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Embracing green hydrogen to power Africa’s green growth

For a continent that contributes less than four percent of global greenhouse emissions and has...
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Can ‘Africa Club’ be Africa’s magic bullet for reforming the global financial architecture?

The global upheavals triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent conflicts in Eastern Europe and...
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Tackling Africa’s debt crisis, a conversation with Aljazeera

As of 2022, more than half of the low-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa were in...
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How Africa can move closer to a greener future in 2024

As 2023 drew to a close, Africa found itself standing at a crucial crossroads in...
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How can Africa mobilize funding for methane action – Our CEO Daouda Sembene speaks to CNBC Africa

Methane emissions across Africa increased at an annual rate of 2 percent on average from...
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How Africa can overcome its methane financing challenge

The last decade has been characterized by a heightened push to reduce carbon emissions globally....
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Press Release: AfriCatalyst calls for establishment of an African Methane Abatement Bond framework to finance methane action

Dakar, 19th January – AfriCatalyst, a leading Dakar-based global development advisory group, has urged African...
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African Countries Need A New Economic Model

Many countries across Africa are experiencing an economic malaise. What began as a slump for...
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Can ‘debt-for-climate’ swaps be the climate finance game-changer Africa has been waiting for?

In this podcast, Arnold Segawa engages Paolo Zacchia, on strategies, challenges, andopportunities in rolling debt-for-climate-swaps...
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UN says dubious credit ratings from Big 3 cost Africa $75bn a year

During the margins of the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings ,Africatalyst, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)...
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Financing methane Action in Africa webinar.

The panel discussion explored the intricacies of advancing methane finance in Africa, addressing the critical...
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What should Africa expect from COP28

The most important event on climate change is about to begin. World leaders, heads of...

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