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Ethiopia-Kenya EAPP Power Interconnector — East Africa Energy Trade 2026

Energy & Climate Tech

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

UphivaBETAR
April 6, 2026

The Ethiopia-Kenya HVDC interconnector is live. Tanzania and Uganda are next. Ethiopia’s 45 GW hydro potential is becoming a regional trade asset — but the economics, the politics, and the grid risks are more complicated than the development finance pitch suggests.

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Africa offshore wind: 100GW announced, zero commissioned — the structural barriers blocking the continent's highest-potential energy source

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Africa Offshore Wind: Zero Commissioned Capacity Despite 100GW Announced Projects

UphivaBETAR
April 6, 2026

Africa has extraordinary offshore wind resources and precisely zero commissioned megawatts. An investigation into the regulatory, financing, and infrastructure barriers blocking the continent’s highest-potential energy source.

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Africa’s $50B Gas Bet: The Economic Logic That Could Cost the Continent Its Clim — BETAR Africa

Technology

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Africa’s $50B Gas Bet: The Economic Logic That Could Cost the Continent Its Climate Finance

UphivaBETAR
April 6, 2026

Africa has $50B in LNG expansion planned. The NDC climate pledges say otherwise. BETAR analyses the contradiction at the heart of the continent’s energy investment strategy.

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Africa 50B gas LNG expansion NDC climate finance contradiction 2026

Energy & Climate

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Africa’s $50B Gas Bet: The Economic Logic That Could Cost the Continent Its Climate Finance

UphivaBETAR
April 6, 2026

Twelve African countries are building or approving $50 billion in LNG and gas infrastructure. The economic logic is defensible — the NDC financing trap is the hidden cost.

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Spiro 50M debt battery swap Africa e-mobility 2026

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Spiro’s $50M Debt Round Signals Africa’s Battery-Swap Model Has Reached Infrastructure Scale

UphivaBETAR
April 4, 2026

Spiro closes a $50M debt facility backed by Afreximbank, Nithio and the Africa Go Green Fund — raising total capital to $230M+ and proving the battery-swap model has passed proof-of-concept.

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Africa renewable energy auction crunch 2026 — zombie projects and financing gap

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Africa’s Renewable Energy Auction Crunch: Record-Low Bids, Rising Cancellations

UphivaBETAR
March 29, 2026

Africa’s renewable energy auctions are producing record-low bids and rising project cancellations at the same time. The zombie project problem is structural — and it’s getting worse.

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South Africa JETP climate finance disbursement gap 2026

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South Africa JETP: America Exited, Germany Doubled Down, and the Money Is Still Not Moving

UphivaBETAR
March 29, 2026

The US exited South Africa’s $8.5B JETP deal. Germany doubled its commitment. 18 months in, disbursement lags badly. BETAR examines what is actually stalling the money and whether the architecture can survive political upheaval.

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Persistent 52M Africa climate venture fund first close 2026

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Persistent’s $52M First Close: The Africa Climate VC Fund Backing Founders Nobody Else Will

UphivaBETAR
March 29, 2026

Persistent Energy Capital closed $52M for its Africa Climate Ventures fund — backing early-stage climate founders that larger VCs won’t touch. BETAR examines the thesis and the portfolio logic.

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Africa COP30 NDC financing gap — five markets rated on climate pledge credibility

Energy & Climate Tech

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Africa’s COP30 Countdown: Which Countries Have the Finance to Back Their Climate Pledges?

UphivaBETAR
March 29, 2026

Eight months to Belem. Updated NDCs are due before June. BETAR rates five African markets on whether their climate commitments have credible funding behind them.

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AfDB carbon finance clean cooking Africa charcoal replacement 2026

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Africa’s First Carbon-Financed Clean Cooking Programme: How AfDB Is Using Carbon Credits to Replace Charcoal

UphivaBETAR
March 29, 2026

AfDB’s BEEP programme is using carbon credit revenue to subsidise clean cooking adoption across Sub-Saharan Africa. BETAR examines the mechanics and whether the carbon finance model is scalable.

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

Africa Offshore Wind: Zero Commissioned Capacity Despite 100GW Announced Projects

Africa’s $50B Gas Bet: The Economic Logic That Could Cost the Continent Its Climate Finance

Africa’s $50B Gas Bet: The Economic Logic That Could Cost the Continent Its Climate Finance

Spiro’s $50M Debt Round Signals Africa’s Battery-Swap Model Has Reached Infrastructure Scale

Africa’s Renewable Energy Auction Crunch: Record-Low Bids, Rising Cancellations

South Africa JETP: America Exited, Germany Doubled Down, and the Money Is Still Not Moving

Persistent’s $52M First Close: The Africa Climate VC Fund Backing Founders Nobody Else Will

Africa’s COP30 Countdown: Which Countries Have the Finance to Back Their Climate Pledges?

Africa’s First Carbon-Financed Clean Cooking Programme: How AfDB Is Using Carbon Credits to Replace Charcoal

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

Q1 2026 Africa Tech Funding: What the Numbers Actually Say

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

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.

The IP Ownership Lesson That African Comics Learned the Hard Way

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

Q1 2026 Africa Tech Funding: What the Numbers Actually Say

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

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