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U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) Off-grid Energy Challenge Open for Grant Applications

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Afreximbank Extends $200 Million Facility to Nigeria’s BUA Industries to Support Expansion

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ARISE IIP, Afreximbank, and Rieter Invest $5 Billion to Launch Africa Textile Renaissance Plan

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World Bank Warns of Growing Climate Financing Gap in Emerging Markets

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African Leaders Call for Natural Capital to Be Included in Africa’s GDP Calculations

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120 Billion by 2030: MDBs Set Ambitious Climate Finance Goals, Call for New Global Climate Commitments at COP 29

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World Bank Warns of Growing Climate Financing Gap in Emerging Markets


United Nations Adopts Pact for the Future to Transform Global Governance


Ibrahima Cheikh Diong Appointed as First Executive Director of Loss and Damage Fund

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Malawi: Economic Update Urges Immediate Action to Tackle Macroeconomic Imbalances and Enhance Energy Access

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IFC Backs Acumen Initiative to Expand Clean Energy Access in Africa

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Climate Investment Funds Launch Bond Listing on LSE to Scale Climate Finance for Africa

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Afreximbank Extends $200 Million Facility to Nigeria’s BUA Industries to Support Expansion

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ARISE IIP, Afreximbank, and Rieter Invest $5 Billion to Launch Africa Textile Renaissance Plan

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IFC and C2FO Launch Supply Chain Financing Platform to Support African MSMEs

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Lobito Corridor Project Advances with Key Investments and Agreements at UN Assembly

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African Development Bank Grants $67 Million to Boost Madagascar’s Economy and Energy Governance

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AFC Signs Landmark Concession Agreements for Zambia Lobito Rail Project

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DBSA Approves $200 Million for Angola’s Lobito Corridor Railway Project

Peter Ndegwa, CEO Safaricom

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Safaricom Secures KES 15 Billion Sustainability Linked Loan in ESG Deal


BII and FMO Announce $40 Million Investment in Dashen Bank, Bolstering Ethiopia’s Financial Sector

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EIB Commits $40 Million to Acre Impact Capital’s Innovative Private Debt Fund to Boost Climate Infrastructure Investment in Africa

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Madagascar: EIB €20 Million Loan for Sahanala Initiative to Boost Food Security

Luxembourg to Support European Investment Bank’s Financial Inclusion Fund

   

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Electric vehicles in Africa: what’s needed to grow the sector

MJ (Thinus) Booysen & Joubert Van Eeden


Nigeria at COP29: Five items to put on the climate agenda

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Africa’s cities are growing chaotically fast, but there’s still time to get things right

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African countries shouldn’t have to borrow money to fix climate damage they never caused

Carlos Lopes


Dung Beetles: Expedition Unearths New Species on Mozambique’s Mount Mabu

Gimo Mazembe Daniel


Cities are Central to Our Future – They Have the Power to Make, or Break, Society’s Advances

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U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) Off-grid Energy Challenge Open for Grant Applications

The U.S. African Development Foundation (USADF) Off-grid Energy Challenge is open for funding applications to support off-grid energy. Proposals are invited from eligible African off-grid energy companies. Selected enterprises will receive funding in the form of grant capital of up to $250,000. EligibilityTo be considered for the Challenge, applicants must: How to Apply For more […]

Guinea-Bissau Country Climate and Development Report

Guinea-Bissau is endowed with a wealth of natural resources, having the highest natural capital per capita in West Africa, which could be leveraged for sustainable and resilient growth. However, the country still faces significant development hurdles, such as high poverty rates, political instability, and economic challenges, including an over-reliance on cashew nuts. Rural poverty has […]

Climate Finance Report 2024

The OPEC Climate Finance Report highlights the Fund’s key achievements, strategies, and insights, showcasing our commitment to building climate resilience and promoting sustainable development globally.

Adaptation Gap Report 2024

As climate impacts intensify and hit the world’s poorest, The Adaptation Gap Report 2024: Come hell and high water finds that nations must dramatically increase climate adaptation efforts, starting with a commitment to act on finance. FULL REPORT What’s new in this year’s report? The report finds that progress in adaptation financing is not fast enough to close […]

2024 Africa Sustainable Development Report

The 2024 Africa Sustainable Development Report (ASDR) reviews the status of the implementation of the two Agendas in Africa and offers policy recommendations to facilitate their attainment. As in previous years, the 2024 report aligns with the theme and corresponding Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the high-level political forum on sustainable development (HLPF) selected for […]

Finance and Prosperity 2024

This inaugural edition analyzes new data and highlights a growing divergence in financial sector resilience and stability among emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) and critical trends in climate finance.  While financial sector risks in the larger and higher per capita countries are moderate, half of lower-income countries face significant risks over the next 12 […]

Joint MDB Climate Finance Report 2023

This 13th edition of the Joint Report on Multilateral Development Banks’ Climate Finance is an overview of climate finance committed in 2023 by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the […]

British International Investment’s Emerging Economies Climate Report 2022

What impact is the climate crisis having on businesses in Africa and how are they rising to the challenge?

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