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Every Kenyan understands the desperate need for infrastructure to develop our economy, but not at the altar of opaque processes and lined-up favourites. Thank you for reading!
The potential for new renewable energy projects in Africa is vast. In 2024, about 600 million people, equal to 40 percent of Africa’s total population, lacked access to electricity. Most new energy projects still rely on fossil fuels. However, solar energy is now rapidly becoming the most cost-effective energy source in many African countries, offering […]
Inspired Evolution’s Evolution III energy transition fund has invested $30 million in Sedgeley Solar Group (SSG). The deal is part of a broader $60 million investment in the company from a consortium that also includes development finance institutions FMO and Swedfund. The newly formed SSG consolidates two Southern African renewable energy businesses, SolarSaver and Sedgeley. […]
Cape Town / Windhoek – 10th November 2025 Evolution III, Inspired Evolution’s next-generation energy transition fund has invested USD 30m via a USD 60m consortium with international development finance institutions, FMO and Swedfund, into Sedgeley Solar Group (SSG) – a new group holding company. The newly formed SSG consolidates two leading Southern African renewable energy […]
Washington, D.C., October 17, 2025 — IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), and founding partners today announced the appointment of Inspired Evolution as the investment manager for Zafiri, a new investment vehicle focused on expanding access to electricity and clean cooking for tens of millions of people […]
Nairobi / Cape Town, 8th October 2025 — Evolution III Fund, Inspired Evolution’s dedicated next-generation energy transition fund, has signed transaction agreements committing USD 20 million to Cold Solutions East Africa Holdings Limited (CSEAHL), a leading temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics platform operating across Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, and Tanzania. The investment will support the development and […]
Climate change is accelerating environmental, social and governance (ESG) adoption by pushing companies to view sustainability as a source of competitiveness, consistent with the Ecological Modernisation Theory (EMT), says University of Pretoria’s (UP’s) Graduate School of Technology Management associate professor Schalk Grobbelaar. Thank you for reading!
CrossBoundary Energy (CBE) has announced a significant partnership with iSAT Africa to deliver renewable energy solutions for telecom sites across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and South Sudan. iSAT Africa, a leading communications provider specializing in connectivity, mobile, and satellite solutions for rural and underserved markets, will benefit from this collaboration. The renewable […]
The region is also seeing a push towards renewable energy. “There’s a lot of appetite for energy infrastructure, meaning there is momentum and opportunity,” said Monya Bassingthwaighte. Thank you for reading!
Sibanye-Stillwater and its partners in the Castle consortium celebrated the significant milestone of the launch and commercial operation of its Castle wind farm project. The Castle is the largest private-offtake wind farm in operation in South Africa to date. Thank you for reading!
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