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Autonomisation des communautés : initiative de panneaux solaires Africatalyst et Village des Tortues

April 3, 2024
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Dans une célébration de l’énergie durable, AfriCatalyst est fier de soutenir l’achèvement du projet de panneaux solaires dans le charmant…

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Investing in women – A crucial step towards accelerating the green transition

April 3, 2024
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The world is on the brink of a green transition that will tackle climate change and environmental degradation. However, this…

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Press Release: The Alliance for Epidemic Preparedness and Response in West Africa (APRE) welcomes its Advisory Board for the 2024 inaugural Strategic Meeting

March 20, 2024
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Dakar, 7th March – The Alliance for Epidemic Preparedness and Response in West Africa (APRE) convened its first meeting of…

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What would effective credit ratings reform for Africa look like?

March 8, 2024
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Since the dawn of the new millennium, African countries have increasingly turned to international capital markets to fund their development…

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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…