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Energy & Climate

Africa’s $50B Gas Bet: The Economic Logic That Could Cost the Continent Its Climate Finance

Twelve African countries are building or approving $50 billion in LNG and gas infrastructure. The economic case is defensible. The climate finance cost — in DFI conditionality, NDC budget erosion, and lost carbon credit revenue — is not fully priced in.

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Q1 2026 Africa Tech Funding: What $537 Million Actually Means

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Q1 2026 Africa Tech Funding: What $537 Million Actually Means

BETAR Newsroom
April 7, 2026

Africa’s tech sector raised $537 million in Q1 2026 — but development finance accounts for most of it. BETAR’s proprietary tracker breaks down equity vs debt, the Series A drought, and which countries are winning the investor race.

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Egypt's 1GW Solar Race: The DFI Financing Architecture Behind Africa's Largest Renewable Projects

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Energy & Climate

Egypt’s 1GW Solar Race: The DFI Financing Architecture Behind Africa’s Largest Renewable Projects

BETAR Newsroom
March 28, 2026

Egypt 1GW solar race 2026 — AMEA Power, Scatec, DFI financing structures, and what Egypt’s renewable pipeline means for North African energy 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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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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AIIM Launches $200M ATAF: Africa's Infrastructure Money Is Finally Moving Into the Energy Transition

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Energy & Climate

AIIM Launches $200M ATAF: Africa’s Infrastructure Money Is Finally Moving Into the Energy Transition

BETAR Newsroom
March 21, 2026

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.

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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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I&M Bank Kenya Closes $30M SIDA Green Facility: How Development Finance Enters Commercial Banking

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Energy & Climate

I&M Bank Kenya Closes $30M SIDA Green Facility: How Development Finance Enters Commercial Banking

BETAR Newsroom
March 21, 2026

I&M Bank Kenya SIDA $30M green finance — DFI risk-sharing structure, lending targets, and the model for mobilising commercial bank climate capital.

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Energy & Climate

AIIM Launches $200M ATAF: Africa’s Infrastructure Money Is Finally Moving Into the Energy Transition

BETAR Newsroom
March 21, 2026

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DFI

Africa’s $50B Gas Bet: The Economic Logic That Could Cost the Continent Its Climate Finance

Q1 2026 Africa Tech Funding: What $537 Million Actually Means

Egypt’s 1GW Solar Race: The DFI Financing Architecture Behind Africa’s Largest Renewable Projects

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

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?

AIIM Launches $200M ATAF: Africa’s Infrastructure Money Is Finally Moving Into the Energy Transition

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

AIIM Launches $200M ATAF: Africa’s Infrastructure Money Is Finally Moving Into the Energy Transition

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