March 2026 - Page 7 of 16

Energy & Climate

Africa’s Battery Gap: How Grid-Scale Storage Becomes the Missing Layer in the Solar Buildout

Africa’s BESS market 2026: South Africa’s Kenhardt facility, BESIPPPP pipeline, and why battery storage is now the critical missing layer in Africa’s clean energy buildout.

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Wise Gets Its Own Rails in Nigeria: What a Long-Awaited IMTO Licence Means for the UK-Nigeria Remittance Corridor

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Technology

Wise Gets Its Own Rails in Nigeria: What a Long-Awaited IMTO Licence Means for the UK-Nigeria Remittance Corridor

BETAR Newsroom
March 21, 2026

Wise secures IMTO licence from CBN. Analysis of what direct rails mean for the $3.5B UK-Nigeria remittance corridor and the fintechs that have owned it.

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Kenya's AI Bill Would Require Pre-Deployment Approval. Here's What That Means for 600+ Tech Companies.

7 minute read

Technology

Kenya’s AI Bill Would Require Pre-Deployment Approval. Here’s What That Means for 600+ Tech Companies.

BETAR Newsroom
March 21, 2026

Kenya AI Bill 2026 compliance guide: pre-deployment approval, high-risk AI categories, criminal liability, and what 600+ tech companies in Nairobi must do now.

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Q1 2026 Africa Investment Debrief: DFI Dominance, Gulf Capital Surge & Investor League Table

6 minute read

Business

Q1 2026 Africa Investment Debrief: DFI Dominance, Gulf Capital Surge & Investor League Table

BETAR Newsroom
March 21, 2026

The investor league table for Q1 2026 reads unlike anything in recent memory. The entity that deployed the most capital into African companies in the…

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Africa's Clean Energy Blind Spot: How Drought Is Destroying the Continent's Largest Power Source

6 minute read

Energy & Climate

Africa’s Clean Energy Blind Spot: How Drought Is Destroying the Continent’s Largest Power Source

BETAR Newsroom
March 21, 2026

Southern Africa’s hydropower crisis: how drought is destroying baseload power in seven countries that bet everything on rain. Analysis of Kariba, Cahora Bassa, and the path forward.

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America Is Still Coming to Power Africa — Just Not to Help

4 minute read

Energy & Climate

America Is Still Coming to Power Africa — Just Not to Help

BETAR Newsroom
March 21, 2026

America at Powering Africa Summit 2026: USAID is gone but DFC, Ex-Im Bank, and Commerce remain. The shift from aid to commercial interest, explained.

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Africa's AI Compute Gap: Why African Developers Pay 3x More to Build with AI

6 minute read

Technology

Africa’s AI Compute Gap: Why African Developers Pay 3x More to Build with AI

BETAR Newsroom
March 21, 2026

Africa’s AI developers face a 2.5–3x effective compute cost premium: no training-grade GPUs in most African regions, currency risk on dollar billing, and latency overhead. The continent’s landmark compute initiatives have not yet delivered.

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DRC's €8B Digital Plan: Towers, Cables — and a €6.5 Billion Funding Gap

6 minute read

Technology

DRC’s €8B Digital Plan: Towers, Cables — and a €6.5 Billion Funding Gap

BETAR Newsroom
March 21, 2026

The DRC’s €8B National Digital Plan 2026-2030 targets 30,000 towers and fibre backbone. Analysis of the €6.5B financing gap and what it means for investors.

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AIIM Launches $200M ATAF: Africa's Infrastructure Money Is Finally Moving Into the Energy Transition

4 minute read

Energy & Climate

AIIM Launches $200M ATAF: Africa’s Infrastructure Money Is Finally Moving Into the Energy Transition

BETAR Newsroom
March 21, 2026

African Infrastructure Investment Managers has reached a $65M first close on the $200M African Transition Acceleration Fund. FSD Africa Investments and Allied Climate Partners anchor with $50M. Proparco, IFC and KfW co-invest.

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I&M Bank Kenya Closes $30M SIDA Green Facility: How Development Finance Enters Commercial Banking

6 minute read

Energy & Climate

I&M Bank Kenya Closes $30M SIDA Green Facility: How Development Finance Enters Commercial Banking

BETAR Newsroom
March 21, 2026

I&M Bank Kenya SIDA $30M green finance — DFI risk-sharing structure, lending targets, and the model for mobilising commercial bank climate capital.

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Month: March 2026

Africa’s Battery Gap: How Grid-Scale Storage Becomes the Missing Layer in the Solar Buildout

Wise Gets Its Own Rails in Nigeria: What a Long-Awaited IMTO Licence Means for the UK-Nigeria Remittance Corridor

Kenya’s AI Bill Would Require Pre-Deployment Approval. Here’s What That Means for 600+ Tech Companies.

Q1 2026 Africa Investment Debrief: DFI Dominance, Gulf Capital Surge & Investor League Table

Africa’s Clean Energy Blind Spot: How Drought Is Destroying the Continent’s Largest Power Source

America Is Still Coming to Power Africa — Just Not to Help

DRC’s €8B Digital Plan: Towers, Cables — and a €6.5 Billion Funding Gap

AIIM Launches $200M ATAF: Africa’s Infrastructure Money Is Finally Moving Into the Energy Transition

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