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African Development Bank with other multinational development banks commits to boost collaboration on climate and development

The MDBs will collaborate to attract private capital at scale for countries, expand the scope of reporting climate results and impact, and help countries identify priorities and investment opportunities

Multilateral development banks attending the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (COP 28) today affirmed their commitment to a concerted, global action, including increasing co-financing and private sector engagement to address climate change, felt acutely in Africa. Despite contributing the least to global warming and having the lowest emissions, Africa faces existential…

African Development Bank Group (AfDB)
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Conference of Parties (COP28): Global and African partners pledge $175m to the Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa (AGIA)

The landmark initial pledge will help to rapidly scale up financing for transformative climate-aligned infrastructure projects across the continent

In a powerful signal of support during COP28, African and global institutions together with governments of Germany, France and Japan and philanthropies have pledged over $175 million to the Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa (AGIA). The landmark initial pledge will help to rapidly scale up financing for transformative climate-aligned infrastructure…

Ministry of Information, Eritrea
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Eritrea participating at Global Climate Change Conference

The Eritrean delegation will discuss Eritrea’s experience mitigating the effects of climate change

A senior Eritrean delegation led by Mr. Tesfay Gebreselasie, Minister of Land, Water and Environment, is participating at the United Nations 28th Global Climate Change Conference that was convened in Dubai on 30 November. Beginning at the session from 1 December, deliberations regarding practical political steps that should be taken…

WHO Regional Office for Africa

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First Regional Rehabilitation Meeting for Africa: Advancing Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology in the Africa Region

Hosted by the Ministry of Health of Ethiopia, the meeting brought together leaders from ministries of health and healthcare professionals from nineteen African nations

The first Regional Rehabilitation Meeting for Africa took place from November 21st to November 23rd, 2023 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Hosted by the Ministry of Health of Ethiopia, the meeting brought together leaders from ministries of health and healthcare professionals from nineteen African nations. Organized by the World Health Organization…

FIFA
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FIFA Foundation uses football to spread awareness in Indonesia on World AIDS Day

The friendly match involved players from the National Homeless World Cup team, people living with HIV (PLHIV), drug consumers, members of other marginalised groups and the public

World AIDS Day is held annually on 1 December; A friendly match was held in Bandung, Indonesia as part of the Indonesia Without Stigma campaign; Supported by FIFA Foundation (www.FIFA.com), Rumah Cemara uses football to increase awareness about AIDS. On the eve of the FIFA U-17 World Cup Indonesia 2023™…

Afreximbank
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Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2023) exceeds targets with recorded deals worth up to US$43.8 billion

130 countries participated in the trade fair, which attracted 1,939 exhibitors and 28,282 participants who attended physically and through the IATF virtual platform

African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) announces that the third Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2023) held in Cairo from 9 to 15 November witnessed the conclusion of business deals and transactions valued at US$43.8 billion. In final tallies released in Cairo, the organisers of the continental event said that the amount represented…

African Energy Chamber

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The Developed World’s Broken Promises: How Can Africa Finance the Energy Transition? (By NJ Ayuk)

The Copenhagen Accord wasn’t a binding promise, but it did set up a durable framework for future talks

By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber (www.EnergyChamber.org) From an African perspective, one of the most important things to come out of COP15, the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, was the formal recognition of the fact that lower-income countries were not in a position to bear…

Energy Capital & Power

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Angola Declines the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) 2024 Production Quota

Angola to produce over 1,1180,000 barrels of crude oil per day in 2024 to boost its economic growth following declining OPEC’s proposed production cuts

Angola, a prominent African oil producer and a key member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), has officially rejected the proposed production quota for the year 2024. Diamantino Pedro Azevedo, Angola’s Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, confirmed the nation’s decision, signalling a divergence from OPEC’s suggested…

AstraZeneca
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) to optimise AstraZeneca’s reforestation programme in Africa

Designed using a science-based approach and harnessing new technological innovations, the programme aims to promote long-term tree health, increase biodiversity of flora and fauna, and generate an economic boost for local communities

AI deep learning model to monitor tree health, long-term survival and carbon sequestration; Commitment to plant and maintain up to six million trees in Kenya in support of climate action, human health and community resilience. As part of its flagship AZ Forest programme, AstraZeneca has made a pledge to plant…

United Arab Emirates Ministry of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation
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Gabon's Transitional President arrives in United Arab Emirates to participate in Conference of Parties (COP 28)

He was welcomed at Al Maktoum International Airport by Omar bin Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy, and Remote Work Applications

General Brice Oligui Nguema, Gabon's Transitional President, arrived in the UAE today in response to an invitation from President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to participate in the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28). He was welcomed at Al…