Media Monitoring, Thursday 15 February

US grants $11m to environmental insurance efforts in Africa (Engineering News)

The African Development Bank approves up to $10 million stake in the Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa Project Development fund (AfDB)

KPMG says there are $250bn in untapped green investment opportunities in Africa (CBN)

TDB and the World Bank to Accelerate Access to Sustainable and Clean Energy in Africa (Modern Diplomacy)

Decarbonization: Sierra Leone’s largest PV park to power Baomahun mine (Afrik21)

Africa Needs $100 Billion a Year to Meet Renewable Energy Goal (Bloomberg)

South Africa looks to Japanese collaboration on green hydrogen development (Engineering News)

How Kenya’s Peercarbon is helping SMEs reduce CO2 emissions, access green finance (Disrupt Africa)

From trash to power: how to harness energy from Africa’s garbage dumps – and save billions in future damage (Waste Recycling Mag)

Kenyan company making sustainable textiles out of pineapple waste (Africa News)

Ethiopia: Climate Change Mitigate Efforts Prioritize Drought-Affected Areas (All Africa)

Chocolate: Cocoa price hits record high as El Niño hurts crops (BBC)

Zero Carbon Green Planet joint venture to valorize waste in Cairo (Afrik21)