04/27/2023
Africa Development Bank Group: a world leader in commitments to climate finance
This includes a climate policy and long-term strategy, covering 2021 to 2030, together with a Third Action Plan for 2021-2025.
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04/27/2023
One of South Africa’s biggest banks commits to electric vehicles
WesBank CEO Ghana Msibi said that the company acknowledged that the shift towards decarbonisation was not solely linked to vehicle finance or finance in general.
04/25/2023
Flexible power technologies will make Africa’s energy leapfrogging a reality
This new power generation paradigm is, in many ways, a perfect fit for Africa
04/21/2023
The countries offering $8.5 billion for South Africa’s move away from coal want answers
The Just Energy Transition Partnership between South Africa and funding partners — the US, the UK, Germany, France and the European Union
03/30/2023
Major renewables project comes to the Eastern Cape
It was initially developed by JUWI and bid by Red Rocket in the fifth round of the government’s renewable energy independent power producers procurement programme (REI4P).
03/23/2023
RMB makes big push into renewables and private energy
Both RMB and Remgro said that they are committed to investing in the private power market to unlock South Africa’s natural renewable resource potential.
03/21/2023
UAE’s Masdar, Egypt’s Infinity JV buy full stake in Africa’s Lekela Power
The transaction makes Infinity Power Africa’s largest pure-play renewable power company
03/21/2023
Warning over rooftop solar for complexes and estates in South Africa
Others are not keen to take on the insurance themselves, leaving it the responsibility of individual owners to get insured.
03/13/2023
FirstBank Commits to Creating Enabling Environment for Women
Whilst stressing the need for corporate executives to encourage girls and women to embrace opportunities in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education
03/13/2023
South Africa’s climate change performance vs the world in 2023
The countries are evaluated using 14 indicators and given a score out of 100, where the higher the score, the better, under four categories
03/03/2023
Massive R2.7 billion solar plant coming to the Eastern Cape
“We cannot simply rely on Eskom,” he said.
03/02/2023
EIB to grant Kenya Sh244m for hydrogen projects
“Development of green hydrogen in Kenya has the potential to enable 100 percent of Kenya’s energy needs to be supplied by clean power,” said Chirchir.
02/28/2023
One of South Africa’s biggest banks is betting big on solar
The group has financed more than 4GWs of projects to date.
02/27/2023
Long wait for rooftop solar in South Africa
He said that the incentive fails to address the urgent need households face to shift away from the grid.
02/27/2023
It’s now or never for green financing
Climate change is a threat to the global economy and requires all hands on deck to revert it.
02/27/2023
UAE stresses joint multilateral action to promote climate finance
The country has focused on building cities that bridged digital gaps by leveraging 5G and AI to provide safety and enhance social cohesion
02/20/2023
Poor nations seek to go green with debt swaps
Debt-for-nature and climate swaps are difficult and costly to agree but offer one way to unlock the vital finance needed for more sustainable economies.
02/09/2023
Treasury set to establish climate finance bank
The green bank is expected to provide a range of financial instruments including credit guarantees, risk-reduction facilities, debt and equity.
02/02/2023
SA's largest wind farm planned for Mpumalanga
"This is the heartland of energy in South Africa, and transforming the landscape over the next two or three decades to transition in a mindful way to renewable energy is important.
02/02/2023
This could be a game changer for South Africa
Deloitte published its economic outlook report for 2023, painting an uncertain picture for the South African economy this year.