Africa’s sleeping green giant is waking up

Long a climate minnow, Nigeria is at last catching up with its peers on the continent… and never short of bluster, it hopes to dwarf them

🚁 Heli view: Nigeria’s green economy takes off – at last

Q&A: Climate leaders with answers

Cheat sheet: Five Nigerian climate tech companies on the rise

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Media Monitoring, Thursday 2 May

South Africa’s Cape Town plans $213m grid upgrades

Media Monitoring, Wednesday 1 May

South Africa’s Cape Town plans $213m grid upgrades

Media Monitoring, Tuesday 30 April

Rwanda park using electric motorcycles to monitor wildlife

Media Monitoring, Monday 29 April

Over 84% of waste in Tunisian coastal marine environment mainly made up of plastics 

Media Monitoring, Friday 26 April

Transformative $2.3 billion rail project in Africa drives electric vehicle mineral supply chain

Oops! African grids receive only 0.5% of total energy investment

The continent is fast creating lots of clean power – but without modern grids the impact is limited

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