Media Monitoring, Wednesday 8 November

African energy leader calls for reality check on minerals extraction (Cipher news)

South Africa’s energy crisis shows the need for climate finance (New Statesman)

China’s investment in Africa’s energy sector reaches a 20-year low - here’s why (Africa Business Insider)

Webinar – Green hydrogen and geothermal power, 16 November 2023 (Think Geoenergy)

US Export-Import Bank Pushes Africa Renewables (Bloomberg)

Climate finance: in 2022, the MDBs mobilised $16bn for sub-Saharan Africa (Afrik21)

Op-ed: public funding alone will not fix water scarcity and climate change (ESI Africa)

Can carbon markets solve Africa’s climate finance woes? (Mongabay)

European agtech firm expands soil carbon removal projects across Africa (Carbon Pulse)

A Ghana Success Story: How Africa Is Emerging As a Sustainable Food Basket for the EU (Agribusiness Global)

Agriculture: the AfDB projects a rise in green gold in Africa (Adiac Congo)

A mobile solution for Kenyan pastoralists’ livestock is a plus for wildlife, too (Mongabay)

Chinese Infrastructure Projects in Africa Don’t Meet ESG Standards (China Global South)

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), Ecobank, Flutterwave, and Jasiri to Headline AWIEF2023 Conference and Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) Awards in Kigali (African Business)

Africa’s Green Economy Summit brings together continent’s key role-players (Modern Ghana)

Climate change costing Nigeria $100bln a year: Agora Policy (Zawya)

BasiGo Wins Best Mobility & Logistics Award At Global Startup Awards Africa (Clean Technica)