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Infrastructure & Energy

Beltone Advises on Mauritania's First Gas-to-Power Development Project

Beltone participated in advising on Mauritania's first gas-to-power development project, highlighting increasing regional infrastructure and energy investment activity across Africa and the MENA region.

LFLina FaroukESG Practice Lead
May 24, 2026 7 min89 words

Beltone's involvement in advising on Mauritania's first gas-to-power development project marks a meaningful step in the regional infrastructure and energy investment cycle, with Egyptian financial institutions extending their advisory footprint deeper into Africa.

The project illustrates how integrated gas-to-power developments are becoming a core component of energy transition strategies across the MENA and Sub-Saharan corridor, attracting both DFI and private capital.

For investors evaluating regional infrastructure exposure, transactions of this scale reinforce the structural opportunity in independent power, gas monetisation, and long-dated infrastructure assets across the broader Africa–MENA corridor.

"The project illustrates how integrated gas-to-power developments are becoming a core component of energy transition strategies across the MENA and Sub-Saharan corridor, attracting both DFI and private capital.."

Lina Farouk, ESG Practice Lead
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