	North Africa	Agribusiness Finance	Fund	Fund Close	African	Mar 2026
Sistema.bio / FarmCarbon	$53M (1st close)	BNP Paribas AM, BII, Shell Foundation, Futuregrowth AM	Kenya	East Africa	Climate & Clean Energy	Fund	Fund Close	African	Mar 2026
Dangote / GCL Group — gas deal	$4.2B	GCL Group (China)	Ethiopia	East Africa	Fertilizer & Inputs	Macro	JV / Agreement	Non-African	Mar 2026
Dangote / Ethiopian Inv. Holdings — JV	$2.5B	Ethiopian Investment Holdings	Ethiopia	East Africa	Fertilizer & Inputs	Macro	JV / Agreement	Non-African	Aug 2025
World Bank AGROW (Nigeria)	$500M	World Bank	Nigeria	West Africa	Smallholder Support	Macro	Debt	Non-African	Q1 2026
World Bank (Burkina Faso — rice/maize)	$215.9M	World Bank	Burkina Faso	West Africa	Agro-processing	Macro	Debt	Non-African	Q1 2026
AfDB (Nigeria — wheat/rice)	$200M	African Development Bank	Nigeria	West Africa	Agro-processing	Macro	Debt	Non-African	Q1 2026
AfDB (Burkina Faso — seeds/fertilizer)	$116.8M	African Development Bank	Burkina Faso	West Africa	Fertilizer & Inputs	Macro	Debt	Non-African	Q1 2026
FMO / Olam Agri (rice trade)	$100M	FMO	Pan-Africa	Pan-Africa	Supply Chain & Export	Macro	Debt	Non-African	Q1 2026
Tanzania / Al Dahra (irrigated farms MoU)	$100M	Al Dahra (UAE)	Tanzania	East Africa	Commercial Farming	Macro	JV / Agreement	Non-African	Q1 2026

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