Persistent

Persistent works hand in hand with exceptional entrepreneurs, investing both financial and human capital to build successful climate ventures in Africa.

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Yesterday, our Partner, Tobias Ruckstuhl joined industry leaders to discuss how currency risk is impacting the scale-up of clean energy and e-mobility solutions across Sub-Saharan Africa and what it will take to unlock investment and accelerate the energy transition.

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Join our ESG Associate this friday, Rukayat Bello will be on the Coronation webinar to discuss advancing climate action & sustainable growth. She will share insights on how climate enterprises are driving Africa's energy transition & creating impact

All details are in the Flyer!

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Africa’s solar market is accelerating. 🌍☀️
The @GSolarCouncil projects Africa could add 31GW+ of solar capacity by 2029, driven by utility-scale and distributed solar growth. Key challenges remain: financing, grids, and regulation.

Read more: https://t.co/BZTgJu0iTI

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We’re excited to welcome Rukayat Bello to Persistent as our ESG Associate! Rukayat brings deep experience in ESG integration, sustainability advisory, and environmental & social assessments across Africa’s renewable energy sector.

Welcome to the team, Rukayat!

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@AVCA_Africa report highlight gender gaps in African private capital: women make up 44% of the workforce, but only 7% of funded companies are female-founded. At Persistent, gender inclusion remains central to our climate investing and Venture Building.
https://t.co/9r5iegcx6M

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Our Partner Toukam Ngoufanke joins @AFRICARENA Nairobi 2026 as a speaker on April 30th to discuss structuring the right capital stack for climate startups.

Equity vs debt and what actually works.

Will you be there? We look forward to meeting you.

#ClimateTech #VentureCapital

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Our Co-Founder & Partner, Chris Aidun joined BRVM Investment Days at Nasdaq. He joined a panel on capital markets & financial innovation in the West African Economic and Monetary Union discussing how to mobilize capital & scale investment across the region.

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Our partner Tobias Ruckstuhl joined EU–Ethiopia Business Forum. We saw strong growth in Ethiopia with clear opportunities to build and scale new markets. Thanks to the EU–Ethiopia Business Forum team for the invite & @FMO_development for their support to the Persistent ACV Fund

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Our partner Toukam Ngoufanke will be speaking at #EAIF2026 (21–24 April, Nairobi).

He joins Session V: E-mobility & DRE on April 22 to discuss future of sustainable transport in Africa.

Register here: https://t.co/QzSYg5JvEw

#Emobility #EnergyAccess #ClimateAction #Africa

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Join our Co-Founder & Partner, Chris Aidun, at #BRVMInvestmentDays in NYC on April 21.
He’ll be speaking on capital markets, green finance & infrastructure investment across the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) region.

Learn more: https://t.co/nFQGjsVwMP

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We are excited to welcome Opeyemi Solaru to Persistent as our Impact & Gender Manager!

She brings strong experience in impact measurement and gender integration, supporting startups across Africa to drive meaningful, measurable outcomes.

Welcome, Opeyemi! 🎉

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We are excited to welcome Felix Hatzold to Persistent as our Impact Intern! He will be supporting our impact reporting and measurement work, bringing experience across startups, VC, and sustainability.

Welcome to the team, Felix!

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We are excited to launch our $70M target Persistent ACV Fund and $5M VB Facility with a $53M first close to back early-stage climate ventures in Africa.

Anchored by #FSDAi, #NDF, @AfDB_Group's SEFA alongside other investors.

Read the full press release: https://t.co/kWvW5Tf6xD

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Ahead of International Women’s Day, we celebrate the women of Persistent whose leadership drives our work across Africa’s climate transitions. We remain committed to venture building and investing in women-led climate businesses shaping a more sustainable future.

#IWD2026

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Our Partner Tobias Ruckstuhl will join the March 3 webinar launch of the CC Facility Learning Hub’s new report on blended finance in SSA. Persistent is proud to be featured as a case study and to share our experience at the gender climate nexus
Register: https://t.co/2CCjXBNqJE

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New report by @womensworldbnkg highlights the link between climate vulnerability & financial exclusion. Most unbanked women live in high climate-risk countries - limiting resilience & recovery. Critical insights for Africa.

Read more: https://t.co/1WdEc1efku

#WomenInClimate

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Blended finance is shaping gender & climate focused funds across SSA. Persistent is delighted to be featured in Transformative Capital by @ietp_ and @ClimateFacility highlighting how capital structure influences long term impact.
Read here: https://t.co/oDBhYixLIg

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@ShellFoundation's new report looks at how Africa’s electric 2 & 3 wheeler sector can scale. Strong potential remains, but later stage capital gaps persist. Aligned capital and stronger partnerships are key.

Read more: https://t.co/hkpvLJnWSU

#ScalingEMobilityAfrica

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#FSDAfrica on why deepening Africa’s financial sector is key to inclusive, climate resilient growth. With $6.4T in private assets projected by 2040, better finance could unlock capital for MSMEs, infrastructure & climate action.

Read more: https://t.co/baBU3pAdRu

#FridayRead

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Proud moment in our Venture Builder family.
Since 2019, Manuela Böck has supported @GroupAltech growth from solar lanterns to a leading clean energy company in the DRC.
She now steps in full time as Altech’s CFO & continues with us as a Venture Building Advisor.
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