Once again, the school holiday period is not looking good for many households in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. The cause is the torrential rain that is battering several towns, resulting in devastating and…
In Mauritania, a $17 million package from the African Development Bank (AfDB) bodes well for 22,200 households and 205 women's cooperatives that depend on agriculture for their livelihoods in rural…
Senegal is preparing to launch a national fund to promote the green economy, which will invest in agriculture, waste management and biodiversity in order to reduce the environmental impact of…
Trade between South Korea and Africa was worth 20.2 billion dollars in 2022, while Korean investment in infrastructure on the African continent is estimated at an average of 700 million dollars a…
The city of Maputo now has municipal officers who can interpret air quality data. Their training, which lasted a month in Barcelona, Spain, will help to step up the fight against air pollution in…
Since independence, Guinea has chosen to cooperate with all its international partners, including Germany and France. French Development Agency (AFD), which has been operating in the country for 45…
From 6 to 8 May, some 140 young people from all the sub-regions of Africa gathered on the campus of Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) to try and find innovative ways of solving the continent'…
Between the inauguration of the Mombasa-Nairobi railway and the planned West African railway linking Abidjan to Ouagadougou, the number of projects on Africa's railways is increasing. The latest…
Over the coming months, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) will be supporting South African company Novare Equity Partners in decarbonising its real estate properties in Zambia, Mozambique…
In the Serbian Numbeo platform's ranking of quality of life in the world's cities, Cape Town and Pretoria rank 83rd and 104th, while London and Rome do not fare so well, including in terms of the…
In Cameroon, the embassies and diplomatic institutions in the residential Golf district of Yaoundé have a new neighbour: the African Development Bank (AfDB). The financial institution has set up its…
Removing the obstacles to access to agricultural finance. This is the aim of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Bank of Kigali, which recently signed a €100 million partnership to facilitate the…
The World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF) opened yesterday, 15 April 2024, in Brussels, Belgium. Over four days in the European capital, the event brings together players from all sectors of the…
Electricity, agriculture, urban infrastructure, transport, manufacturing and textiles are all sectors that offer opportunities for the transition to a circular economy in Africa.
In Morocco, 28 beaches have been awarded the "Blue Flag" label by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) and the Mohammed VI Foundation for Environmental Protection. The various sites were…
The Kenyan government is launching the sixth reforestation campaign of the Kaptagat forest in the west of the country, with the planting of 250,000 trees. The initiative, which is supported by…
While the effects of climate change are hitting Africa's ecosystems hard, the continent's metropolises were in conclave in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, to discuss resilience mechanisms. The event was…