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DRC’s €8B Digital Plan: Mapping the Financing Gap Between Ambition and Execution

The DRC has committed €8.7B to Africa’s most ambitious national digital buildout. But only $1.5B is confirmed. An analysis of where the remaining €7B will come from — and the due diligence questions every DFI should be asking.

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Africa's Clean Energy Blind Spot: How Drought Is Destroying the Continent's Most Reliable Renewable

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Energy & Climate

Africa’s Clean Energy Blind Spot: How Drought Is Destroying the Continent’s Most Reliable Renewable

BETAR Newsroom
March 27, 2026

Seven African countries generate more than 80% of their electricity from hydropower. As El Niño-driven droughts drain their reservoirs, the continent’s oldest and most dependable clean energy source is becoming its biggest liability — and climate finance is not designed to save it.

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Nigeria's DARES Programme: A $750M Solar Mini-Grid Deployment, the World's Largest

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Energy & Climate

Nigeria’s DARES Programme: A $750M Solar Mini-Grid Deployment, the World’s Largest

BETAR Newsroom
March 26, 2026

Nigeria DARES $750M solar mini-grid programme — scale, World Bank financing, REA delivery model, and what makes it the world’s largest deployment.

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Africa's Cyber Insurance Gap: AI Fraud Scales Faster Than Coverage

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Technology

Africa’s Cyber Insurance Gap: AI Fraud Scales Faster Than Coverage

BETAR Newsroom
March 26, 2026

69% of African biometric fraud is now AI-generated. Nigeria’s cyber insurance market is worth $30 million. When a deepfake bypasses a liveness check and drains a customer account, nobody is holding the risk. That is the gap African fintechs cannot afford to ignore.

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Nigeria's $750M DARES Programme: Africa's Most Ambitious Solar Mini-Grid Deployment — And It's Already Working

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Energy & Climate

Nigeria’s $750M DARES Programme: Africa’s Most Ambitious Solar Mini-Grid Deployment — And It’s Already Working

BETAR Newsroom
March 26, 2026

Nigeria’s DARES programme has secured 391 signed grant agreements and is commissioning 28 new solar mini-grids in Q1 2026 alone, backed by $750M in World Bank financing and over $1 billion in blended development capital. Here is how the performance-based model is making it work.

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South Africa's JETP: $11B Promised. Disbursement Is Stalled. Who Is Accountable?

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Energy & Climate

South Africa’s JETP: $11B Promised. Disbursement Is Stalled. Who Is Accountable?

BETAR Newsroom
March 25, 2026

South Africa JETP climate finance — $11B commitment, disbursement delays, governance gaps, and who is accountable for the just transition.

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Power Africa Is Gone. Who Fills the $2–3B Annual Gap It Left Behind?

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Energy & Climate

Power Africa Is Gone. Who Fills the $2–3B Annual Gap It Left Behind?

BETAR Newsroom
March 25, 2026

Power Africa is operationally over after USAID dismantling. Analysis of the $2-3B annual financing gap and who — if anyone — replaces it.

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Morocco's Gotion Battery Gigafactory Is Africa's First. It Won't Be the Last.

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Energy & Climate

Morocco’s Gotion Battery Gigafactory Is Africa’s First. It Won’t Be the Last.

BETAR Newsroom
March 24, 2026

Morocco Gotion battery gigafactory Kenitra — Africa’s first gigafactory, investment rationale, and implications for EV battery manufacturing.

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Lyra Energy's $240M Thakadu Solar Plant Breaks Ground — Standard Bank Finances It Alone

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Energy & Climate

Lyra Energy’s $240M Thakadu Solar Plant Breaks Ground — Standard Bank Finances It Alone

BETAR Newsroom
March 24, 2026

Lyra Energy Thakadu 255MW solar — Standard Bank solo financing, no DFI, and what it signals for South African renewable energy capital markets.

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Africa's COP30 Countdown: Which Countries Have the Finance to Back Their Climate Pledges?

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Energy & Climate

Africa’s COP30 Countdown: Which Countries Have the Finance to Back Their Climate Pledges?

BETAR Newsroom
March 22, 2026

With COP30 eight months away and African NDC updates due before June, BETAR rates five Tier-1 markets on whether their climate pledges have credible financing behind them — or whether Belém will expose a widening gap.

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BETAR Newsroom

DRC’s €8B Digital Plan: Mapping the Financing Gap Between Ambition and Execution

Africa’s Clean Energy Blind Spot: How Drought Is Destroying the Continent’s Most Reliable Renewable

Nigeria’s DARES Programme: A $750M Solar Mini-Grid Deployment, the World’s Largest

Africa’s Cyber Insurance Gap: AI Fraud Scales Faster Than Coverage

Nigeria’s $750M DARES Programme: Africa’s Most Ambitious Solar Mini-Grid Deployment — And It’s Already Working

South Africa’s JETP: $11B Promised. Disbursement Is Stalled. Who Is Accountable?

Power Africa Is Gone. Who Fills the $2–3B Annual Gap It Left Behind?

Morocco’s Gotion Battery Gigafactory Is Africa’s First. It Won’t Be the Last.

Lyra Energy’s $240M Thakadu Solar Plant Breaks Ground — Standard Bank Finances It Alone

Africa’s COP30 Countdown: Which Countries Have the Finance to Back Their Climate Pledges?

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