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

Business

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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

UphivaBETAR
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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Africa AI regulation by default — data protection law mapped across 6 African jurisdictions

Technology

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Africa’s AI Regulation by Default: How Data Protection Law Is Doing the Work AI Law Doesn’t

UphivaBETAR
March 22, 2026

Across most of Africa, governments have no AI-specific legislation. Data protection frameworks are filling the gap — but the fit is imperfect, enforcement is uneven, and the gaps are growing.

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Spiro Raises $50M Debt to Scale Battery-Swap E-Mobility Across Africa — BETAR.africa

Energy & Climate

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Spiro Raises $50M Debt to Scale Battery-Swap E-Mobility Across Africa

UphivaBETAR
March 22, 2026

Spiro has closed a $50M debt facility to expand its battery-swap model beyond Côte d’Ivoire. The unit economics and expansion logic explained.

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Wise Gets Its Own Rails in Nigeria: What a Long-Awaited IMTO Licence Means for the UK-Nigeria Remittance Corridor — BETAR.africa

Technology

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Wise Gets Its Own Rails in Nigeria: What a Long-Awaited IMTO Licence Means for the UK-Nigeria Remittance Corridor

UphivaBETAR
March 22, 2026

Wise’s CBN IMTO licence removes the third-party intermediation that capped its Nigerian pricing. The incumbents have reason to worry.

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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.

Africa’s AI Regulation by Default: How Data Protection Law Is Doing the Work AI Law Doesn’t

Spiro Raises $50M Debt to Scale Battery-Swap E-Mobility Across Africa

Wise Gets Its Own Rails in Nigeria: What a Long-Awaited IMTO Licence Means for the UK-Nigeria Remittance Corridor

MTN War Chest Q2 2026: 90 Days In, the Acquisition Pipeline Has Changed

Nigeria Bank M&A Wave 2026: Who Acquires the Recapitalisation Failures and at What Price?

Nigeria Bank M&A Wave: Who Acquires the Recapitalisation Failures — and at What Price?

COMESA Clears Vodacom’s Safaricom Stake: What 55% Ownership Means for East Africa’s Telecoms Map

Airtel-Starlink Direct-to-Cell in Kenya: The End of the Coverage Excuse

Nigeria BRIDGE Fibre Rollout: How the World Bank’s Pay-for-Results Architecture Is Funding Africa’s Biggest Broadband Project

Nigeria BRIDGE Fibre Rollout: How the World Bank’s Pay-for-Results Architecture Is Funding Africa’s Biggest Broadband Project

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

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MTN War Chest Q2 2026: 90 Days In, the Acquisition Pipeline Has Changed

Nigeria Bank M&A Wave 2026: Who Acquires the Recapitalisation Failures and at What Price?

Nigeria Bank M&A Wave: Who Acquires the Recapitalisation Failures — and at What Price?

COMESA Clears Vodacom’s Safaricom Stake: What 55% Ownership Means for East Africa’s Telecoms Map