CLIMATE CHANGE

The European Union has announced a major investment of €4.7 billion in South Africa. This money will be used to support the country’s transition to green energy and boost vaccine …

Standard Bank Group, Africa’s biggest bank by assets, has raised its sustainable finance targets by 80% to R450 billion in the next three years. This move is part of the …

South Africa, having secured $8.5 billion (R146.83 billion) in climate finance from some of the world’s richest countries, is in talks with additional nations to help it cut reliance on …

The Federal Government has said Nigeria will require $1.9trn or N834trn to attain net zero by 2060 as part of its support to the global fight against climate change and …

The Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA) has launched a strategy that aims to promote coordinated and inclusive business climate change solutions across the sector. The Kenya Private Sector Strategy On …

James Maina, a tea farmer in Muranga county in Kenya is a distraught man. Maina has been a farmer since the 1990s, his farm has earned him enough to school …

Retail traders in the country have a great potential to crack financing for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) objectives and priorities if some hindrances are resolved, a report by Standard …

As the international climate community prepares for COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, new analysis shows just how far off their host continent is in terms of attracting the finance it …

The United States government has announced it will provide a US$5 million grant to the African Development Bank (AfDB) to support efforts to abate methane gas emission, across Africa. Methane …

KCB Bank Kenya has secured a Sh18billion loan from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) that will boost the lender’s support for businesses that address climate change. Through the partnership, IFC …