Media Monitoring, Monday 4 March

23 African ClimateTech Startups to Watch, According to Impact Investors (Climate Hack)

SEDF makes commitment to new climate investment platform (Africa Capital Digest)

Commonwealth, African Union renew call for reform of Global Financial System (The Commonwealth)

TDB Group and GGGI partner to advance climate finance initiatives in Africa (Zawya)

DRC: can AFC unlock the 1,000 MW Green Giant solar megaproject? (Afrik21)

How African companies are solving the continent’s solar finance problem (Semafor)

Gaia Impact exits interest in solar kit firm to EDF (Africa Capital Digest)

Egypt signs 7 green hydrogen deals worth a potential $40bn (Arab News)

Hive Hydrogen South Africa signs wind power deal for $5.8bn Coega green ammonia plant (Intellinews)

Voluntary carbon project developer launches large-scale electric cooking activity in Africa (Carbon Pulse)

Exposure of African ape sites to climate change impacts (Plos)

Botswana launches the Global Environment Facility -7 (GEF) Dry-land Sustainable Landscapes Impact Programme child project (Africa.com)

Why are African forest elephants climate heroes? (WWF)

Climate Tech Firm to Pilot Fast-Paying Flood Insurance in Africa (Bloomberg)

Dynamic modeling of African elephant populations under changing climate and habitat loss across the Greater Virunga Landscape (Plos)

Africa’s resources must counter funding gaps (African Business)

Namibia warns of wildlife crisis due to deforestation, poaching (Xinhua)

Real solutions to climate change in Africa are about people, not profit (Al Jazeera)

Ruto says Africa's collaboration key to fight climate change (Standard Media)

African leaders call for strengthened multilateralism to tackle environmental crisis (Victoria Advocate)

Climate change: alarming Africa-wide report predicts 30% drop in crop revenue, 50 million without water (The Conversation)

African leaders call for equity over minerals used for clean energy (The Guardian)

US reluctant to finance Angola-Zambia extension of Lobito Corridor (Africa Intelligence)

Roundup: African leaders call for strengthened multilateralism to tackle environmental crisis (Xinhua)