Egyptian companies El Nasr for Fertilizers and Chemical Industries (Semadco), Flex P Films and Huhtamaki Egypt are securing financing for the construction of solid and liquid waste recycling…
As part of its National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy (2020-2025), the Kenyan government will adopt the National Plan for the Development of Green Mobility to reduce air pollution in…
The German company Gauff Engineering is commissioning more than 60 solar-powered mini-grids in the Kolda region in southern Senegal. These installations, which will allow the productive use of…
British International Investment (BII) is entering into a new partnership with the Shell Foundation. The partnership aims to support the deployment of renewable energy through the financing of start-…
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is providing a €100 million loan to the OCP Group (formerly Office chérifien des phosphates). The financing is intended to support the construction of four…
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is financing a rural electrification project worth 53 million euros (34.7 billion CFA francs) to be implemented in 200 localities in Cameroon. The…
In this series launched on the occasion of World Water Day and the UN Conference on Water to be held from 22 to 24 March 2023 in New York in the United States of America, AFRIK 21 takes stock of…
More than 200 law enforcement officers will be trained in the handling of animals seized during anti-wildlife trafficking operations. The Republic of Congo is one of three countries to benefit from…
The Government of Spain has granted a €5 million loan to Morocco's National Water and Electricity Office (ONEE). The loan will finance the construction of two drinking water plants in the cities of…
A new project is starting in Uganda. It involves the construction of piped water supply systems in the East African country. The project will benefit at least 500,000 people.
A new project is…
The National Agency for the Great Green Wall (NAGGW) has just signed an agreement with the Dutch company Groasis waterboxx for the supply of its "waterboxx" solution in the framework of the Great…
African start-ups developing biotechnology, artificial intelligence (AI) and other innovations that can ensure the survival of marine biodiversity have until 14 May 2023 to apply to the call for…
The Republic of Congo will soon have a harmonised framework for the implementation of the green economy. Actors from various backgrounds were consulted to this effect on 31 March 2023 in Brazzaville…
A workshop of the Ivorian employers' association, which focused on the contribution of the private sector to the implementation of sustainable development, has just ended in the city of Abidjan, with…
The first edition of the Gateway Africa Conference organised by the American business and media group Bloomberg opens on 13 June 2023 in the Moroccan city of Marrakech, with the backdrop of financial…
In Togo, the government has announced the construction of a multi-purpose dam at Sarakawa, about 22 km northwest of the town of Kara. The structure will provide drinking water for some 500,000 people…
The South African government is launching the DWS Hydropower Independent Producer Programme (DWS HIPP). This program aims to encourage independent power producers (IPPs) to invest in hydropower in…
Tanzania, which is 66% dependent on natural gas and oil for its electricity production, will diversify its national electricity mix through the construction of the Kakono hydropower plant in the…
An outrageous law stops smallholder farmers in Kenya from using indigenous seeds to exchange them with other farmers - an age-old tradition.
To make it worse, these farmers face a prison sentence…