Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa

Chinese panels are now so affordable that businesses and families are snapping them up, slashing their bills and challenging ...
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Africa mulls gap in climate adaptation finance for agriculture

By Aimable Twahirwa The agriculture sector’s adaptation to climate change in Africa remains severely underfunded, say ...
eTurboNews

From Kilimanjaro to Ruwenzori: Africa’s Mountains Become Frontline of Climate Finance Battle

African mountain ranges, including Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya, and the Ruwenzori Mountains, are facing accelerating ...
Fast Company

African climate startups have a huge funding gap. Here’s what experts say

When Ademola Adesina founded a startup to provide solar and battery-based power subscription packages to individuals and businesses in Nigeria in 2015, it was a lot harder to raise money than it is ...
ZAWYA

African Energy Chamber, ccCASH Partner to Bring Climate Finance Directly to African Households

The African Energy Chamber (AEC) ( https://EnergyChamber.org/) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with (B)energy, ...
National Catholic Reporter

As Africa prepares for COP30, its Catholic bishops urge African solutions on climate

Africa must be an architect of its own ecological future, said the continent's Catholic bishops as they took part in the Second Africa Climate Summit, which ended Wednesday (Sept. 10) in the Ethiopian ...
TechCrunch

African climate startups set to gain ground as VC funding shifts their way

Venture capital activity around climate tech has been heating up in Africa despite the global VC funding cooldown. The continent’s climate tech startups secured over $860 million in equity funding, ...
CNN

$23 billion pledged at Africa Climate Summit, but leaders warn of need ‘to act with urgency’

The inaugural Africa Climate Summit drew to a close on Wednesday, with the host, Kenya’s president William Ruto, saying that a total of $23 billion had been pledged to green projects by governments, ...
The Africa Report

Opinion: Why Africa’s voice on climate and conflict matters more than ever

African climate negotiators at the COP29 climate conference in Azerbaijan have delivered a clear and urgent message – climate diplomacy must hold steady amid escalating global crises, from wars in ...
National Catholic Reporter

At African climate summit, faith leaders join demands for climate justice

At the close of an inaugural summit on climate change hosted this week by the African Union and the government of Kenya, activists who had demanded more than carbon credits and other glossy solutions ...
Los Angeles Times

The first Africa Climate Summit opens as hard-hit continent demands more say and financing

NAIROBI — The first Africa Climate Summit opened Monday with heads of state and others asserting a stronger voice on a worldwide issue that affects their continent the most even though its 1.3 billion ...
Vogue

6 African Climate Activists on Their Hopes for Cop27

This year, the United Nations’ annual climate change conference—known as Cop27—is taking place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, from November 6 to 18. Despite being the fifth Cop to be held in Africa, the ...