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Distributed Renewable Energy

Africa: ‘Clean energy solutions are woefully underfunded today’

When the power goes out in South Africa’s platinum mines—as it frequently does—emergency-response plans are activated to evacuate miners ... from the depths. And for every dark day in the mines, people above ground also suffer: businesses shutter their doors, refrigerators stop humming, health clinics go dark, access to financing gets tighter—all as the country’s power system struggles with ageing coal-fired power stations and rapidly rising energy demand.

Climate Kenya Photo Gallery

Systems change

Post-Covid: Time to address deep-rooted systemic barriers to gender equality

In March 2021, the World Economic Forum released the Global Gender Gap 2021 report which showed that closing the global gender gap would take ... an additional 36 years due to the impact of the pandemic.

Spotlight: Ivory Coast: Women at work

business boost

Africa: Expanding access to trade finance is necessary for SMEs

When it comes to enhancing access to trade finance for African small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), current challenges call for innovative ... solutions.

climate action

Joining Hands for our Beloved Africa

Growing up in the remote village of Maitengwe in Botswana, I never imagined I would one day lead critical multilateral conversations on global ... development, in a world struck by a pandemic, a worsening climate crisis and mired in recurrent conflicts.

Opinion top stories

teaching history

How Nigeria is finally telling its own history

Made in Africa

What to watch in 2022: Media – Get that Netflix money!

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level up

Global finance is failing Africa. Time for a progressive carbon tax to fund the Green Transition

teaching history

How Nigeria is finally telling its own history

Made in Africa

What to watch in 2022: Media – Get that Netflix money!

Workers set up the photovoltaic panels at the Benban plant in Aswan

level up

Global finance is failing Africa. Time for a progressive carbon tax to fund the Green Transition

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environmental reporting

How environmental reporting can help in fighting climate change

Companies must measure and disclose the impact they have on our environment. Quality reporting can accelerate decarbonisation and identify opportunities ... for value creation.

post colonialism

Africa – France: Macron’s approach to the continent is not new

French President Emmanuel Macron has committed himself to remaking the country's relationship with Africa. In 2017, six months after his inauguration, ... he visited the University of Ouagadougou, in Burkina Faso, where he gave a speech announcing a new French policy that focused on African youth.

religious differences

Ethiopia: How can religion save the nation?

Ethiopia is at war with itself – all over again. Again, it is in the global media spotlight for the wrong reasons: war, displacement, rape, ... and killings.

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Nigeria is a federation in name only, and Buhari is unable to change this

The scenes and stories emerging from Nigeria are simply frightening. Nigeria, not a regional powerhouse but traditionally a veritable continental ... player, has been missing in action in most vital spheres of leadership because it's saddled with a leader who has abdicated the duties and responsibilities of leading.

against war

Ethiopia’s President Sahle-Work Zewde saw that ‘Abiy was dragging his country into an infernal spiral’

Ethiopia’s President Sahle Work-Zewde, who only has a ceremonial role, neither approves nor supports Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s warmongering ... policy.

UK trade

UK businesses, not African countries will profit from new trade plans

Last week, the UK’s first-ever ‘trade week’ came to an end. New trade measures, along with the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) ... and the new rules enabling the UK Export Finance agency to give larger loans for companies to export from the UK, have been officially presented as part of the UK's development leadership package.

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