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Can ‘debt-for-climate’ swaps be the climate finance game-changer Africa has been waiting for?

December 15, 2023
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In this podcast, Arnold Segawa engages Paolo Zacchia, on strategies, challenges, andopportunities in rolling debt-for-climate-swaps in Africa.  https://www.buzzsprout.com/2285032/14139882 Author AfriCatalyst

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UN says dubious credit ratings from Big 3 cost Africa $75bn a year

December 5, 2023
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During the margins of the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings ,Africatalyst, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Brooking Institution held…

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Financing methane Action in Africa webinar.

December 1, 2023
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The panel discussion explored the intricacies of advancing methane finance in Africa, addressing the critical need for bolstered funding through…

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What should Africa expect from COP28

December 1, 2023
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The most important event on climate change is about to begin. World leaders, heads of multilateral institutions, civil society advocates,…

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African experts call for new paradigm to unlock methane action financing

November 28, 2023
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As global methane emissions continue to rise, African policymakers, ahead of COP28, are calling for a transformative approach to finance…

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Africa needs a transformative methane strategy at COP28

November 24, 2023
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To accelerate methane action, Africa needs a transformative strategy that will reduce perceptions of risk associated with investment projects, introduce…

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Attracting private sector finance to spearhead Africa’s development

November 17, 2023
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For years, the private sector has been acclaimed as the critical engine of Africa’s development. It accounts for over 80%…

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AGOA’s successes in Africa demand an extension

November 3, 2023
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Since its enactment in 2000, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) has been at the core of commercial and…

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Sneak Peek of Building Strategic Partnerships for epidemic preparedness and Response in Africa event

November 1, 2023
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Key highlights of the Health Alliance of African Risk Capacity Group, West African Health Organization and Institut Pasteur de Dakar…

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Our CEO Daouda Sembene’s contribution during the African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) panel at #ECONFEST2023

October 31, 2023
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Watch our CEO Daouda Sembene’s contribution on Africa’s Agenda for Global Financial architecture reform during the sidelines of the World…

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Our CEO Daouda Sembene’s contribution on the Financing for development panel: What next at #ECONFEST2023 in Marrakesh

October 31, 2023
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Daouda Sembene participated in a panel, discussing development finance at the Marrakesh Economic Festival hosted by Policy Center for the…

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Africa’s Development Dilemma: Why Public-Private Partnerships Aren’t Meeting Expectations

October 30, 2023
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Africa faces serious infrastructure gaps as over 600 million people are estimated to lack access to electricity, and 60% of…