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Kenya Has Africa’s Greenest Grid. Why Is Electricity Still Unaffordable?
93% renewable generation, but industrial tariffs among the highest in sub-Saharan Africa. The paradox of Kenya’s clean, expensive power.
Morocco and the African Battery Minerals Value Chain: Who Captures the Premium?
Morocco’s battery manufacturing ambitions sit at the intersection of African mineral wealth and Chinese manufacturing capital. Who captures the value?
Persistent’s $52M Africa Climate Fund Is Backing the Founders Nobody Else Will
Persistent Energy’s Africa Climate Ventures has closed its first tranche at $52M. The fund thesis and portfolio strategy examined.
America’s Africa Energy Pivot: Clean Cooking and Critical Minerals Instead of Climate Aid
The US has not abandoned Africa’s energy sector. It has rebranded it — from aid to commercial interest in critical minerals and clean cooking markets.
Africa Clean Energy Finance Q1 2026: $8B Quarter, Commercial Banks Break Through
Q1 2026 is the most active quarter for clean energy finance in Africa on record. DFIs still dominate — but commercial banks are closing the gap.
Africa’s Battery Gap: How Grid-Scale Storage Becomes the Missing Layer in the Solar Buildout
Africa added 4.5GW of solar in 2025. Without battery storage, that solar cannot replace dispatchable power. The BESS market is finally moving.
Africa’s Clean Energy Blind Spot: How Drought Is Destroying the Continent’s Largest Power Source
Seven African countries generate 80%+ of electricity from hydropower. Drought is making that a liability, not an asset.
America Is Still Coming to Power Africa — Just Not to Help
The 11th Powering Africa Summit met in the shadow of USAID’s dismantling. Washington’s Africa energy interest is real — but it’s now about extraction, not aid.
Power Africa Is Gone. Who Fills the $2–3B Annual Gap It Left Behind?
USAID’s dismantling has effectively ended Power Africa. The $2-3B annual financing gap now falls to MDBs, DFIs, and Gulf capital.
Egypt’s 1GW Solar Race: The DFI Financing Architecture Behind Africa’s Largest Renewable Projects
Egypt is building 1GW of solar at a pace that makes it Africa’s most active renewable market. The DFI financing architecture that makes it possible.
