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Embracing green hydrogen to power Africa’s green growth

March 1, 2024
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For a continent that contributes less than four percent of global greenhouse emissions and has made incremental strides towards renewables,…

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Can ‘Africa Club’ be Africa’s magic bullet for reforming the global financial architecture?

February 23, 2024
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The global upheavals triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent conflicts in Eastern Europe and the Middle East have intensified…

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Tackling Africa’s debt crisis, a conversation with Aljazeera

February 19, 2024
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As of 2022, more than half of the low-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa were in debt distress according to the…

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How Africa can move closer to a greener future in 2024

February 9, 2024
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As 2023 drew to a close, Africa found itself standing at a crucial crossroads in its pursuit of sustainable development.…

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How can Africa mobilize funding for methane action – Our CEO Daouda Sembene speaks to CNBC Africa

January 28, 2024
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Methane emissions across Africa increased at an annual rate of 2 percent on average from 1990 to 2022. Currently, these…

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How Africa can overcome its methane financing challenge

January 26, 2024
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The last decade has been characterized by a heightened push to reduce carbon emissions globally. In Africa, concerted efforts to…

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Press Release: AfriCatalyst calls for establishment of an African Methane Abatement Bond framework to finance methane action

January 22, 2024
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Dakar, 19th January – AfriCatalyst, a leading Dakar-based global development advisory group, has urged African leaders to develop a framework…

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African Countries Need A New Economic Model

January 18, 2024
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Many countries across Africa are experiencing an economic malaise. What began as a slump for commodity exporters in 2014 became…

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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,…