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African performers on stage — the economics of performing arts production in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria
  • Creative Economy
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The Curtain Goes Up — But the Numbers Don’t Add Up: Africa’s Performing Arts Production Economics

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 22, 2026
Africa’s performing arts sector produces world-class content inside a commercial model that structurally cannot sustain it. A deep look at the production cost stack, grant architecture, and touring economics across South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria.
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Nigeria Mandates AI Anti-Money Laundering: What Banks and Fintechs Must Build by September 2027 — BETAR.africa
  • Policy & Regulation
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  • 6 minute read

Nigeria Mandates AI Anti-Money Laundering: What Banks and Fintechs Must Build by September 2027

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 22, 2026
CBN’s AI AML baseline standards set specific technology requirements for transaction monitoring — with a September 2027 compliance deadline.
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America's Africa Energy Pivot: Clean Cooking and Critical Minerals Instead of Climate Aid — BETAR.africa
  • Energy & Climate
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  • 6 minute read

America’s Africa Energy Pivot: Clean Cooking and Critical Minerals Instead of Climate Aid

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 22, 2026
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.
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Africa Clean Energy Finance Q1 2026: $8B Quarter, Commercial Banks Break Through — BETAR.africa
  • Energy & Climate
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  • 8 minute read

Africa Clean Energy Finance Q1 2026: $8B Quarter, Commercial Banks Break Through

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 22, 2026
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.
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Africa's Battery Gap: How Grid-Scale Storage Becomes the Missing Layer in the Solar Buildout — BETAR.africa
  • Energy & Climate
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Africa’s Battery Gap: How Grid-Scale Storage Becomes the Missing Layer in the Solar Buildout

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 22, 2026
Africa added 4.5GW of solar in 2025. Without battery storage, that solar cannot replace dispatchable power. The BESS market is finally moving.
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Africa's Clean Energy Blind Spot: How Drought Is Destroying the Continent's Largest Power Source — BETAR.africa
  • Energy & Climate
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  • 6 minute read

Africa’s Clean Energy Blind Spot: How Drought Is Destroying the Continent’s Largest Power Source

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 22, 2026
Seven African countries generate 80%+ of electricity from hydropower. Drought is making that a liability, not an asset.
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America Is Still Coming to Power Africa — Just Not to Help — BETAR.africa
  • Energy & Climate
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  • 4 minute read

America Is Still Coming to Power Africa — Just Not to Help

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 22, 2026
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.
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Power Africa Is Gone. Who Fills the $2–3B Annual Gap It Left Behind? — BETAR.africa
  • Energy & Climate
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  • 6 minute read

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

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 22, 2026
USAID’s dismantling has effectively ended Power Africa. The $2-3B annual financing gap now falls to MDBs, DFIs, and Gulf capital.
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Egypt's 1GW Solar Race: The DFI Financing Architecture Behind Africa's Largest Renewable Projects — BETAR.africa
  • Energy & Climate
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  • 6 minute read

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

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 22, 2026
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.
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AIIM's ATAF Reaches First Close: The $200M Fund Designed to Fix Africa's Climate Finance Architecture — BETAR.africa
  • Energy & Climate
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  • 6 minute read

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

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 22, 2026
AIIM’s Africa Transition Finance fund has reached first close — and its design directly targets the structural gaps in African climate finance.
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MTN War Chest Q2 2026: Acquisition Pipeline Update
  • Business
  • 6 minute read

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

  • April 21, 2026
Nigeria banking sector M&A wave 2026 — recapitalisation acquirers and consolidation map
  • Business
  • Finances
  • Nigeria
  • Policy & Regulation
  • 6 minute read

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

  • April 14, 2026
Nigeria bank M&A wave 2026 — who acquires Polaris Keystone Union Bank after CBN recapitalisation deadline
  • Africa
  • Banking
  • Business
  • Corporate Strategy
  • 7 minute read

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

  • April 14, 2026
COMESA clears Vodacom Safaricom 55% stake East Africa telecoms 2026
  • Africa
  • Business
  • Technology
  • Telecoms
  • 4 minute read

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

  • April 12, 2026
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