Media Monitoring, Monday 18 March

Rethink fiscal policy measures to ensure sustainability, reduce shocks – IMF to Ghana, others (My Joy Online)

Madagascar, Somalia, Ghana: the GCF pledges $309m in climate investments (Afrik21)

Euro bank sees green opportunities in Africa (Herald)

AFRICA: the World Bank releases $40 million for climate research in six countries (Afrik21)

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board Approves US$1.3 Billion under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility for Cote d’Ivoire (Africa.com)

Morocco to dedicate 1 mln hectares to green hydrogen projects (Reuters)

Microsoft and CFM team up to back renewable power trading platform (Africa Capital Digest)

Recent study: Egypt is taking active steps to produce green hydrogen (Egypt Today)

135MW solar energy project to power operations at SA mine (ESI Africa)

Prime Energy to issue $7.3m green bond in Rwanda (The East African)

Accelerate nature based solutions to tackle challenges like biodiversity loss (ESI Africa)

Climate change could push African rhinos to extinction (Mongabay)

Namibia calls for collaborative action on water sustainability (Xinhua)

Earth observation camera maker raises $15 million for European expansion (Space News)

Climate change: Over a million farming households face acute food shortage in Zambia, warns Oxfam (Down to Earth)

Lagos banned single used plastics but will that be effective (ESI Africa)

Choking on waste, Kenya finds hope in recycling (Anadolu Agency)

Village Capital launches call for African green-tech startups (Disrupt Africa)

Encouraging entrepreneurship to grow Africa's green economy (ESI Africa)

1st Climate Change Global Business Summit On Africa To Be Held In Nairobi (Soko Directory)

Saudis bet on African minerals for green transition (Semafor)