Media Monitoring, Thursday 26 October

Africa Energy Week: Where climate science makes way for the gods of gas and coal (Daily Maverick)

Balancing Africa’s energy security needs amid the climate crisis (Mail & Guardian)

Vodacom signs landmark deal to address energy supply in South Africa (Mobile Europe)

Djibouti Inaugurates 60 MW Red Sea Wind Project (Energy Capital Power)

EU funding to assist Nigeria in its green energy ambitions (ESI Africa)

South Africa: Pertamina seeks new investment opportunities at Africa Energy Week (Africa Intelligence)

Rich in green minerals, African countries eye booming electric vehicle and clean energy market worth trillions of dollars (AfDB)

In poorer nations, coal persists despite energy transition efforts (Cipher News)

PowerGen awarded the "Mini-Grid Solar Project of the Year" by AFSIA (PowerGen)

Can Africa’s heavy industries go green (African Business)

Nigeria’s climate change impact worsening, demand increased funding (Vanguard Nigeria)

African alliance targets financial instrument for mangroves (Carbon Pulse)

Climate fund talks collapse as rich and developing countries clash (Financial Times)

EV Floodgates Open In Ethiopia After Gov’t Exempts All EVs From VAT, Surtax, & Excise Tax (Clean Technica)

Flutterwave launches Earth Day pledge, partners Africa Upcycle Community to celebrate 2023 sustainability week (Daily Post)

Climate Change Turns African Rivers into Epicentres of Conflict (Relief Web)

Urgency to expedite resilience-building in Africa following a series of natural disasters (African Union)

Three Basins Summit: the issues awaiting Gabon’s new president (Afrik21)

UAE firm and Kenya sign collaboration agreement for forestry carbon project development (Carbon Pulse)