From Riyadh to Munich
Equdex Continues Its Mission to Redefine Infrastructure Finance in Africa
After an incredible week at Money20/20 Middle East in Riyadh, the Equdex Technologies team travelled to Germany for Bits & Pretzels 2025, one of Europe’s leading gatherings for founders, investors, and changemakers.
The two events, just weeks apart, marked an important chapter in our journey to connect global capital with Africa’s clean energy and infrastructure finance future. As leaders in infrastructure finance in Africa, our mission is to make sustainable investment more transparent, inclusive, and accessible.
Building momentum after Riyadh
In Riyadh, hosted by the Ministry of Investment Saudi Arabia, Saudi Vision 2030, and the Public Investment Fund (PIF), Equdex was selected for the Startup & Scale Up Programme, one of only 150 innovators chosen from over 5,000 applicants.
That recognition placed Equdex among a select group of startups using technology to drive meaningful impact across global markets. It also underscored our core belief that finance, powered by digital insight and connectivity, can accelerate access to energy across Africa.
Conversations that matter in Munich
At Bits & Pretzels 2025, we joined an incredible community of founders, investors, and ecosystem builders who share our vision of using finance as a force for good.
Throughout the event, our discussions focused on a persistent truth: Africa’s infrastructure gap is not caused by a lack of capital, but by a lack of access, transparency, and trust.
At Equdex, we are working to close that gap.
Our digital-first finance platform connects global investors directly with credible African developers, creating new pathways for funding clean energy, community power, and essential infrastructure projects.
Addressing the funding gap
As we recently shared on LinkedIn:
“The lack of funding is not due to the lack of funds, but to the lack of insight by funders into projects and the Western bias that projects in Africa are innately riskier than other parts of the world. The latter is a proven misconception, with the rate of default on infrastructure lending in Africa being lower than that of North America.
Another point relates to the lack of liquidity in the infrastructure funding space. We are working on a solution that may prove to be game-changing in this area, and we look forward to revealing more soon.”
This perspective captures the core of what we do at Equdex. We are challenging outdated assumptions, unlocking new capital flows, and building the tools that make sustainable development in Africa both investable and scalable.
Looking ahead
From Riyadh to Munich, our message has remained clear: the future of infrastructure finance in Africa must be digital, inclusive, and transparent.
Equdex is now raising capital to move from pilot to scale, unlocking new pipelines of renewable and infrastructure projects across Africa.
If you share our vision for channelling global capital into local impact, we would love to connect.
