What is VC-able in Africa’s renewable energy space today?

    Dami Aluko | Insights | Dec 24, 2025    
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Africa’s clean energy challenge is often framed as a problem of insufficient capital. While the continent faces an annual energy investment gap of hundreds of billions of dollars, venture capital (VC) plays only a marginal role in closing it.

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