In Senegal, the Senegalese National Water Company (SONES) is commissioning a new system to transfer water from the Ndiock-Sall wellfield to the city of Saint-Louis. This operation will improve the…
Hyphen Hydrogen Energy, a company based in Windhoek, Namibia, and Itochu Corporation, a Japanese trade and investment company, are keen to explore opportunities for cooperation in the green hydrogen…
The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) has joined forces with the African Development Bank (AfDB) to support the cultivation of climate-resilient wheat in Ethiopia. Much of this country in the Horn of…
In Madagascar, the European Union (EU) and the French Development Agency (AFD) are pledging €73.2 million to finance electrification using solar energy and the development of sustainable agriculture…
Hyphen Hydrogen Energy has signed a partnership agreement with engineering firm ILF Consulting Engineers for its green hydrogen megaproject in the Tsau//Khaeb National Park in Namibia. The first…
Sosian Energy, a Nairobi-based energy company, has just connected its Menengai geothermal power plant to Kenya's national grid. It is the first plant in the Menengai field to come on stream in this…
The Kenyan capital will be the epicentre of activities during Africa Climate Week (ACW), which begins on 4 September 2023. Among the events scheduled for Nairobi are the African Climate Action Summit…
The President of the Republic of Niger, Mohammed Bazoum, is one of the heads of state and government attending the Summit for a New Global Financial Deal in Paris on Thursday 22 June 2023. One of the…
British Independent Power Producer (IPP) Globeleq is laying the foundation stone for its Menengai geothermal power plant in the Rift Valley in western Kenya. The facility will have a capacity of 35…
At a time when African countries are in a situation of debt overhang exacerbated by the recent Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, France wants to redefine the global financial pact, in a…
In Angola, the authorities recently attended the ceremony marking the completion of the diversion of the Kwanza river in the locality of São Pedro da Quilemba. This marks the effective start of…
A partnership was recently signed between the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) and the Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA). The aim is to mobilise funding to accelerate access to clean cooking…
A consortium led by Électricité de France (EDF) has just been appointed by the Mozambican authorities to build the 1,500 MW Mphanda Nkuwa hydroelectric dam. This mega-project will require an…
On the sidelines of the 58th General Assembly of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, which has just ended in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, the West African Development Bank (BOAD) has signed a…
The Indian company Gravita has been granted a €34 million credit facility. This facility granted by Proparco and the Austrian Development Bank (OeEB) will enable the construction of new industrial…
At a meeting of the Council of Ministers on Wednesday 24 May 2023, the government of Ivory Coast approved the concession agreement for the construction of the Bondoukou photovoltaic solar power plant…
An agreement has just been signed between the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) and the Japanese Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. The two institutions will work…
The Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), established decades ago to facilitate energy investments in Europe and Central Asia, is now being challenged and accused of protecting investments in fossil fuels.…
As climate change demands more sustainable development, the E3 Low Carbon Economy Fund for Africa (E3LCEF) is raising $48.1 million to finance the next generation of low carbon entrepreneurs in…