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20 04 2023 | 15:14

AFRICA: Rabat, Tunis and Cairo among the world’s best smart cities

While the cities of Zurich in Switzerland, Oslo in Norway and Canberra in Australia are ranked as the best smart cities in the world by the 2023 report of the International Institute for Management…

20 04 2023 | 15:11

AFRICA: Ecobodaa and 4 other start-ups get $1.1 million for their green solutions

In response to global warming, particularly in Kenya and Tanzania, five African start-ups operating in smart agriculture and electric mobility will fund their green solutions to the tune of $1.1…

20 04 2023 | 14:50

KENYA: National Plan for Electric Mobility in the making to tackle pollution

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…

20 04 2023 | 14:31

CAMEROON: 13,000 Rural Households to be Solar Powered

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…

20 04 2023 | 14:11

AFRICA: OceanHub Africa’s call for projects to protect marine ecosystems

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…

20 04 2023 | 14:07

Ivory Coast: with support of the UN, the private sector wants to combine SDO and CSR

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…

20 04 2023 | 13:57

AFRICA: A Bloomberg conference in Marrakech in June 2023 under the prism of climate

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…

02 04 2023 | 09:26

AFRICA: Afri-Plastics awards Toto Safi from Kigali and seven other green start-ups

Founded in 2016, Green Industry Plast (GIP) Togo wins first prize in the Afri-Plastics competition on sustainable plastic waste management organized by the British foundation Nesta Challenges and…

02 04 2023 | 08:38

AFRICA: BII injects €20m into Meridiam’s urban climate resilience fund

In response to population growth and climate change affecting several African cities, British International Investment (BII), the UK's development finance institution, is injecting €20 million into…

02 04 2023 | 08:15

KENYA: IFC popularizes Edge certification for green buildings in Nairobi

While the civil engineering sector generates 37% of energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Nairobi, Kenya-based real estate…

02 04 2023 | 07:58

Ivory Coast: 33 health centres in Abidjan equipped for medical waste management

While 15% of hospital waste is considered infectious and toxic by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the authorities in Ivory Coast are equipping 33 health centres in Abidjan with kits to improve…

02 04 2023 | 07:52

WEST AFRICA: Swiss researchers prepare the digitization of 4 cities

From September 2024, a research group from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne will travel to Abidjan in Ivory Coast as part of the "Digital Solutions for the Sustainable City in…

02 04 2023 | 07:39

EGYPT: 9 million tons of food wasted per year, UNEP is concerned

With 9 million tons of food waste produced annually in Egypt, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is taking action to encourage the population and public institutions to preserve…

02 04 2023 | 07:29

MOROCCO: 2,500 charging stations to be installed by 2026

In Morocco, companies in the electricity and automotive sectors have given the green light to the intersectoral professional association for electric mobility (APIME) to install 2,500 charging…

02 04 2023 | 07:24

AFRICA: Algeria tops a ranking of the least polluted Arab countries

With its 44 million inhabitants, Algeria is the least polluted country in the Arab world according to the fifth report on air quality published recently by the Swiss environmental organization IQAir.

11 02 2023 | 09:25

AFRICA: smart cities and electric mobility under discussion in Italy on 22 March 2023

Italy is inviting a host of energy companies from Africa and the Mediterranean to its traditional K. EY exhibition organised 22 March 2023 by the Italian Exhibition Group (IEG) under the prism of…

11 02 2023 | 09:01

AFRICA: Activist Alizée Mabilon to cycle through 11 drought-stricken countries

From Rwanda to South Africa via Kenya and Uganda, French environmental activist Alizée Mabilon will cycle around Africa from Toulouse between April and September 2023. The 10,000-kilometre journey…

11 02 2023 | 08:59

AFRICA: Niamey hosts the 9th African Forum on Sustainable Development in February

As several African countries face rapid urbanisation coupled with climate change, civil society organisations (CSOs) and political leaders from across the continent will propose resilience solutions…

11 02 2023 | 08:57

AFRICA: The giant Danone wants to reduce methane emissions from its activities

While the agro-pastoral sector generates 8% of the world's methane emissions, the French multinational Danone has announced the reduction of the environmental impact of its supply chain,…

11 02 2023 | 08:52

AFRICA: Rabat calls for the creation of a platform dedicated to climate resilience

In response to coastal erosion, cyclones, floods and extreme heat affecting several countries in Africa, Morocco is calling for the establishment of a "platform of African experts on natural…