Legal, Tax & Transition Finance Expertise Across Africa's Energy & Resource Sector
I help governments, investors, and businesses navigate energy, extractives, and climate transactions across West and Central Africa — from regulatory compliance and deal structuring to climate finance and capital access.
Carl Mbeng, Esq. LL.M., PMP
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RESOURCES
Free tools and intelligence
Bankability Scorecard
Score your project across 11 phases — from land tenure to financial close — for solar, small hydro, and mini-grid developers.
Energy Audit Check List
Technical site assessment checklist for mini-grid and Commercial & Industrial (C&I) power projects.
Importer's Guide to Solar
Legal framework, exemptions, and import procedure for clean energy equipment in Cameroon.
PPA & Concession Term Sheet
22 annotated provisions for IPP and concession negotiations in OHADA/CEMAC.
Transmission Interconnection Diagnostic
Readiness diagnostic for cross-border transmission and
interconnection projects.
Book a 45-Min Market Briefing
Structured one-on-one briefing on any market in my
coverage — regulatory landscape, licensing, tariffs, bankability risks, and deal structuring.
ADVISORY CAPABILITIES
Four ways I help clients
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Energy & Climate Advisory
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Legal & Tax Advisory
OHADA corporate law, energy and mining licensing, tax structuring, PPP frameworks, contract negotiation, and regulatory representation across CEMAC and ECOWAS.
Capital Access & Grant Advisory
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Investment & Fund Advisory
Climate finance practice design, green bond frameworks, NDC-aligned instrument structuring, and fund management advisory for investment banks and fund managers.
BASIS — Africa Energy, Climate & Capital Intelligence
Three pillars of coverage
IPPs, mini-grids, PPAs, grid access, utility reform, generation projects
Oil & gas, critical minerals, upstream licensing, LNG, resource finance
Climate finance flows, NDC implementation, green bonds, DFI capital
Mission 300 — Compact Commitments vs Operational Readiness
Country-by-country assessment of the gap between what governments have signed and what their enabling environments can deliver.
African Banks and Climate Finance Readiness
Rwanda NDC 3.0 — The $9.9B Conditional Finance Gap
DFI Deployment Monitor — West & Central Africa
Carl Mbeng
Independent Energy & Climate Advisor
I am an independent advisor specialising in legal, tax, and transition finance for the energy, extractives, and climate sector across West and Central Africa. Over 14 years I have worked with MDBs, DFIs, governments, and private sector clients on transaction advisory, regulatory reform, ESG due diligence, and climate finance structuring — in some of the most complex and fragile markets on the continent.
I publish BASIS — monthly intelligence on Africa’s energy, extractives, and climate capital markets — and am building a structured climate finance intelligence capability tracking where capital actually flows across Sub-Saharan Africa.
MARKETS COVERED
- Cameroon
- DRC
- Republic of Congo
- Gabon
- CAR
- Equatorial Guinea
- Senegal
- Ghana
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Nigeria
- Mauritania
- Sierra Leone
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- PhD Candidate (in progress) – Doctoral Research in Energy & Climate Finance
- Master’s Degree in Applied Taxation (Specialization: Energy Taxation) – University of Douala, Cameroon
- Master’s Degree in Business Law – University of Douala, Cameroon
- Master’s Degree in International Relations – International Relations Institute of Cameroon (IRIC), Yaoundé
- Postgraduate Diploma in Business Law – University of Yaoundé II, SOA, Cameroon
- Bachelor’s Degree in Law – University of Yaoundé II, SOA, Cameroon
BAR MEMBERSHIP - Barreau du Cameroun (Cameroon Bar Association) – Advocate-in-Training, Admitted, 2026
CERTIFICATIONS - Certificate in NDC Strategy & Finance – Frankfurt School of Management :
- Certificate in ESG Reporting – The ESG Institute
- Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) Fundamentals — World Bank Group
- Global Energy and Climate Policy — SOAS University of London (via Coursera)
- Renewable Energy Projects — University of Colorado, Boulder (via Coursera)
- Project Management Professional (PMP) — Project Management Institute (PMI)
- Managing Environmental and Social Performance — World Bank Group (eLearning)
- Climate Change: From Learning to Action — UN CC: Learn / One UN Climate Change Learning Partnership
- Diploma in International Arbitration — Africa Arbitration Academy
- Certificate in Finance for Non-Financial Managers — University of Cape Town, Graduate School of Business
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS - Project Management Institute (PMI) — PMP certified
Association of International Energy Negotiators (AIEN)
Young Group of International Arbitrators (YGIA) — LCIA
Let's work together
carlmbeng@gmail.com · contact@carlmbeng.com
