AfDB backs Ethiopia’s Energy-agriculture Mini-Grids with a model everyone should be watching

Two million dollars sounds small until you realise what it’s actually buying: proof that a business model works. And in rural electrification, proof is worth more than the check. The African Development Bank Group’s Board of Directors has approved a $2 million reimbursable grant from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) to support development…

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EV batteries are outlasting industry predictions, but African buyers face a different reality

New data from a Wall Street Journal report says EV batteries are ageing way better than the industry predicted degradation rates that used to justify panic are now closer to a rounding error. For African buyers who’ve been burned by every “miracle import” before, that’s either genuinely good news or another spec sheet promise waiting…

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