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South Africa’s Grid Has Held for 335 Days. Here Is Why — and What Could Break It

BETAR Newsroom
  • March 28, 2026
  • 7 minute read
South Africa's Grid Has Held for 335 Days. Here Is Why — and What Could Break It
South Africa achieved more than 335 consecutive days without loadshedding by March 2026. This is a genuine structural shift, not luck. But the coal fleet is aging, the just energy transition is underfunded, and Eskom’s debt has not gone away. The analysis behind the milestone.
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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 $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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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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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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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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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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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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America's Africa Energy Pivot: Clean Cooking and Critical Minerals Instead of Climate Aid
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  • Energy & Climate

America’s Africa Energy Pivot: Clean Cooking and Critical Minerals Instead of Climate Aid

  • BETAR Newsroom
  • March 21, 2026
America’s Africa energy pivot in 2026: from Power Africa aid to DFC commercial lending, critical minerals extraction, and clean cooking market development.
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