Lars Klingbeil, German Minister of Finance, speaks in the Bundestag during the budget debates on the introduction of the draft federal budget for 2025. Credit: Michael Kappeler/dpa The German Economy Ministry said it aims to accelerate the expansion of…
Renewable Energy
Connected Advocacy Joins Civil Society Call for Economic Justice and Climate Financing at FfD4 in Seville
From Seville to Sub-Saharan Africa, civil society voices are demanding climate justice, inclusive finance, and youth-led innovation as pillars of development reform. Connected Advocacy demands that the new financial architecture reflect the realities of frontline communities through locally-designed, shared-benefit investments.
Genesis Energy, Desert Technologies Seal Strategic Deal to Deliver Clean Energy to 600 Million Africans
Genesis Energy, Desert Technologies Seal Strategic Deal to Deliver Clean Energy to 600 Million Africans In a major move to accelerate access to clean energy across Africa, Genesis Energy Holding, a pan-African clean energy infrastructure development company, and Desert…
Global North Stalls Climate Justice at Bonn Talks Ahead of COP30
As the 62nd session of the UNFCCC’s Subsidiary Bodies (SB62) concluded in Bonn, climate justice advocates voiced growing concern over developed nations’ continued obstruction of critical negotiations ahead of COP30, scheduled to take place later this year in Belém, Brazil.…
Kano Unveils Inclusive Climate Change Policy
The Kano Government on Friday inaugurated a Climate Change Policy to address environmental challenges in the state. The policy also seeks to align the state policy with the global climate objectives. Dr Dahir Hashim, Commissioner for Environment and Climate Change,…
REA Partners FCMB To Launch ₦100 Billion Financing Facility
In a landmark move to bolster electricity access for millions of Nigerians, the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) and First City Monument Bank (FCMB) earlier today, Thursday 19th June, 2025, at the bank’s head-quarters in Marina, Lagos, entered into a strategic…
AfDB Project Restores Electricity in Zimbabwean Communities Following Devastating Cyclone Idai
The AfDB-funded Post-Cyclone Idai Emergency Recovery Project restored electricity access, revitalizing businesses across communities in Zimbabwe In March 2019, Cyclone Idai tore through Zimbabwe’s eastern districts with unprecedented fury, leaving behind a trail of devastation. Among the hardest hit…
Egypt: AfDB Approves $184.1 Million for Africa’s Largest Solar Energy and Battery Storage Project
Financing will be sourced from two specialized Bank Group funds and the Climate Investment Funds’ Clean Technology Fund The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a financing package of up to $184.1 million to support…
Wecass Braun Launches Smart Solar Lighting Solutions to Power Nigeria
L-R: Managing Director, Wecass Braun Nigeria,Mrs. Ezeonuegbu Scholar Ifeyinwa; International CEO, Wecass Braun, Engr. André Braun and Nigeria CEO, Wecass Braun, Engr. Forster Onyeka Edward, at the official unveiling of Wecass Braun’s latest German lighting and solar technologies in Nigeria.…
124 Mini-Grids, 25,000 Solar Homes: Nigeria’s Lawmakers Push Clean Energy Legislation to Scale Impact
In a powerful display of legislative resolve and forward-thinking leadership, Nigeria’s House of Representatives has placed renewable energy squarely at the center of national development efforts—backed by action, not just rhetoric. At the opening of the First Legislative Conference and…
