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Africa Emerges as World Fastest-Growing Solar Market in 2025 – Report
Africa’s solar adoption is gradually becoming mainstream market.
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- Energy, Technology
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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African Development Bank, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Join Forces to Expand Clean Energy Access Across Rwanda
The addendum builds on the Board’s July 2025 approval of a $200 million African Development Bank Group loan and formalises the $100 million AIIB co-financing arrangement as part of a total programme cost of $300 million.
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Press Release: EAAIF Commits EUR 40 Million of Sustainability-Linked Financing to Support the Upgrade and Expansion of Cabo Verde’s National Airport Network
The financing will support Phase 1B of a 40-year concession awarded in 2023 to Cabo Verde Airports, and will fund critical capacity upgrades, runway extensions, terminal expansions, etc.
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- Transportation
- Region
- Asia Pacific
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MTN Bids $2.2 Billion to Regain Control of IHS Towers, Including in Cameroon
MTN has signed an agreement to acquire the shares of IHS Holding Limited (IHS) that it does not already own, in a transaction fully paid in cash.
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- Telecommunications
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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African Development Bank and Djibouti Sign Agreements for $80 Million to Strengthen Infrastructure and Food Security
The program aims to improve food security, enhance climate resilience, and support sustainable livelihoods through climate‑smart agriculture, more robust pastoral and agro‑pastoral systems, and economic opportunities for women and youth.
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- Agriculture
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mirova Invests $19 Million in Kenya’s Cold Solutions Kiambu to Scale Climate-Smart Cold Chain in East Africa
The funding comes through the Mirova Gigaton Fund, a blended finance debt vehicle focused on scaling clean energy and climate solutions in emerging markets.
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- Agriculture, Health Care
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- Sub-Saharan Africa
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ResponsAbility Invests up to USD $25 Million in Roserve Enviro to Expand Water Treatment in India
Roserve Enviro designs, builds and operates decentralized wastewater recycling and desalination systems for large industrial clients across India.
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- Investing, Technology, WASH
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- Asia Pacific
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African Development Fund Mobilises a Historic $11 Billion, Marking a New Era of African Ownership and Investment-Led Development
For the first time in the Fund’s history, 23 African countries have made unprecedented contributions to their own concessional financing window.
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- Investing
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
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