Media Monitoring, Friday 23 February

Impact investment makes a difference to Africa's green economy (ESI-Africa)

Government raises US$3.3 billion to support climate change initiatives (SA News)

S.Africa's power sector needs more private investment, Eskom chair says (Reuters)

World Bank agency guarantees are supporting green energy transition in Africa (Engineering News)

South Africa Power Cuts See Record Seed Round for Solar Startup (Bloomberg)

South Africa Accelerates to Electric: A Transition Steering Towards Sustainability (BNN Breaking)

EU JRC Puts Heavy Thumbs On Scale So Delivered Green Hydrogen From Africa Will Be Cheap (Clean Technica)

Rio Tinto approves world’s biggest mining project in west Africa (Financial Times)

Climate Change to Slash African GDP by 7.1%, Study Shows (Bloomberg)

Togolese Prime Minister promotes Africa’s green wealth at AU Summit (Togo First)

Study links climate change with wheat blast; warns crop yield could drop by 75% in South America, Africa by 2050 (Cimmyt)

Climate Change to Plunge 200 Million Africans into Severe Hunger by 2050 (BNN Breaking)

Under The Scorching Sun Kenyan Farmers Find New Ways To Beat Climate Change (Africa.com)

Tunisia farmer turns to old wheat varieties as climate change bites (Zawya)

Bezos Earth Fund allocates $5 mln for conservation efforts in the Congo Basin (Carbon Pulse)