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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.
Sistema.bio’s $53M FarmCarbon: The Carbon Credit Structure Turning Livestock Waste Into Clean Energy for Africa’s Smallholder Farmers
Sistema.bio FarmCarbon $53M — biogas carbon credit structure, farmer economics, and how carbon finance is funding clean cooking at scale in Africa.
Sistema.bio Closes $53M FarmCarbon: The Carbon Credit Structure Turning Livestock Waste Into Clean Energy for Africa’s Smallholder Farmers
Sistema.bio’s FarmCarbon vehicle inverts the typical carbon project logic — using carbon credit revenues to subsidise biodigester access for smallholder farmers. A $53M first close from BNP Paribas Asset Management, BII and Shell Foundation signals mainstream appetite for Africa’s agricultural methane market.
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.
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. Africa’s most experienced infrastructure manager is now running a dedicated energy-transition vehicle.
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.
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.
Africa Clean Energy Finance Q1 2026: $8B Quarter, Commercial Banks Break Through
Africa clean energy finance Q1 2026 review: $8B in transactions, record commercial bank participation, and the structural shift in how African clean energy gets funded.
How $10M Unlocks $4.4 Billion: AfDB’s Catalytic Bet on Namibia’s Hyphen Hydrogen Energy
AfDB SEFA $10M Namibia Hyphen green hydrogen — how catalytic grant financing accelerates FID on Africa’s largest green hydrogen project.