PepsiCo announced the closing of a new $1.25 billion 10-year Green Bond. The Company will use an amount equivalent to the net proceeds from the offering to fund Eligible Green Projects which will focus on its pep+ (PepsiCo Positive) agenda – the Company’s strategic, end-to-end transformation…
Ncondezi Energy launches solar and BESS feasibility study in Mozambique
Ncondezi Energy Limited has provided an update on its solar photovoltaic and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project in Tete, Mozambique, being carried out through its wholly owned green energy subsidiary, Ncondezi Green Power Holding Ltd. The Solar Project will…
LAC Climate Week 2022 Opens with Strong Calls for Action
The public-facing segment of this year’s Latin America and Caribbean Climate Week (LACCW 2022) opened in Santo Domingo today with strong calls for regional action to drive global action to tackle climate change and urgent warnings of growing regional climate…
Lekela Power sold in “Africa’s biggest renewable energy deal”
Actis and Mainstream Renewable Power have sold Lekela Power to the Infinity Group of Egypt and the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC). With an installed wind power capacity of 1 GW, Lekela Power is Africa’s largest pure-play renewable energy independent power…
Kraton Corporation Publishes 2021 Sustainability Report
Kraton Corporation, a leading global sustainable producer of specialty polymers and high-value biobased products derived from pine wood pulping co-products, announces the release of its 2021 Sustainability Report. It highlights Kraton’s progress and approach to driving the integration of sustainability throughout the…
UNESCO-Huawei Technology-enabled Open Schools for All Project Progress Reviewed in Cross-country Seminar
A three-day cross-country seminar hosted in Accra, Ghana on the subject of the Technology-enabled Open Schools for All (TeOSS) project drew to a close on July 7. The project was put together to ensure the continuity and quality of learning under…
Dangote Cement plants 7,205 trees to commemorate 2022 World Environment Day
In its bid to promote environmental sustainability, Dangote Cement Plc has planted 7,205 trees across Africa to commemorate the 2022 Environmental Day. The company made the disclosure in a statement signed by Mr Francis Awowole-Browne, Media and Communication Personnel, Dangote…
National MSMEs award recipient seeks govt intervention
By Bashir Rabe Mani Dr Zayyanu Tanko, a winner of the National Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Award, has solicited for grants and soft loans from the Federal and State Governments. Tanko, who is also the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of…
Pan-African coalition ‘ll advance just energy transition — Osinbajo
By Chijioke Okoronkwo Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says a Pan-African position articulated and promoted by leaders of the continent on global Net-zero emissions target by 2050-2060, will further advance quest for a just energy transition. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in…
Partnerships: Impacting Africa beyond COVID-19 pandemic to achieve SDGs
By Fabian Ekeruche, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) When the United Nations (UN) adopted the Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) in 2015, it did not prefigure that a devastating COVID-19 pandemic will emerge few years later to become a clog in the…
