Q&AQ&A
Q&A: Climate leaders with answers

Q&A: Climate leaders with answers

Frannie Leautier is the CEO of SouthBridge Investments and a former Vice-President at the World Bank.

Green Rising
Green Rising
SolarSolar
+1+1
The sun shines in unexpected places (transforming the solar sector)

The sun shines in unexpected places (transforming the solar sector)

Sunshine is not distributed equally across Africa, and nor is the solar sector.

Green Rising
Green Rising
SolarSolar
+2+2
If Africa is a solar superpower in the making, who will be the winners?

If Africa is a solar superpower in the making, who will be the winners?

Africa has 60% of the planet’s solar potential but only 1% of its installed capacity. The latest announcements at COP will change that. But the likely winners are not the usual suspects.

Green Rising
Green Rising
Climate FinanceClimate Finance
+1+1
A summary of how Africa has fared at COP so far (as of Dec 7)

A summary of how Africa has fared at COP so far (as of Dec 7)

COP28 is halfway done yet the big decisions in Dubai have not yet been made.

Green Rising
Green Rising
Media MonitoringMedia Monitoring
Media Monitoring, Thursday 7 December

Media Monitoring, Thursday 7 December

Zambia's first green bond to be issued by year-end by Copperbelt Energy Corp, Creecy launches SA’s R1.5 trillion green energy transition plan

Green Rising
Green Rising
Media MonitoringMedia Monitoring
Media Monitoring, Wednesday 6 December

Media Monitoring, Wednesday 6 December

African Development Bank plans $1 billion upgrades for hydropower plants across the continent

Green Rising
Green Rising
Media MonitoringMedia Monitoring
Media Monitoring, Tuesday 5 December

Media Monitoring, Tuesday 5 December

DRC receives $40 mln to appraise natural capital for biodiversity and carbon crediting, STANLIB launches $1bln energy transition credit fund

Green Rising
Green Rising
Media MonitoringMedia Monitoring
Media Monitoring, Monday 4 December

Media Monitoring, Monday 4 December

Team Europe pledges over €20 billion for Africa-EU Green Energy Initiative (AEGEI) while Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and UAE commit $200 million to help smallholder farmers combat climate change effects

Green Rising
Green Rising
Media MonitoringMedia Monitoring
Media Monitoring, Friday 1 December

Media Monitoring, Friday 1 December

Dubai Firm’s Africa Ambitions Raises Carbon Colonialism Concerns, Africa received an average of $35 billion per year for fossil fuel and clean energy projects over the past decade from G20 countries and multilateral development banks

Green Rising
Green Rising
EnergyEnergy
+3+3
Will batteries remain the stepchild of Africa’s green economy?

Will batteries remain the stepchild of Africa’s green economy?

A cynic might say that power storage is the great green hope of Africa – and always will be.

Green Rising
Green Rising
Main storyMain story
+1+1
🚁 Heli view: Why COP28 is a decisive moment for Africa

🚁 Heli view: Why COP28 is a decisive moment for Africa

Earlier this year, the continent proposed itself as a valuable partner in global climate action.

Green Rising
Green Rising
EnergyEnergy
+5+5
We have turned Africa’s green agenda into a Bingo card for COP28

We have turned Africa’s green agenda into a Bingo card for COP28

A serious question: Will the main points of the Nairobi Declaration (aka Africa’s climate plan) be addressed in Dubai over the next two weeks? Please keep the card to track progress...

Green Rising
Green Rising
FirstBack
2627282930313233
Next Last