Sub-Saharan Africa now accounts for 86% of the world’s electricity access deficit, a sharp increase from 49% in 2010, underscoring the scale of the continent’s energy challenge despite decades of…
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Nestlé and Daystar power expand Industrial solar footprint in West Africa as captive energy market gains momentum
AfricaAfrican Businessesblue economyCarbon offsetingClimate & EnvironmentClimate Action & AdaptationClimate Science (Africa-focused)corporate sustainabilityEconomic ResponsibilityEnergy & TransitionEnergy Access & InnovationEnergy PolicyRenewable energySustainabilitysustainability eventsSustainable development by Francis Mwangi 679 views 5 minutes readABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire Renewable energy developer Daystar Power has completed and commissioned nearly 7 megawatts (MW) of solar capacity across four Nestlé manufacturing facilities in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Senegal,…
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Kenya’s Northern Rangelands carbon project ruling deepens scrutiny of carbon markets and indigenous land rights
by Lisa MatataOn January 31 2025, the Isiolo Environmental and land court ruled that the Northern Rangelands Carbon Project (NRCP), a Kenyan carbon project partially illegal. The judgment affirmed that two of its biggest conservancies- land managed by a group…
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KOKO Networks is a climate-technology company that supplied clean cooking fuel to low-income households. Founded in 2014; launched commercially in 2019, the company operated in regional and up-country areas including, Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu and Nakuru in Kenya. The company ceased operations…
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Madagascar expands veterinary infrastructure to strengthen food safety, disease surveillance and agricultural resilience
AfricaAfrican BusinessesAgricultureClimate & EnvironmentClimate Action & AdaptationClimate FinanceClimate Science (Africa-focused)Development FinanceEast AfricaEconomic ResponsibilityEnvironmental ResponsibilityLaws, Standards & FrameworksMultilateral InstitutionsPolicy & GovernancePolicy & RegulationSDGs & National Development PlansSociety & DevelopmentSustainabilitySustainability reportingSustainable developmentSustainable Finance & ESGurban sustainabilityWater & Food Systems by Kathambi Muriithi 582 views 4 minutes readMadagascar has launched a new university veterinary clinic in Antananarivo as part of a broader effort to strengthen animal health systems, improve food safety oversight and enhance disease surveillance capacity,…
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The Project Developer Forum (PD Forum), one of the world’s leading industry bodies representing carbon project developers, has appointed Brazilian carbon market specialist Thiago Viana as Co-Vice Chair, reinforcing its…
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Cameroon develops energy accounts to strengthen energy planning, investment and climate policy
AfricaAfrican BusinessesBusinessClimate & EnvironmentClimate Action & AdaptationClimate FinanceClimate Science (Africa-focused)Development FinanceEnergy Access & InnovationEnergy PolicyFinance & EconomyGlobal Policy & AfricaLaws, Standards & FrameworksMultilateral InstitutionsPolicy & GovernancePolicy & RegulationSDGs & National Development PlansSociety & DevelopmentSustainabilitysustainability eventsSustainability partnershipsSustainable developmentVoices & PerspectivesWest Africa by Kathambi Muriithi 551 views 4 minutes readCameroon has begun developing a national system of energy accounts designed to strengthen evidence-based policymaking, improve energy planning and support the country’s long-term economic and environmental objectives, as governments across…
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South Africa secures 25-Year fuel terminal agreements at Island View Hub as energy security and market access debate intensifies
AfricaAfrican Businessesblue economyClimate & EnvironmentClimate Action & AdaptationClimate Science (Africa-focused)corporate sustainabilityEnergy & TransitionEnergy Access & InnovationEnergy PolicyOil & GaspolicyPolicy & GovernanceRenewable energySustainable development by Francis Mwangi 587 views 4 minutes readSouth Africa’s Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has finalized 11 long-term terminal operator agreements at Island View, the country’s largest fuel storage and distribution hub, securing continued operations at a…
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Zafiri Secures $176 Million to expand fff-Grid energy access across Africa as financing gap threatens electrification goals
AfricaAfrican BusinessesCarbon offsetingClimate & EnvironmentClimate Action & Adaptationcorporate sustainabilityDevelopment FinanceEconomic ResponsibilityEnergy & TransitionEnergy Access & InnovationEnergy PolicyEnvironmental ResponsibilityJust TransitionOpinionpolicyPolicy & GovernancePollution & WasteRenewable energySustainabilitysustainability eventsSustainable development by Francis Mwangi 655 views 6 minutes readA new investment vehicle focused on decentralized renewable energy has secured $176 million in commitments to accelerate electricity access across sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting growing efforts by development finance institutions, philanthropic…
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GLF Africa 2026 puts rangelands at the centre of climate, food security and development agenda
African BusinessesAfrican Policy WatchCarbon MarketsClimate & EnvironmentClimate FinanceClimate Science (Africa-focused)Development FinanceEconomic ResponsibilityEducationEnvironmental ResponsibilityFinance & EconomyGlobal Policy & AfricaGreen Investment & InfrastructureLaws, Standards & FrameworksMultilateral InstitutionsPolicy & GovernancePolicy & RegulationRegionsSociety & DevelopmentSouthern AfricaSustainabilitysustainability eventsSustainability reportingSustainable developmentSustainable Finance & ESGurban sustainability by Kathambi Muriithi 565 views 4 minutes readAfrica’s vast rangelands, which sustain millions of livelihoods and underpin significant portions of the continent’s food systems, will take centre stage in Nairobi as policymakers, pastoralist communities, researchers, investors and development institutions convene for…
