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The European Investment Bank has pledged more than €1 billion ($1.1 billion) to expand renewable energy infrastructure across Sub-Saharan Africa, strengthening international financing behind Mission 300, a global initiative aimed...
Egypt’s Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has mandated carbon disclosure and offsetting requirements for non-bank financial institutions, marking a significant shift in how environmental risk is integrated into financial oversight. Decision...
• Zambia and Zimbabwe will each contribute $220M to shore up the bankability of the $4.2B Batoka Gorge hydropower project• The 2,400 MW plant would provide 1,200 MW to each...
• British International Investment launches its first dedicated energy transition finance facility, providing $150 million to FirstRand.• Funding targets hard-to-abate sectors across Africa through RMB and FNB, offering transition loans...
• €15.5bn secured for Africa’s renewable energy expansion, led by the EU and South Africa• Commitments include 26.8 GW of new renewable capacity and electricity access for 17.5 million households•...
• The two countries signed an MoU to develop an Article 6.2-aligned carbon credit implementation agreement that will allow Singapore’s carbon-taxed emitters to offset up to 5 percent of their...
Kinshasa / Singapore / Belém, November 2025 The Ministry of Environment, Sustainable Development and the New Climate Economy of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in collaboration with the Ministry...
Malawi Debuts World’s First AI-Enabled Paris Agreement Integrated Platform at COP30 The First-of-Its-Kind Environmental Treasury Puts Artificial Intelligence at the Center of this Year’s Climate Talks Belém, Brazil/India/Singapore, 15 November...
Sayari Earth has entered a research partnership with Stellenbosch University’s School for Climate Studies to investigate how mobile biochar production can simultaneously restore ecosystems, capture carbon, and open new economic...
Octopus Energy Generation has launched a $60 million fund—its first dedicated to Africa—to drive transformative investment in clean energy infrastructure across Sub-Saharan Africa. Unveiled at the Africa Energy Forum in...
Africa is positioning itself as a frontrunner in global carbon markets, with the launch of the Africa Carbon Support Facility (ACSF) at the African Development Bank Group’s high-level dialogue on...
The Bank of Mauritius has entered a strategic partnership under the SUNREF – Cap sur la Finance Durable programme to strengthen its sustainable finance framework. Backed by the Agence Française...
Verra has officially registered the Tond Tenga project in Burkina Faso, the first initiative to use a Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) methodology approved under the Integrity Council for the Voluntary...
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a €4.7 billion Global Gateway investment in South Africa at the EU-South Africa Summit in Cape Town today. This marks the initiation...
Game-changing carbon finance: UpEnergy, a social enterprise focused on climate finance and energy poverty reduction, has issued Africa’s first-ever electric cooking carbon credits under Gold Standard’s new Methodology for Metered...
Morocco’s government committee has approved major green hydrogen projects valued at 319 billion dirhams ($32.5 billion), aligning with its push for renewable energy dominance and European export goals. Who’s Involved...
Climate Fund Managers (CFM) and Infinitum Energy Group have secured $3.1 million in development funding from CFM’s EU-backed Climate Investor Two Fund to co-develop a waste-to-energy project in Freetown, Sierra...
Masdar, TotalEnergies, and EPointZero have signed a Framework for Action (FFA) to drive clean energy expansion in Africa and Asia, reinforcing UAE-France business cooperation. Strategic Collaboration The agreement, signed on...
Investec has successfully closed financing for SolarAfrica’s SunCentral 1, securing the first 114 MW of the company’s utility-scale solar farm in the Northern Cape. The deal, valued at R1.8 billion,...
Sasol, Anglo American, and De Beers have entered into a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) to pilot the production of feedstock for renewable diesel. Signed on February 4, 2025, during the...
TotalEnergies Launches France’s First Advanced Plastics Recycling Plant
• 15,000-ton annual capacity facility converts hard-to-recycle plastic waste into petrochemical feedstock• Anchors TotalEnergies’ transition of Grandpuits refinery into a zero-crude industrial platform• Secured long-term waste supply through partnerships with…
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