Will Structured Green Debt Outperform Conventional Lending?

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DEG has committed €30 million to the Africa Go Green Fund (AGG), a debt fund managed by Cygnum Capital dedicated to financing projects in Sub-Saharan Africa that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance energy efficiency. This commitment, announced in early January 2026, enables the deployment of medium- to long-term structured debt, mezzanine financing, guarantees, and…

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How Blended Finance is Helping Off-Grid Energy Reach Africa’s Most Remote Communities

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In Sub-Saharan Africa, energy poverty remains a stark reality. As of 2023, approximately 565 million people lacked access to electricity, accounting for about 85% of the global population without power. Rural areas are hit hardest, with population growth often outpacing electrification efforts. While global electricity access reached 92% in 2023, progress in Sub-Saharan Africa has…

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Can the World Meet Climate Goals as the US Pulls Away?

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United States is set to withdraws from UNFCCC, as announced by the White House on January 7, 2026, marking a significant retreat from global climate cooperation under President Donald Trump. This decision encompasses the foundational United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the parent treaty for all major international climate agreements, alongside 65 other…

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Somalia Water Crisis Statement – Pan-African Observer Mission

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The Permanent Observer Mission of the Pan-African Intergovernmental Agency for Water and Sanitation for Africa expresses its profound concern over the ongoing and deepening water crisis affecting the Federal Republic of Somalia and its people. Access to safe, sufficient, and reliable water is a fundamental human right and an essential foundation for public health, food…

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How the Athi River Charging Station Fits Into BasiGo’s 1,000-Bus Plan

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BasiGo’s newly opened DC fast-charging station in Athi River may look, at first glance, like a routine infrastructure addition. In reality, it marks a strategic expansion that reveals how the electric mobility startup plans to scale from hundreds of buses today to 1,000 electric buses on Kenyan roads by 2027. Located at the refurbished Shell…

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EV

Will Third-Party Bikes Help Ampersand Scale to Thousands More Riders Daily?

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In Nairobi and Kigali, where boda bodas keep cities moving and fuel costs devour rider income, electric mobility has long felt like a promising idea trapped behind practical hurdles: including charging downtime, high upfront costs, and a lack of ecosystem scale. Ampersand Energy’s latest move changes that calculus entirely. The Rwanda-headquartered startup became Africa’s first…

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Why Mergence and SLIEP Want Mahube Off the JSE

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Mahube Infrastructure Limited (JSE: MHB), one of South Africa’s few pure-play renewable energy investment vehicles, is preparing to leave the Johannesburg Stock Exchange . This will be made possible through a scheme of arrangement that would shift the company into private ownership under Sustent Holdings, an SPV controlled by the Mergence Renewable Energy Debt Fund…

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What Drove Investors to Oversubscribe Safaricom’s Green Bond by 175.7%?

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Safaricom’s debut green bond has completely blown away Kenya’s corporate debt market. Targeting KSh 15 billion, the five-year tax-exempt note attracted an incredible KSh 41.6 billion in bids, an oversubscription of 175.7%, the largest ever for a Kenyan corporate issue. Safaricom ultimately upsized to KSh 20 billion via its full greenshoe and refunded KSh 21.4…

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Can MM LEKKER Turn Sahel Capital’s $800k Into Better Prices for Farmers?

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In the cashew and shea belts of northern Benin, where smallholder farmers live at the mercy of erratic rains and ruthless price swings, an $800,000 cheque may seem insignificant. Yet for MM LEKKER, the Abomey-Calavi agribusiness stitching together one of the country’s most fragmented supply chains, it could be transformational. Sahel Capital’s Social Enterprise Fund…

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How the World’s Poorest Face the Worst of Climate Change They Didn’t Cause

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Ronnie Paul is a seasoned writer and analyst with a prolific portfolio of over 100 published articles, specialising in climate change at Africa Digest News. In 2022, Pakistan, responsible for less than 1% of historical cumulative CO₂ emissions, saw catastrophic floods submerge roughly one-third of its territory at their peak, affecting 33 million people and displacing…

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