Media Monitoring, Thursday 30 May

Forestry investor prepares African portfolio for biodiversity credits — (Carbon Pulse)

3 reasons why Kenya’s carbon markets can be expected to grow — (Forbes)

China-Backed AIIB eyes $1 Billion Africa infrastructure projects — (Bloomberg)
Kenyan president returns from Washington with $200m for sustainable housing and EVs — (Afrik21)

African Development Bank approves $8 Million for pioneering mini-grid programme in Ethiopia — (SolarQuarter)
Chinese solar products, technology benefit local hospital in Uganda — (Xinhua via AllAfrica)
Malawi: govt says Malawi needs 230mw of electricity to power the mining sector — (AllAfrica)

African Development Bank Group to boost its financing capacity by over $70 billion as it launches new Ten-Year Strategy — (AfDB)
AfDB aims to boost infrastructure funding as African growth accelerates — (Reuters)
Kenya to inject $100m in AfDB, two other African multilateral lenders — (The East African)

EV batteries’ impact on critical mineral demand — (Mining Review)

Kenyan president returns from Washington with $200m for sustainable housing and EVs — (Afrik21)