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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 made incremental strides towards renewables,…
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 the Middle East have intensified…
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 debt distress according to the…
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 its pursuit of sustainable development.…
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 1990 to 2022. Currently, these…
How Africa can overcome its methane financing challenge
The last decade has been characterized by a heightened push to reduce carbon emissions globally. In Africa, concerted efforts to…
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 leaders to develop a framework…
African Countries Need A New Economic Model
Many countries across Africa are experiencing an economic malaise. What began as a slump for commodity exporters in 2014 became…
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 in Africa. https://www.buzzsprout.com/2285032/14139882 Author AfriCatalyst
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) and the Brooking Institution held…
Financing methane Action in Africa webinar.
The panel discussion explored the intricacies of advancing methane finance in Africa, addressing the critical need for bolstered funding through…
What should Africa expect from COP28
The most important event on climate change is about to begin. World leaders, heads of multilateral institutions, civil society advocates,…