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South Africa’s Grid Workaround: How SolarAfrica’s $94M SunCentral 2 Is Giving Businesses a Way Out of Eskom

SolarAfrica SunCentral 2 wheeling deal — how the $94M facility works, who benefits, and what it means for South Africa’s corporate renewable market.

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How $10 Million Unlocks $4.4 Billion: The AfDB Bet That Could Trigger Namibia's Green Hydrogen Moment

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Energy & Climate

How $10 Million Unlocks $4.4 Billion: The AfDB Bet That Could Trigger Namibia’s Green Hydrogen Moment

BETAR Newsroom
March 21, 2026

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.

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Africa EV Manufacturing Gap: Who Actually Builds the Cars?

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Energy & Climate

Africa EV Manufacturing Gap: Who Actually Builds the Cars?

BETAR Newsroom
March 21, 2026

The Africa EV market has an infrastructure gap and a manufacturing gap. The charging problem gets the attention. The question of who builds the vehicles — and whether Africa captures any of that industrial value — is the harder and more consequential one.

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I&M Bank and SIDA's $30M Green Finance Facility: How DFI Risk-Sharing Is Migrating Into Kenya's Commercial Banking Sector

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Energy & Climate

I&M Bank and SIDA’s $30M Green Finance Facility: How DFI Risk-Sharing Is Migrating Into Kenya’s Commercial Banking Sector

BETAR Newsroom
March 21, 2026

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.

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Persistent's $52M Africa Climate Fund Is Backing the Founders Nobody Else Will

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Energy & Climate

Persistent’s $52M Africa Climate Fund Is Backing the Founders Nobody Else Will

BETAR Newsroom
March 20, 2026

Persistent $52M Africa Climate Ventures first close — fund thesis, LP composition, target sectors, and the gap it aims to fill.

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South Africa's 150% EV Tax Bet: The Factories That Will Benefit Are Not the Ones Already There

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Energy & Climate

South Africa’s 150% EV Tax Bet: The Factories That Will Benefit Are Not the Ones Already There

BETAR Newsroom
March 20, 2026

South Africa EV manufacturing tax deduction 2026 — 150% deduction design, target beneficiaries, and whether it creates a genuine EV manufacturing hub.

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AIIM's ATAF Reaches First Close: The $200M Fund Designed to Fix Africa's Climate Finance Architecture

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Energy & Climate

AIIM’s ATAF Reaches First Close: The $200M Fund Designed to Fix Africa’s Climate Finance Architecture

BETAR Newsroom
March 20, 2026

AIIM ATAF first close 2026 — $200M fund structure, LP composition, blended finance design, and why the architecture matters for African climate capital.

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Africa BESS 2026: The Battery Layer That Turns Solar Into Reliable Power

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Energy & Climate

Africa BESS 2026: The Battery Layer That Turns Solar Into Reliable Power

BETAR Newsroom
March 20, 2026

Africa BESS 2026 — battery energy storage market, project pipeline, financing structures, and why storage is the critical missing piece in African renewables.

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Kenya Has Africa's Greenest Grid. Why Is Electricity Still Unaffordable?

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Energy & Climate

Kenya Has Africa’s Greenest Grid. Why Is Electricity Still Unaffordable?

BETAR Newsroom
March 20, 2026

Kenya clean grid electricity paradox — 93% renewable power but high industrial tariffs. The cost structure behind Africa’s greenest grid.

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South Africa's Largest Private Solar+Battery Project Breaks Ground — And It's Designed to Decarbonise Sasol and Air Liquide

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Energy & Climate

South Africa’s Largest Private Solar+Battery Project Breaks Ground — And It’s Designed to Decarbonise Sasol and Air Liquide

BETAR Newsroom
March 20, 2026

Sola NAOS-1 South Africa solar BESS project — scale, wheeling structure, Sasol and Air Liquide offtake, and financing of the largest private renewable system.

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Energy & Climate

South Africa’s Grid Workaround: How SolarAfrica’s $94M SunCentral 2 Is Giving Businesses a Way Out of Eskom

How $10 Million Unlocks $4.4 Billion: The AfDB Bet That Could Trigger Namibia’s Green Hydrogen Moment

Africa EV Manufacturing Gap: Who Actually Builds the Cars?

I&M Bank and SIDA’s $30M Green Finance Facility: How DFI Risk-Sharing Is Migrating Into Kenya’s Commercial Banking Sector

Persistent’s $52M Africa Climate Fund Is Backing the Founders Nobody Else Will

South Africa’s 150% EV Tax Bet: The Factories That Will Benefit Are Not the Ones Already There

AIIM’s ATAF Reaches First Close: The $200M Fund Designed to Fix Africa’s Climate Finance Architecture

Africa BESS 2026: The Battery Layer That Turns Solar Into Reliable Power

Kenya Has Africa’s Greenest Grid. Why Is Electricity Still Unaffordable?

South Africa’s Largest Private Solar+Battery Project Breaks Ground — And It’s Designed to Decarbonise Sasol and Air Liquide

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