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Circular economy: in Brussels, the EU unveils a €40m initiative for Africa

Among the leading participants at the World Circular Economy Forum (WCEF 2024), which closes in Brussels on 18 April, is the European Union (EU), which is determined to play its part in the transition to a circular economy in Africa.

Environment

Rising water levels threaten Africa’s pink flamingos in the Great Lakes region

The majestic and iconic pink flamingos roam the lakes of East Africa in spectacular colonies, offering breathtaking views to amazed onlookers. However, a recent study by King's College London reveals a grim reality.

Climate Environment

MOZAMBIQUE: drinking water system to be extended in Montepuez with €10M from AFD

In order to improve the drinking water supply in Montepuez, a town in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province, the government has launched the Drinking Water System Rehabilitation and Extension project, the second phase of which will be launched shortly.

Environment

MALAWI: start-ups GIT and Amped Innovation to electrify 15,000 rural households

With 96% of rural households in Malawi still without access to electricity, a partnership could improve the situation.

Energy

AfDB inaugurates its Central Africa office in Cameroon, with sights set on the SDGs

In Cameroon, the embassies and diplomatic institutions in the residential Golf district of Yaoundé have a new neighbour: the African Development Bank (AfDB).

Energy Climate Environment

War in Sudan: who will benefit from the $130 million released for food security?

As the war that has ravaged Sudan since April 2023 continues, the World Bank has announced funding of $130 million.

Environment

MAURITANIA: street lighting goes green with 500 solar street lamps

Nouakchott is setting an example for other Mauritanian cities in terms of energy efficiency by installing 500 solar-powered streetlights in the main thoroughfares of Toujounine.

Energy Technology Solutions

MOROCCO: €648m to be committed to the circular economy of waste in six cities

Despite the investment and efforts made by the Moroccan government in recent years, solid waste management remains a challenge in the Kingdom.

Environment

TUNISIA: In Kasserine, the EBRD finances €7m for two photovoltaic solar farms

The French independent power producer (IPP) Qair has secured €7.8 million in funding from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for the construction of two solar photovoltaic power plants in the governorate of Kasserine in Tunisia

Energy Technology Solutions

China is responsible for systemic human rights abuses and illegal fishing across the Southwest Indian Ocean: new investigation

The Chinese fishing fleet is responsible for systemic illegal fishing and human rights abuses in countries bordering the Southwest Indian Ocean (SWIO), undercutting China’s claims of supporting sustainable development and thriving blue economies in the region, according to a new report

Environment

Kenya’s first skyscraper closes – and leaves a complicated legacy

The Hilton Hotel was Nairobi’s first skyscraper. The iconic cylindrical tower was opened in 1969 by President Jomo Kenyatta, six years after Kenya’s independence from Britain.

Kenya’s SunCulture raises $27.5m in oversubscribed Series B funding round

Kenya’s SunCulture, a provider of solar-powered irrigation solutions and agricultural technology to smallholder farmers, has raised a US$27.5 million Series B funding round to fuel its growth and build n

Energy Technology Solutions

Greece becomes first European country to ban bottom trawling in marine parks

Greece has become the first country in Europe to announce a ban on bottom trawling in all of its national marine parks and protected areas.

Environment

A year’s worth of rain plunges normally dry Dubai underwater

A year’s worth of rain unleashed immense

Climate

World Bank climate funding greens African hotels while fishermen sink

Climate Home reveals that the World Bank Group has counted support for luxury hotels as climate finance, which experts say fails the most vulnerable

Climate Environment

Cape Town and Pretoria offer a better quality of life than London and Rome (Numbeo)

In the Serbian Numbeo platform's ranking of quality of life in the world's cities, Cape Town and Pretoria rank 83rd and 104th, while London and Rome do not fare so well, including in terms of the environment and climate.

Environment

BURKINA FASO: a €45m Chinese loan for the Donsin solar power plant

Burkina Faso's transitional parliament has approved a conventional loan agreement worth €45.7 million from the Export-Import Bank of China.

Energy

SENEGAL: Why is Diomaye Faye creating a water regulatory authority?

Less than a month after being sworn in, Senegal's new president, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, has taken some important decisions in the water sector, including the creation of a regulatory authority.

Environment

IFC supports the decarbonisation of property developer Novare’s buildings in Africa

Over the coming months, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) will be supporting South African company Novare Equity Partners in decarbonising its real estate properties in Zambia, Mozambique and Nigeria. South Af

Environment

‘Water is more valuable than oil’: the corporation cashing in on America’s drought

One of the biggest battles over Colorado River water is being staged in one of the west’s smallest rural enclaves.

Climate Environment