Energy & Climate 2 views5 minute read Persistent’s $52M Africa Climate Fund Is Backing the Founders Nobody Else WillUphivaBETARMarch 22, 2026 Persistent Energy’s Africa Climate Ventures has closed its first tranche at $52M. The fund thesis and portfolio strategy examined. View Post
Energy & Climate 2 views6 minute read Power Africa Is Gone. Who Fills the $2–3B Annual Gap It Left Behind?UphivaBETARMarch 22, 2026 USAID’s dismantling has effectively ended Power Africa. The $2-3B annual financing gap now falls to MDBs, DFIs, and Gulf capital. View Post
Energy & Climate 6 minute read I&M Bank Kenya Closes $30M SIDA Green Facility: How Development Finance Enters Commercial BankingUphivaBETARMarch 22, 2026 I&M Bank Kenya’s $30M SIDA facility is a case study in how development finance risk-sharing instruments move climate lending into commercial banks. View Post