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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 strongest transaction-level takeaway from the month's coverage.

Regulatory Watch

The most relevant policy or regulatory development to track.

Honest Opinion

An original take — or a sharper angle on something already published.

Energy & Power

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

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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.

Energy & Power

Driving Investment: New Regulatory Opportunities in DRC’s Transmission Sector

DRC's electricity law now allows private transmission ownership; a practical guide to permitting, timelines, and risk mitigation.

Climate & Capital

Clean Cooking’s Next Frontier: Overcoming Barriers and Catalyzing Market Growth in the DRC

How DRC's LPG and cookstove strategy, fiscal reforms, and pilot projects aim to shift households off charcoal and firewood.

Extractives & Resources

Untapped Potential: An Investor’s Guide to Equatorial Guinea’s Diverse Mineral Wealth

A guide to Equatorial Guinea's gold, PGE, diamond, and coltan potential under its 2019 Mining Law and fiscal regime.

Climate & Capital

ESG: More Than Compliance—A Strategic Advantage

Why transparent ESG reporting is becoming a capital-access advantage for Central African businesses, not just compliance.

Energy & Power

Policy and Governance for Off-Grid Rural Electrification: Unlocking the Potential of Mini-Grids

How licensing, tariff design, risk mitigation, and blended finance policy can scale mini-grids across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Energy & Power

Uncovering Regulatory and Policy Roadblocks to Mini-Grid Development in Cameroon

Cameroon's mini-grid sector faces licensing bottlenecks, unclear tariff rules, and overlapping utility concessions that slow rural electrification — even as…