Media Monitoring, Wednesday 17 January

An Africa-focused infrastructure fund raised $294 million, and a Libyan oil firm plans to plant a million trees for carbon credits.

Media Monitoring, Tuesday 16 January

IFC Invests $20m in Africa50 Fund to Support Sustainable Infrastructure Development in Africa, KOKO raises carbon financing solution in RMB-led deal

Q&A: Climate leaders with answers

Who would have thought at last year’s COP in Egypt that an East African nation with little more than 50 million people would emerge as the continent’s green powerhouse?

The curious case of Kenya and climate

Who would have thought at last year’s COP in Egypt that an East African nation with little more than 50 million people would emerge as the continent’s green powerhouse?

How did the continent score at COP in individual categories?

How much of this has been achieved at COP28? What wins did African negotiators achieve?

Heli view: Africa has at last engaged in the battle of ideas

Africa’s COP28 glass is half full

That’s good news. The problem is – it’s the top half that’s filled. Pledges made in Dubai won’t be transformative unless underpinned by new actions. See what that means for Africa’s renewable energy, climate finance, biodiversity and more...

A summary of how Africa has fared at COP so far (as of Dec 14)

These are new announcements made in the second week of COP28.

Media Monitoring, Thursday 14 December

UK commits £7.4 million to aid Somalia’s climate resilience through AfDB's Disaster Risk Financing Programme

Deals and announcements from Nairobi Climate Network members during COP

Media Monitoring, Wednesday 13 December

BURN Sells Africa’s First Cook-Stove Carbon Credit Futures, COP28: African countries put their foot down on GGA on final day

Media Monitoring, Tuesday 12 December

Rwanda secures $250 million from AfDB to bolster water and sanitation access while ITOCHU Corporation and Hive Hydrogen South Africa partner for green ammonia production