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.
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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.
Kenya Has Africa’s Greenest Grid. Why Is Electricity Still Unaffordable?
Kenya clean grid electricity paradox — 93% renewable power but high industrial tariffs. The cost structure behind Africa’s greenest grid.
South Africa’s Largest Private Solar+Battery Project Breaks Ground — And It’s Designed to Decarbonise Sasol and Air Liquide
Sola NAOS-1 South Africa solar BESS project — scale, wheeling structure, Sasol and Air Liquide offtake, and financing of the largest private renewable system.
Africa’s Green Hydrogen Moment: $15B in Projects, But Who Are They For?
Africa green hydrogen 2026 — $15B project pipeline, Namibia and South Africa positioning, export vs. domestic use debate, and who captures the value.
Carbon Credits Are Financing Clean Cooking in East Africa — and the AfDB Just Made It Official
AfDB BEEP carbon finance for clean cooking in East Africa — how carbon credits fund cookstove programmes and whether the model scales.
Persistent’s $52M Africa Climate Fund Is Backing the Founders Nobody Else Will
Persistent $52M Africa Climate Ventures first close — fund thesis, LP composition, target sectors, and the gap it aims to fill.
South Africa’s 150% EV Tax Bet: The Factories That Will Benefit Are Not the Ones Already There
South Africa EV manufacturing tax deduction 2026 — 150% deduction design, target beneficiaries, and whether it creates a genuine EV manufacturing hub.