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Olkaria geothermal power plant in Kenya Rift Valley — Africa geothermal energy baseload
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Kenya Generates 35% of Its Power From the Earth. The Rest of Africa’s Rift Valley Has Built Almost Nothing.

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • April 6, 2026
The Great Rift Valley carries volcanic heat sufficient to power Africa’s most reliable low-carbon grid. Kenya has proved the model works. Five Rift Valley neighbours share the same geology but have built almost nothing.
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Africa’s Language of Instruction Crisis: Why Teaching Children to Read in the Wrong Language Drives Learning Poverty

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 25, 2026
More than half of Sub-Saharan African children are taught in a language they do not speak at home. This is not a cultural choice — it is a policy failure with measurable economic consequences.
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Ethiopia's Telecom Revenue Levy Will Fund Rural Connectivity. Here's the Math. — BETAR.africa
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Ethiopia’s Telecom Revenue Levy Will Fund Rural Connectivity. Here’s the Math.

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 22, 2026
Ethiopia has enacted a telecom revenue levy to fund rural connectivity. How the fund is structured, how much it raises, and who pays.
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USAID exit from African education: who fills the $2 billion gap?
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USAID Exit from African Education: Who Fills the $2B Gap?

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 22, 2026
The US government’s 2025–2026 aid freeze has created a $2 billion annual hole in African education programming. China, the Gulf, and Europe are being asked to fill a gap none of them designed their systems to cover.
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Ethiopia telecom revenue levy rural connectivity fund 2026 — BETAR.africa
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Ethiopia’s Telecom Revenue Levy: A 5% Tax That Could Fund Rural Connectivity — or Kill Competition

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 20, 2026
Ethiopia has introduced a 5% levy on telecom revenues to fund rural connectivity. It’s a significant policy step — but the economics of taxing a market with only two operators are complicated.
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Ethiopia 1.5% telecom revenue levy rural connectivity fund 2026
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Ethiopia Mandates 1.5% Telecom Levy to Fund Rural Connectivity

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 14, 2026
Ethiopia’s 2026 Finance Law introduces a 1.5% levy on telecom operator revenues to fund a rural connectivity subsidy fund. What Safaricom and Ethio Telecom must pay and how the fund works.
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Africa AI Skills Gap — STEM graduates vs 40 million AI jobs target by 2035
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Africa’s AI Skills Gap: Can the Continent Train Its Way to 40 Million Jobs?

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 13, 2026
The AfDB and UNDP have pledged $10 billion to catalyse 40 million AI-adjacent jobs by 2035. Africa produces 700,000 STEM graduates per year. Can the continent close the gap?
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Ethiopia telecom revenue levy 1.5 percent ECA rural digital connectivity fund 2026
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Ethiopia’s 1.5% Telecom Revenue Levy: How the Rural Connectivity Fund Works

  • UphivaBETARUphivaBETAR
  • March 11, 2026
Ethiopia’s Council of Ministers approved a 1.5% annual levy on gross telecom revenue on March 10, 2026, creating a dedicated fund for rural digital connectivity. The levy will be administered…
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Africa R&D spending vs Kigali Declaration 1% GDP commitment — country comparison chart 2026
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The 1% Promise: Which African Governments Are Meeting the Kigali R&D Commitment — and What the Gap Costs the Continent

  • April 6, 2026
Africa offshore wind energy — zero commissioned capacity despite 100GW of announced projects across the continent
  • Technology
  • 6 minute read
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Africa Offshore Wind: Zero Commissioned Capacity Despite 100GW Announced Projects

  • April 6, 2026
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

  • April 6, 2026
Nigeria fintech M&A pipeline Q2 2026 — who is buying the compliance laggards
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