Tag: Africa
Africa50 and International Solar Alliance agree partnership
New agreement will see policy support, an investment fund created and a start-up platform to identify innovative new projects.
AfDB announces new resource and calls for developed nations to meet...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) plans to raise $27bn for investment in poorer African nations and issued a statement demanding wealthy nations meet their climate promises.
AfDB president promotes African energy transition in Europe
African Development Bank Group's Dr Akinwumi Adesina tells leaders in Berlin that Africa is the sustainable solution but needs investment.
OPEC Fund supports critical infrastructure in Africa with $50m loan agreement
Collaboration between OPEC Fund and Africa Finance Corporation aims to increase access to sustainable finance for infrastructure projects.
AfDB president: Roses of growth come with debt thorns
Dr Akinwumi Adesina has told an audience in New York that huge opportunities for growth in Nigeria and Africa risk being held back by debt and climate change.
Somaliland land management strengthens construction capacity
Improving water and food security through land management and tackling erosion, is complicated. When it’s in Somaliland, it comes with an added challenge.
AfDB provides Desert to Power training in Chad
African Development Bank (AfDB) has provided financial modelling training to staff of the government of Chad as they prepare the national utility for Desert to Power interventions in the country.
Nigeria’s 2060 Energy Transition Plan ‘a practical and holistic approach’
Nigerian vice president Yemi Osinbajo makes case for decisive action on net zero and universal energy, launching major programmes that industry has been quick to support.
Could Africa solve climate change?
At the recent US-Africa Business Summit, the AfDB president called for investment in Africa not to help Africa, but to solve the world’s net zero challenge. So, how crucial could Africa be in tackling climate change?
EBRD to repower Africa’s oldest windfarm
€44m will make 50MW Koudia Al Baida wind farm in Morocco the first to be repowered, with a 100MW outcome.