Electric lorries are late to arrive in Africa but catching up fast

Turning the continent’s freight green is one of the biggest missing pieces in the electrification of transport. Or at least it was.

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Q&A: Climate leaders with answers

Cheat sheet: Two facts explain why electric lorries will become a lot cheaper

How electric trucks can drive Africa's green transition

Media Monitoring, Thursday 7 March

New $1.3 bln energy fund for transmission links across Southern Africa while US grants $1m to Namibian green hydrogen fund

Media Monitoring, Wednesday 6 March

Kenya and Saudi Arabia strike ‘voluntary’ carbon deal, Africa to be $2.5 trillion short of climate finance by 2030, UN says

Media Monitoring, Tuesday 5 March

Nigeria: Seven Nigerian States Sign Kano Declaration On Climate Change, Zimbabwe expects voluntary carbon trading to take off this year as project applications flood in

Media Monitoring, Monday 4 March

US reluctant to finance Angola-Zambia extension of Lobito Corridor, Climate change: alarming Africa-wide report predicts 30% drop in crop revenue, 50 million without water

Media Monitoring, Friday 1 March

Ethiopia and Norway have inked a $75 million agreement aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions stemming from deforestation and forest degradation.

Why Africa’s best climate opportunities can be found in the unlikeliest places

Renewable energy is not limited to natural sources such as wind and solar. The continent’s cities produce plenty more... in the form of waste

Landfills full of (climate) gold