Category: Africa

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Climate Change
Africa, Europe, Global, Untied Kingdom

“From satellites to sandbags”: Putting water at the heart of climate action.

Published – 22 September 2023 (Press Release Number: 22092023) Geneva 22nd September 2023 As proved so tragically in Libya last week, while water holds the key to life, all too often it kills.    Whether – like in Derna – it’s too much water leading to floods, or too little water causing droughts, or polluted water resulting in health risks, addressing the dangers that water poses can save lives.  … Continue reading “From satellites to sandbags”: Putting water at the heart of climate action.

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Green Climate Fund
Africa, Asia, Global

From investment to impacts

News update – 20 Sep 2023 Annual GCF conference convenes key investors and fund managers to accelerate private climate investment The sixth annual GCF Private Investment for Climate Conference (GPIC) has wrapped up in Nairobi, Kenya, with entrepreneurs, project developers, and investors sharing best practices and innovative ideas to accelerate the private sector’s contribution to finance for climate action in developing countries. The two-day event took place from … Continue reading From investment to impacts

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Africa, Global

Technical and financial partners will be instrumental in addressing the complex challenges of maintaining world’s biodiversity preservation.

The Three Basins Summit will be taking place in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, from October 26 to 28, 2023. This event is one of the most significant international gatherings focused on promoting the preservation of three vital global ecosystems: the Amazonia, Congo, and Borneo-Mekong regions also called the lungs. It’s likely to be a platform for discussions, collaborations, and initiatives aimed at addressing environmental and … Continue reading Technical and financial partners will be instrumental in addressing the complex challenges of maintaining world’s biodiversity preservation.

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Early Warnings For All Action Plan for Africa is launched
Africa, Global

Early Warnings For All Action Plan for Africa is launched

4 September 2023, Press Release Number: 04092023-2 Africa is vulnerable to droughts, floods, tropical cyclones and heatwaves Only 40% of the African population has access to early warning systems Early Warnings plan for Africa seeks to improve accuracy, accessibility and action Action plan is tailored to continent’s challenges, strengths and institutional arrangements Nairobi, Kenya, 4 September 2023 (WMO) – A new Early Warnings for All Action Plan … Continue reading Early Warnings For All Action Plan for Africa is launched

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Senegal
Africa, Global

Migrant boat capsizes off Cape Verde; more than 60 people feared

August 17, 2023 Boat departed Senegalese fishing community of Fasse Boye on July 10 with 101 people onboard More than 60 migrants have possibly lost their lives after a boat carrying them was found capsized at Cape Verde peninsula of Senegal in the West African region, as per the official notice. Thirty-eight people, including children, were rescued, BBC reported, adding that footage showed survivors being helped ashore … Continue reading Migrant boat capsizes off Cape Verde; more than 60 people feared

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Africa, Global

Profile: Zineb Bensaid, vice-president of ISFIN and head of the market intelligence department

Moroccan skills abroad constitute a pool in which Morocco can draw for the transfer of know-how and expertise. Whether eminent researchers and scientists or decision-makers, they form a certain elite. Zineb Bensaid, is one of them, selected in the file of our Challenge magazine “Moroccan skills abroad: the challenge of mobilization”, published on July 21st.  After obtaining a degree in economics and management at the University of … Continue reading Profile: Zineb Bensaid, vice-president of ISFIN and head of the market intelligence department

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Africa, Global

Heads of the Rome-based UN food and agriculture agencies call for greater investments in South Sudan to avoid a catastrophic food crisis

Juba – The cost of inaction in addressing South Sudan’s complex food, climate, and insecurity crises will be felt in the loss of lives, livelihoods and futures for millions of people across the young nation, the heads of three United Nations agencies, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warned today as they … Continue reading Heads of the Rome-based UN food and agriculture agencies call for greater investments in South Sudan to avoid a catastrophic food crisis

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Africa, Global

ATI expands Shareholding base with New Membership of NEXI Japan

Nairobi, 13 June 2023 – Japan’s Export Credit Agency, Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI) is the newest shareholder of the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) having joined the Pan-African Guarantee Institution, with a USD14.8 million capital injection. This equity investment reinforces the long-standing and ever-growing cooperation between Africa and Japan under the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) auspices with ATI and NEXI promoting … Continue reading ATI expands Shareholding base with New Membership of NEXI Japan

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