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Pay-As-You-Go Solar Kit Sales Surge 54% in Sub-Saharan Africa in H1 2025
The report shows that PAYGo sales, where customers purchase solar kits in installments, surpassed cash sales for the first time since 2018.
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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South Africa’s Mulilo Secures $75 Million from Norfund
The company has been expanding its project pipeline following an earlier investment by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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CrossBoundary Energy Secures Additional US $200 Million Senior Debt With Multiple New Lenders to Further Renewable Energy Portfolio Expansion Across Africa
"The transaction will further the construction of CrossBoundary Energy’s renewable energy infrastructure in Africa, providing energy-as-a-service to customers in mining, heavy industry, and telecommunications."
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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African Development Bank Grants $100 Million Loan to Emerging Africa and Asia Infrastructure Fund
EAAIF aims to invest more than $850 million in infrastructure across Africa and Asia by 2027.
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Report: As Risks Multiply in a World Thirsty for Energy, Diversification and Cooperation Are More Urgent Than Ever
"In an increasingly complex energy security context spanning a wide range of fuels and technologies, the World Energy Outlook 2025 identifies key choices, opportunities and trade-offs for governments."
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- Energy, Environment
- Region
- Global
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How Pacific Nations Plan to Go From Spending up to 25% of GDP on Fossil Fuels to Running on 100% Renewables
Leaders will formally release a renewable roadmap next week at the COP30 climate conference in Brazil.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Latin America
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DEG Discloses Investment in Helios Fund
German development financier DEG has disclosed an investment of $25 million in Helios V.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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The Alliance of African Multilateral Financial Institutions and African Union Development Agency-NEPAD Launch USD $1.5 Billion AAMFI Infrastructure Financing Facility
The initiative underscores the continent’s renewed commitment to addressing its infrastructure financing gap through home-grown and coordinated mechanisms.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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