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

Energy & Climate

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

UphivaBETAR
March 22, 2026

Sola’s NAOS-1 project is South Africa’s largest private solar+battery system — built to decarbonise two industrial giants through wheeling.

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Sistema.bio's $53M FarmCarbon: The Carbon Credit Structure Turning Livestock Waste Into Clean Energy for Africa's Smallholder Farmers — BETAR.africa

Energy & Climate

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Sistema.bio’s $53M FarmCarbon: The Carbon Credit Structure Turning Livestock Waste Into Clean Energy for Africa’s Smallholder Farmers

UphivaBETAR
March 22, 2026

Sistema.bio’s FarmCarbon programme builds biogas digesters for African smallholder farmers — financed entirely through carbon credits.

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Africa BESS 2026: The Battery Layer That Turns Solar Into Reliable Power — BETAR.africa

Energy & Climate

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

UphivaBETAR
March 22, 2026

Battery energy storage is the missing infrastructure layer that determines whether Africa’s solar buildout delivers reliable power — or just daytime electricity.

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Sistema.bio FarmCarbon $53M biogas carbon credits smallholder farmers Africa

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Sistema.bio FarmCarbon $53M: The Carbon Credit Structure Turning Livestock Waste Into Clean Energy Finance

UphivaBETAR
March 22, 2026

Sistema.bio and FarmCarbon close a $53M fund turning smallholder livestock waste into biogas energy and carbon credits. The architecture: carbon credit as subsidy mechanism, not headline product.

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South Africa's Grid Workaround: How SolarAfrica's $94M SunCentral 2 Is Giving Businesses a Way Out of Eskom — BETAR.africa

Energy & Climate

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

UphivaBETAR
March 22, 2026

SolarAfrica has closed a $94M facility for SunCentral 2 — a wheeling deal that lets South African businesses source power outside Eskom’s grid.

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South Africa's JETP: $11B Promised. Disbursement Is Stalled. Who Is Accountable? — BETAR.africa

Energy & Climate

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South Africa’s JETP: $11B Promised. Disbursement Is Stalled. Who Is Accountable?

UphivaBETAR
March 22, 2026

South Africa’s $11B JETP climate finance commitment has stalled at disbursement. The accountability gap and who is responsible.

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Airtel Africa vs MTN FY2025 earnings comparison Africa telecoms

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Two Telecoms, One Continent: What Airtel Africa and MTN’s FY2025 Results Reveal About Africa’s Biggest Strategic Bet

UphivaBETAR
March 22, 2026

Airtel Africa and MTN have both reported FY2025 results. Both recovered sharply from currency-driven losses. But their strategies — asset-light vs infrastructure build, fintech IPO vs acquisition war chest — could not be more different.

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Lyra Energy's $240M Thakadu Solar Plant Breaks Ground — Standard Bank Finances It Alone — BETAR.africa

Energy & Climate

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Lyra Energy’s $240M Thakadu Solar Plant Breaks Ground — Standard Bank Finances It Alone

UphivaBETAR
March 22, 2026

Lyra Energy’s 255MW Thakadu project is South Africa’s largest private solar plant. Standard Bank financed it entirely — no DFI participation.

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Carbon Credits Are Financing Clean Cooking in East Africa — and the AfDB Just Made It Official — BETAR.africa

Energy & Climate

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Carbon Credits Are Financing Clean Cooking in East Africa — and the AfDB Just Made It Official

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March 22, 2026

The African Development Bank’s BEEP programme has created a carbon credit pipeline for clean cookstoves. The financing model and its scalability.

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Morocco's Gotion Battery Gigafactory Is Africa's First. It Won't Be the Last. — BETAR.africa

Energy & Climate

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Morocco’s Gotion Battery Gigafactory Is Africa’s First. It Won’t Be the Last.

UphivaBETAR
March 22, 2026

Gotion’s Kenitra battery plant makes Morocco the first African country with gigafactory capacity. The industrial strategy behind the choice.

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Month: March 2026

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

Sistema.bio’s $53M FarmCarbon: The Carbon Credit Structure Turning Livestock Waste Into Clean Energy for Africa’s Smallholder Farmers

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

Sistema.bio FarmCarbon $53M: The Carbon Credit Structure Turning Livestock Waste Into Clean Energy Finance

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

South Africa’s JETP: $11B Promised. Disbursement Is Stalled. Who Is Accountable?

Two Telecoms, One Continent: What Airtel Africa and MTN’s FY2025 Results Reveal About Africa’s Biggest Strategic Bet

Lyra Energy’s $240M Thakadu Solar Plant Breaks Ground — Standard Bank Finances It Alone

Carbon Credits Are Financing Clean Cooking in East Africa — and the AfDB Just Made It Official

Morocco’s Gotion Battery Gigafactory Is Africa’s First. It Won’t Be the Last.

GITEX Africa 2026 Day 2: STAR Summit — AI, Cybersecurity and Fintech Take Centre Stage

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Africa PE Exit Crisis 2026: $10B in Private Equity, Nowhere to Go

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

Ethiopia Is Selling Electricity to Half of East Africa. Here Is What That Actually Means.

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GITEX Africa 2026 Day 2: STAR Summit — AI, Cybersecurity and Fintech Take Centre Stage

GITEX Africa 2026 Day 1: Africa’s AI Governance Moment Lands in Marrakech

Africa PE Exit Crisis 2026: $10B in Private Equity, Nowhere to Go

Q1 2026 Africa Tech Funding: What the Numbers Actually Say