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30 10 2023 | 17:54

SOUTH AFRICA: three banks to raise $1 billion for the energy transition

South African financial institutions Standard Bank, Stanlib and Liberty are launching a new fund dedicated to the energy transition in South Africa. This new mechanism will raise $1 billion over the…

30 10 2023 | 17:45

MAURITIUS: $45 million in green bonds to finance 13 solar power plants

Envolt, a subsidiary of the Mauritian conglomerate ENL, is launching a $45 million green bond programme in Mauritius. The aim is to finance the construction of 13 photovoltaic solar power plants in…

30 10 2023 | 16:51

MADAGASCAR: a 2.6 MW hybrid solar power plant comes on stream at the Molo mine

Canadian mining company NextSource Materials has announced the commissioning of a 2.69 MW solar power plant at the Molo mine in Madagascar. Equipped with a battery storage system, the facility is…

30 10 2023 | 16:44

MOROCCO: environmental professionals expected at the Global Green Event

Environmental professionals are expected to attend the Global Green Event from 22 to 25 November 2023 at the Mohammed VI Exhibition Centre in El-Jadida. The international event is being held in…

30 10 2023 | 16:19

AFRICA: eight investors raise $103m for Husk’s solar mini-grids

Electricity access provider Husk Power is raising finance for its ambitious project to build 2,500 solar mini-grids in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The company, based in Fort Collins in the…

24 10 2023 | 18:43

Sustainable development: Egypt raises $478 million on the Panda bond market

Egypt has just issued $478 million in sustainable Panda bonds. This transaction, partly guaranteed by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), will…

24 10 2023 | 18:09

Financing loss and damage: the West’s position threatens the progress made at COP27

Western countries are sticking to their position on the arrangements for setting up a fund for loss and damage caused by climate change. The fourth meeting on the implementation of this mechanism,…

24 10 2023 | 17:57

In Africa, “SUEZ innovates for sustainable water and waste management”

SUEZ wants to make innovation the main lever for its development around the world, particularly in Africa where the Group is very active in water and sanitation management, as well as waste…

17 10 2023 | 15:17

Sustainable development: “IFU is ready to take risks for greater impact”

Over the next few years, the Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU) will double its investments in sustainable development in the countries of the South, half of which will be in Africa. The…

02 10 2023 | 12:52

Climate finance: in New York, the Netherlands announces €40m for the DFCD fund

On the sidelines of the 78th General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) in New York in the United States of America, the Dutch government is committing €40 million to the Dutch Fund for Climate and…

02 10 2023 | 12:49

CAMEROON: inauguration of the 36 MWp Maroua and Guider solar power plants

On Friday 22 September 2023, Cameroon's Minister of Water and Energy, Gaston Eloundou Essomba, inaugurated the 36 MWp Maroua and Guider solar photovoltaic power plants. The facilities, which have…

02 10 2023 | 12:30

CAMEROON: after Nachtigal, France’s EDF is to build a new dam on the Sanaga river

Électricité de France (EDF) has joined forces with the government of Cameroon to create Kikot Hydro Power Company. The company's mission will be to develop and build a new hydroelectric dam on the…

02 10 2023 | 12:00

ANGOLA: the 2,070 MW Laúca mega-dam is fully operational

The Laúca hydroelectric power station is fully operational. The announcement was made by the Austrian company Andritz, which built and installed all the units at the plant, which has a capacity of 2,…