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Persistent Africa Climate Venture Fund M first close — backing early-stage climate founders

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

UphivaBETAR
March 20, 2026

Persistent has reached a $52M first close for its $70M Africa Climate Venture Fund — backing pre-seed and seed climate founders that growth-stage VCs routinely pass on.

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Persistent $52M Africa Climate Venture Fund First Close 2026

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Persistent Closes $52M First for Africa’s Most Patient Climate Fund

UphivaBETAR
March 20, 2026

Persistent’s $52M first close for its Africa Climate Venture Fund backs pre-seed climate founders that growth-stage VCs routinely pass on — and reshapes who writes the smallest cheques in Africa’s climate ecosystem.

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Africa Series A funding gap — local VCs filling the gap left by retreating US investors

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Africa’s Series A Desert: How Local VCs Are Filling the Gap Left by Retreating US Investors

March 20, 2026

Rwanda virtual assets crypto law CBDC dual track regulation 2026 — BETAR.africa

Policy & Regulation

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Rwanda’s Twin-Track Digital Currency Bet: Cabinet Approves Crypto Law While CBDC Pilot Goes Live

March 20, 2026

Ethiopia telecom revenue levy rural connectivity fund 2026 — BETAR.africa

Policy & Regulation

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Ethiopia Mandates 1.5% Telecom Levy to Fund Rural Connectivity

March 20, 2026

Rwanda 1.5 percent digital services tax Africa DST wave 2026 — BETAR.africa

Policy & Regulation

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Rwanda’s 1.5% Digital Services Tax Joins a Growing Continental Wave

March 20, 2026

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

Persistent Closes $52M First for Africa’s Most Patient Climate Fund

Africa’s Series A Desert: How Local VCs Are Filling the Gap Left by Retreating US Investors

Rwanda’s Twin-Track Digital Currency Bet: Cabinet Approves Crypto Law While CBDC Pilot Goes Live

Ethiopia Mandates 1.5% Telecom Levy to Fund Rural Connectivity

Rwanda’s 1.5% Digital Services Tax Joins a Growing Continental Wave

Ghana Admits 11 Crypto Firms to Regulatory Sandbox — The VASP Act 2025 Is Now Operational

South Africa Flips the VAT Switch on Digital Platform Operators — Effective April 1, 2026

The 27-Year Truce Ends: What the WTO E-Commerce Moratorium Expiry Means for Africa

Zimbabwe’s 15% Digital Services Tax Is the Steepest on the Continent — and the Most Contested

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Africa’s Series A Desert: How Local VCs Are Filling the Gap Left by Retreating US Investors

Rwanda’s Twin-Track Digital Currency Bet: Cabinet Approves Crypto Law While CBDC Pilot Goes Live

Ethiopia Mandates 1.5% Telecom Levy to Fund Rural Connectivity

Rwanda’s 1.5% Digital Services Tax Joins a Growing Continental Wave