LATEST NEWS Sustainability & Renewable Energy Siemens Gamesa adds 250MW of clean energy to South Africa’s grid 6 hours ago SOUTH AFRICA – Renewable energy company Siemens Gamesa has officially started production of mainstream renewable…
LATEST NEWS Sustainability & Renewable Energy World Bank, Bamboo Capital launch US$40m energy access fund for Madagascar 4 days ago MADAGASCAR – Government of Madagascar and the World Bank have appointed the impact investing platform,…
LATEST NEWS Sustainability & Renewable Energy Ford Motors to install 13.5mwp solar system at its Pretoria plant 7 days ago SOUTH AFRICA – Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (FMCSA), the subsidiary of the American…
LATEST NEWS Mining, Energy, Oil & Gas Toshiba Corporation to abandon coal-fired power plants 2 weeks ago WORLD – Japan’s multinational conglomerate Toshiba, will stop construction of new coal-fired power plants and…
LATEST NEWS Sustainability & Renewable Energy Kenya aims to meet its electricity needs through solar energy 2 weeks ago KENYA – While geothermal and wind power constitute Kenya’s main renewable energy sources, solar power…
Govt. & Development Organisations LATEST NEWS Sustainability & Renewable Energy SEforALL launches mini-grid funding facility in Sierra Leone and Madagascar 3 weeks ago MADAGASCAR – The Universal Energy Facility, a results-based financing facility managed by Sustainable Energy for…
LATEST NEWS Sustainability & Renewable Energy EIF, UNDP join hands to strengthen cooperation for sustainable finance 4 weeks ago AFRICA – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the European Investment Fund (EIF) have…
LATEST NEWS Sustainability & Renewable Energy Water & Sanitation Rainmaker, Carlow partner to bring air to water technologies to Africa 1 month ago AFRICA – Canadian companies Rainmaker Worldwide and Carlaw Group have partnered to bring a novel…
Govt. & Development Organisations Investments, Financials & Economy LATEST NEWS Sustainability & Renewable Energy Africa Finance Corporation secures $162 million in inaunagural green bond 2 months ago AFRICA – Africa Finance Corporation, an infrastructure solutions provider in Africa, has announced the successful…
Financial Services LATEST NEWS Sustainability & Renewable Energy Standard Bank, Equites sign sustainability linked loan deal 2 months ago SOUTH AFRICA – Equites Property Fund Limited (Equites) has closed a sustainability-linked loan of $80…
LATEST NEWS Sustainability & Renewable Energy Côte d’Ivoire’s General Confederation of Enterprises partners GIZ to promote energy efficiency in companies 2 months ago COTE D’IVOIRE – The General Confederation of Enterprises of Côte d’Ivoire (CGECI) has partnered with…
Financial Services LATEST NEWS FAO partners Rabobank to build sustainable food system with pilot projects in Kenya and India 5 months ago AFRICA – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has signed a new…
Govt. & Development Organisations LATEST NEWS Sustainability & Renewable Energy Burkina Faso’s agency for renewable energy solar cluster program to improve management of the solar sector 5 months ago BURKINA FASO – Burkina Faso’s National Agency for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ANEREE) has…
Infrastructure, Construction & Real Estate LATEST NEWS Sustainability & Renewable Energy Gambia secures US$43M from IDA for the electricity project 5 months ago GAMBIA – The government of the Republic of The Gambia has received US$43 million worth…
Infrastructure, Construction & Real Estate LATEST NEWS Sustainability & Renewable Energy Egypt to invest US$28B in green projects to reduce human impact on the environment 5 months ago EGYPT – The Government of Egypt has announced plans to invest LE447.3 billion (about US$28…
DealStreet Africa LATEST NEWS Sustainability & Renewable Energy Chinese contractor CMEC, to build Gourbassi hydroelectric dam on Senegal, Mali border 5 months ago WEST AFRICA – A Chinese contractor, China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) has been awarded a…
LATEST NEWS Manufacturing & Retail Sustainability & Renewable Energy Egypt to start electric cars in 2021 to cut down on carbon emissions 5 months ago EGYPT – Egypt has announced intentions to start the production of electric cars as from…
LATEST NEWS Mining, Energy, Oil & Gas Sustainability & Renewable Energy Affordable renewable energy is putting US$640bn coal investments at risk, new research shows 9 months ago GLOBAL – Nearly $640 billion of investment in coal power capacity worldwide is at risk…
Agriculture & Agribusiness Company Features & Interviews Manufacturing & Retail Sunny Verghese – Olam International’s rise from its Nigeria origin to global giant 9 months ago INSPIRATIONAL INTERVIEW Olam International’s co-Founder & CEO Sunny Verghese is proud of the great progress…
Agriculture & Agribusiness Company Features & Interviews Sokoni Africa Limited – Uganda’s integrated ranching, meat and retail operator 10 months ago FOOD, AGRO & RETAIL Sokoni Africa Ltd runs a vertically integrated ranching, meat packing and…
Investments, Financials & Economy LATEST NEWS Sustainability & Renewable Energy Nigerian renewable energy company, Rensource secures US$3m investment from French impact investor, Proparco 10 months ago NIGERIA – Proparco, a subsidiary of Agence Française de Développement (AFD) with the support of…
