The African Group of Negotiators (AGN), led by Ambassador Ali Mohamed, has issued a clarion call for substantial and immediate climate action as COP29 unfolds in Baku. Representing 54 African nations, the AGN highlighted Africa’s acute vulnerability to climate impacts and set forth key demands aimed at securing the continent’s future in the face of […]
World Leaders Voice Support for Renewable Partnership in Africa At COP29
Deploying renewable energy is crucial for Africa, not only to achieve its climate targets, but also to meet its socio-economic and sustainable development objectives. However, despite being endowed with abundant renewable energy and critical material resources, the continent’s energy transition has yet to gain significant momentum. New innovative, partnership models, like APRA, the Accelerated Partnership […]
Africa’s Strong Stand at COP29 – Demands for Equitable Climate Finance
As world leaders gather in Baku, Azerbaijan, for the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29), Africa is asserting a powerful stance on climate finance and adaptation. In a global press briefing today, Amb. Ali Mohamed, Kenya’s Special Envoy for Climate Change and Chair of the African Group of Negotiators (AGN), outlined Africa’s expectations and pressing […]
Empowering Nigeria’s Deprived Regions: Renewable Energy as the Key to Economic Transformation
The dinner session at the 30th Nigerian Economic Summit (NESG), held in collaboration with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, focused on the urgent need for renewable energy solutions to transform deprived communities in Nigeria. The session themed “Catalyzing Economic Transformation by Scaling Renewable Energy Solutions in Deprived Climes,” highlighted practical solutions to […]
Africa’s renewable energy future: inaugural Apra forum unlocks investment
In an ambitious effort to unlock funding and accelerate renewable energy development across the continent, the first-ever Investment Forum for Accelerated Partnership for Renewables in Africa (Apra) held in Nairobi, Kenya, and convened yesterday. This landmark forum aims to bolster the continent’s contribution to global green energy investment as it receives less than 2% of […]
Realizing the need for transformed Renewables in Africa.
The APRA Investment Forum (IF) for renewable energy being held in Nairobi, Kenya from 14 to 16th, 2024, saw the teaming together of stakeholders drawn across the African continent and its neighbors in the discussion aimed at accelerating progress towards energy renewables. Under the secretariat of IRENA, The forum came about the world’s pressing need […]
Nigerian Vice President Calls for Investment Shift from Oil to Agriculture and Renewable Energy
At the inaugural Existing Foreign Directors Roundtable in Abuja, Vice President Kashim Shettima called for a significant transition from oil dependency to other critical sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing, and renewable energy, emphasizing their alignment with Nigeria’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP). Addressing a gathering of government officials, industry leaders, and foreign investors, Shettima […]
Kenya Launches 2024 Civil Society Voluntary National Reviews Report on SDGs
Nairobi, Kenya – A new report launched by the SDGs Kenya Forum, in collaboration with Sight Savers and Open Institute, has highlighted that Kenya is facing significant challenges in meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. The 2024 Civil Society Voluntary National Reviews (VNR) Report reveals a mixed picture of progress and obstacles in […]
Stakeholders Convene in Nairobi to Explore Innovative Credit Rating Solutions for African Development
Stakeholders, experts, development actors, and research institutes gathered in Nairobi, yesterday, on the margins of the 2024 African Development Bank Annual Meetings to discuss innovative credit rating solutions aimed at empowering governments to access critical financing for development initiatives. Highlighting the significance of credit ratings in shaping the development trajectories of African countries, Ahunna Eziokanwa, […]
TotalEnergies Commits $400 Million to Bring Clean Cooking to 100 Million People in Africa and India by 2030
At the Clean Cooking Summit organized by the International Energy Agency (IEA), TotalEnergies announced its ambition of giving 100 million people in Africa and India access to clean cooking by 2030. TotalEnergies will therefore invest more than $400 million in the development of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for cooking. In addition, to make clean cooking […]