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BASIS: Transition Finance Watch

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Africa’s energy, extractives, and climate markets — tracked at the deal level. One deal insight, one regulatory watch item, one honest opinion, every month.

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The most relevant policy or regulatory development to track.

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Energy & Power

IPPs, mini-grids, and grid reform — where power projects actually get financed and built.

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Energy & Power

Pourquoi les projets électriques en Afrique centrale échouent avant le bouclage financier : le risque que personne ne veut assumer

Les projets électriques en Afrique centrale échouent fréquemment à atteindre le bouclage financier en raison d’une répartition inefficace des risques…

Energy & Power

Why Central African Power Projects Die Before Financial Close: The Risk Nobody Wants to Own

Power projects in Central Africa frequently fail to reach financial close because of ineffective risk allocation and weak mitigation mechanisms.…

Energy & Power

Le marché de la mobilité électrique au Cameroun : croissance, infrastructures et opportunités d’investissement

Le marché de la mobilité électrique au Cameroun se développe rapidement, porté par les incitations fiscales, la progression des opérateurs…

Energy & Power

Cameroon’s E-Mobility Market: Growth, Infrastructure and Investment Opportunities

Cameroon’s electric-mobility market is developing rapidly, supported by tax incentives, growing private-sector activity and emerging electric public-transport projects. The country’s…

Energy & Power

Marché gazier du Gabon : le cadre juridique, réglementaire et fiscal que les investisseurs doivent connaître

Le Gabon, à l’instar de ses voisins de la sous-région d’Afrique centrale, dispose d’opportunités gazières considérables. Le pays combine une…

Energy & Power

Gabon Gas Market Series: The Legal, Policy and Tax Framework Investors Need to Know

Gabon, like its neighbours in the Central African sub-region, has significant gas opportunities. The country combines a large resource base,…

Energy & Power

Le Gabon entend exploiter ses ressources gazières pour renforcer sa sécurité énergétique

L’économie du Gabon dépend depuis longtemps du pétrole. Mais son système électrique fonctionne principalement au gaz, et cet écart façonne…

Energy & Power

Gabon Looks to Unlock Gas Resources to Strengthen Energy Security

Gabon’s economy has long depended on oil. But its power system runs mostly on gas and that difference is now…

Climate & Capital

Turning Foreign Judgments into Cash: Enforcement Options for Energy Companies Against State Entities

When an energy company secures a major foreign judgment against a state-owned enterprise (SOE), obtaining a court order is only…

Climate & Capital

Transformer les jugements étrangers en liquidités : options d’exécution pour les entreprises énergétiques contre des entités étatiques

Lorsque des entreprises énergétiques obtiennent un jugement étranger important contre une entreprise publique, obtenir une décision de justice ne représente…

Climate & Capital

Captive Power Under Cameroon’s Electricity Law: A Strategic and Regulatory Guide for Industrial Developers

For energy-intensive industries in Cameroon, reliable power is not simply an operating preference. It can determine whether a mine, metallurgical…

Climate & Capital

Market liberalization : Can a State Monopoly Survive the Market Opening?

For decades, the Central African Republic electricity sector has operated around one dominant player: Énergie Centrafricaine (ENERCA). The state utility…

ATIDI recapitalization
Climate & Capital

How ATIDI’s Recapitalization Could Transform Central Africa’s Energy and Climate Infrastructure

ATIDI recapitalization is underway — and it could materially change how energy and climate infrastructure risk is priced across Africa.…

Energy & Power

Inside Cameroon’s Natural Gas Market: Who Actually Burns the Gas, and Why It Now Matters to Regional Suppliers

Cameroon is one of the few markets in Central Africa where natural gas is sold directly to industries in Cameroon,…

Energy & Power

How the Republic of Congo Is Leveraging Both Fossil Fuels and Renewables to Bolster Energy Security

Inside RoC's 2023 power crisis and its strategy to pair gas generation with new solar, biomass, and hydropower projects.