Media Monitoring, Thursday 13 June

Gotion plans for a $1.4 bn EV battery gigafactory in Morocco

South Africa’s biggest hydrogen project woos Japanese investors — Yahoo Finance

Gotion plans for a $1.4 bn EV battery gigafactory in Morocco — ETN News

Oman-Mauritania collaboration in energy and beyond: Diplomatic talks highlight key strategies — SolarQuarter

Tronx holdings and NOA group sign a power purchase agreement — Energy Capital & Power

10GW wind farm in Egypt advances towards construction — SolarQuarter

Scatec doubling solar and storage projects’ capacity in Cameroon — Energy Storage News

How South Africa can improve grid battery deployment to unlock economic and security benefits — IISD

Green bonds grow as financing option — Northern Miner

UNDP call for projects to provide green financing for 25 fintechs — Afrik21

Innovative and sustainable financial mechanisms key in addressing housing deficit in Africa — African Business

African Development Bank Group, Ethiopia launch $94 million project to boost climate resilient wheat value chain development in Ethiopia — AfDB

Why does Africa only receive 2% of the global clean energy investment? — Energy Central

AIIM reaches financial close on two South African wind farms — African Review

AMEA Power secured financial closure for the 120MW Doornhoek solar project in South Africa — SolarQuarter

Senegal to launch a national fund to promote the green economy — Afrik21

The UN trains 140 executives from 25 African countries in electric mobility — Afrik21

Total sets up 13 electric vehicle charging stations — Business Daily Africa

Copper and lithium at the heart of new African investment — The Africa Report

As China scrambles for Zimbabwe’s lithium, small miners are left behind — Al Jazeera

Becoming the mining hub of Africa: Detrimental to inclusive and sustainable development of Ghana — Modern Ghana

Africa's Great Green Wall to miss 2030 goal says UN desertification president — Reuters

Africa's Nile River suffocating with waste — VOA News

Guinea-Russia partnership could see floating nuclear energy units deployed — ESI Africa

Turning waste into energy: Eni Kenya bv’s biogas initiative — Africa24