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A large solar farm in an African desert with transmission lines leading toward a distant city skyline, symbolising Gulf‑backed clean energy investment trying to close Africa’s $133 billion annual funding gap

How Gulf Climate Finance Could Help Bridge Africa’s $133 Billion Clean Energy Gap by 2030

As traditional development finance retreats, the UAE and Saudi Arabia are emerging as pivotal…

Offshore oil platform in African waters at sunset, with a gas flare burning and supply ships nearby, symbolising Africa’s expanding oil and gas production amid climate concerns.

Africa’s Oil and Gas Output Is Set to Hit 11.4 Million Barrels a Day. What Does That Mean for a Warming World?

A new African Energy Chamber outlook projects that hydrocarbon production will hold around 11.4 million barrels…

An aerial view of a sprawling industrial zone on the outskirts of an African city, where factory roofs are dotted with solar panels and new warehouses rise beside rusting smokestacks. Across the continent, governments are trying to turn climate risk into a catalyst for economic transformation—using green industrialisation, regional power pools and the African Continental Free Trade Area to shift from raw commodity exports to higher-value, low‑carbon production. Yet as droughts, floods and heatwaves intensify, the success of this strategy will hinge on whether climate finance, infrastructure and trade reforms arrive fast enough to turn climate ambition into real jobs and resilienc

Climate Outlook for Economic Transformation in Africa

Africa’s latest climate and sustainable development outlook warns that the continent’s economic expansion and rapid urbanization…

FinTech leaders gather in Kigali for IFF 2026

FinTech leaders gather in Kigali for IFF 2026

The Inclusive FinTech Forum (IFF) 2026 returns to Kigali from March 10 to 12,…

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