The African Development Bank approved a $10M SEFA loan to Hyphen Hydrogen Energy to fund FEED studies — the technical prerequisite for a $4.4 billion Final Investment Decision. Understanding how small catalytic capital enables massive clean energy infrastructure is the key to understanding Africa’s energy transition financing.
I&M Bank and SIDA’s $30M Green Finance Facility: How DFI Risk-Sharing Is Migrating Into Kenya’s Commercial Banking Sector
A USD 15 million SIDA guarantee unlocks USD 30 million in green lending at I&M Bank Kenya. The structure shows how DFI risk-sharing instruments can migrate from development bank balance sheets into commercial banking.
I&M Bank Kenya Closes $30M SIDA Green Facility: How Development Finance Enters Commercial Banking
I&M Bank Kenya SIDA $30M green finance — DFI risk-sharing structure, lending targets, and the model for mobilising commercial bank climate capital.
AIIM Launches $200M ATAF: Africa’s Infrastructure Money Is Finally Moving Into the Energy Transition
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.
DRC’s €8B Digital Plan: Towers, Cables — and a €6.5 Billion Funding Gap
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.
Africa’s AI Compute Gap: Why African Developers Pay 3x More to Build with AI
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.
America Is Still Coming to Power Africa — Just Not to Help
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.
Africa’s Clean Energy Blind Spot: How Drought Is Destroying the Continent’s Largest Power Source
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.
Q1 2026 Africa Investment Debrief: DFI Dominance, Gulf Capital Surge & Investor League Table
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…
Who Pays, Who Profits: The Unit Economics Behind Africa’s Coding Bootcamp Boom
Africa coding bootcamp unit economics — ALX, Moringa, Decagon cost structures, graduate outcomes, and employer-side value capture.