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Cape Town soon to be load shedding-free city, mayor says
The city of Cape Town is well on its way to becoming South Africa’s first load shedding free city.
UNEA Nations commit to develop a legally binding agreement on plastic pollution
United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) meeting in Kenya’s Nairobi capital has resolved end plastic pollution and forge an international legally binding agreement by 2024.
Kenya utility KenGen posts $45mn half-year profit on relief measures cut
KenGen's profit after tax for 2H2021 rose marginally to KES5.12bn ($44.5mn)
Ghana's President launches new phase of Green Ghana Project
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has launched a new phase of the Green Ghana Project, announcing plans for the planting of 20mn trees in 2022.
AfrElec: Deputy minister says Ghana must take cautious approach to energy transition
Ghana’s Deputy Energy Minister Andrew Egyapa Mercer said on March 1 that Accra should not adopt decarbonisation policies that are so strict that they limit options for the development of hydrocarbons.
Kenya Power reports huge jump in profit amidst ongoing reforms
The EU and Africa: on the road to COP27
The EU failed to achieve a number of concrete climate breakthroughs at the recent EU-AU summit, making it difficult for Europe to deliver on its climate change commitments to Africa by the time of COP27 in Egypt in November.
IEA warns more needs to be done to stem rising methane emissions
Methane emissions, the second-largest source of global warming, rose by nearly 5% in 2021, IEA’s Global Methane Tracker showed.
Wind power could provide 2.2mn jobs in developing world as part of green recovery
Wind power has the potential to unlock largely untapped socioeconomic and environmental opportunities in the developing world over the next four years and could provide up to 2.2mn energy jobs in fast-growing economies.
Amarenco and SolarizEgypt form joint venture to invest in co-developing 300 MW of new solar energy projects
Ugandan ministry seeks scrap metal sales ban, citing rampant electricity infrastructure theft
Tunisia to unveil 3,800-MW solar energy plan to 2030
AfDB approves new program to promote investment in decentralized renewable energy in six African countries
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a new program to promote investment in decentralized renewable energy in six countries on the continent.
Rwanda raises lending rate for first time since May 2012
CHEC to act as subcontractor for NLNG’s Train 7 project
China Harbour Engineering Co. (CHEC) is slated to act as a subcontractor for the Train 7 expansion project at the Nigeria LNG (NLNG) plant on Bonny Island.
Nigerian president instructs Senate to fund gasoline subsidy in H2-2022
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has instructed the Senate, the upper chamber of the National Assembly, to allocate NGN2.557 trillion ($6.15bn) in funding for the gasoline subsidy in the second half of 2022.
20% of Egypt’s power now generated from renewables
Renewable energy has broken through the 20% threshold in Egypt, as the country’s Finance Minister Mohamed Maait said this week that green generating capacity now stood at 6,128MW.
Flanders to provide €2.4mn to support climate adaptation in SA
The Flemish Government has agreed to provide €2.4mn to fund the development of new climate adaptation technologies in South Africa in a bid to build a green and resilience economy in the country.

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