Five cases have been confirmed in the badly damaged port city of Beira, according to health officials.
Mozambique said five cases of cholera had been confirmed around the badly damaged port city of…
The government of Kenya plans to build an approximately 20km modern railway line linking Nairobi’s Central Business District to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
The government of Tanzania is set to construct 30,000 affordable houses across the country as part of implementation of the election manifesto of the ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi.
Minister for…
Zimbabwe is set to construct four water treatment plants and rehabilitate existing ones at a cost of US $273m. Chinese company Sinohydro has been chosen by the municipality of Harare, the capital of…
The public sector cannot provide enough finance to make African countries resilient to climate change impacts, and funding from the private sector is hard to come by. At the same time, many grassroot…
Africa Energy Forum 2019
The Africa Energy Forum (aef) is the global investment meeting for Africa’s power, energy, infrastructure and industrial sectors. What we deliver is simple:Energy. In One…
An interview with Francesca O'Hanlon, founder of Blue Tap
This year’s World Water Day on 22 March celebrates water for all.
It is a human right to have access—without discrimination—to sufficient,…
UN Climate Change News, Accra, 20 March 2019 – The high-level segment of the Africa Climate Week in Accra, Ghana, got firmly underway this morning with the official opening ceremony at the capital’s…
The South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) has unveiled its PV GreenCard Programme, with the aim of improving the safety and quality of installations.
The PV GreenCard which was…
US $567.7m Isimba Hydropower Dam in Kayunga District Uganda has been officially commissioned by President Museveni. “The construction and completion of Isimba dam gives confidence to investors that…
The co-located ‘Africa Energy Forum: Off the Grid’ and ‘Regional Energy Co-operation Summit’ meetings taking place in Addis Ababa from 27 – 29th March welcome the launch of the updated version of…
Hundreds of thousands of people scrambled for shelter, food and water across a swathe of southern Africa Friday after a cyclone killed hundreds and swept away homes and roads, as survivors face a…
Cyclone Idai has triggered a "massive disaster" in southern Africa affecting hundreds of thousands if not millions of people, the UN has said.
The region has been hit by widespread flooding and…
Once basic energy is established in disconnected regions, the companies that supply it hope to cash in on demand for a slew of new products and services.
Armed with solar panels, lanterns and mini…
China to host World Environment Day 2019 on Air Pollution
Nairobi, 15 March 2019 – Today, the head of Chinese delegation, Zhao Yingmin, Vice Minister of Ecology and Environment, and Joyce Msuya,…
The fourth day of the Environment Assembly was a busy one, with the High-Level Segment and the One Planet Summit.
Here are the links to some of the high-level speeches:
SWITCH to Green initiatives aim to guide governments towards sustainability by unleashing access to green financing, policies and standards, and eco-entrepreneurship.
One of the regional…
Antigua and Barbuda, Trinidad and Tobago and Paraguay join Clean Seas campaign during UN Environment Assembly
Three new Clean Seas signatories bring number of Latin American and Caribbean…
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