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Analysis: A Lithium Bust Leaves Latin American Towns in the Dust
With plummeting prices and slowing demand for EVs, the once-thriving mining towns of Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia are now struggling.
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- Energy, Transportation
- Region
- Latin America
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New IEA Report Lays Out Pathway to Finance Universal Electricity Access in Africa
First-of-its-kind tracking shows investment is rising but remains well below levels needed to close the access gap.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Spiro Raises $100 Million, the Largest-Ever Investment in Africa’s E-Mobility
Spiro says it plans to deploy more than 100,000 electric bikes across Africa by the end of 2025, a 400% year-over-year jump that underscores its ambition to dominate a category long considered too fragmented to scale.
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- Energy, Transportation
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nigeria Anchors Africa’s $3 Billion Solar Push Amid Grid Collapse
In a sign that Nigeria may soon anchor West Africa’s energy leap, four states on Tuesday, October 14, inked solar mini-grid agreements as part of a sweeping push behind a $3 billion renewable energy fund.
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- Energy, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Global Investors Are Pouring More Money into Climate Tech
Clean energy companies, EV makers and other green firms attracted $56 billion in the first nine months of 2025 — more than in all of 2024.
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- Energy
- Region
- Global
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IFC Commits USD $6 Million to Catalyst Fund’s USD $40 Million Africa Climate Tech Vehicle
The fund, managed by Catalyst Impact Partners Corp, will target pre-seed and seed companies in fintech for climate resilience, sustainable livelihoods, etc.
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- Environment, Technology
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Nedbank Invests $28 Million in New GX Capital’s Fund for Clean Energy and Infrastructure in Africa
The fund is purpose-built to channel capital into clean technologies and sustainable infrastructure—including energy, water, gas, and associated services—across Africa.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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British International Investment Commits $60 Million to Green Investment Partnership to Close the Climate Finance Funding Gap in South-East Asia
GIP is an innovative blended finance vehicle under FAST-P that has secured $510 million in committed capital from global and regional private, public and philanthropic institutions.
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- South Asia
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