Media Monitoring, Tuesday 28 May

African soil takes center stage in fight for our planet’s future — (Morocco World News)

As catches fall, Sierra Leone’s artisanal fishers turn to destructive practices — (Mongabay)
South African State Bank to set up its first biodiversity fund — (Bloomberg)

How Kenya could lose out on billions in rushed climate deals — (Standard Media)
Malawi finalises carbon trading regulatory framework, registers 11 projects -media — (Carbon Pulse)
Project developer secures funding for large ARR project in South Africa — (Carbon Pulse)
Singapore, Sweden strike deals with Ghana to trade Article 6 carbon credits — (Carbon Pulse)

IFC lends FirstRand South Africa $250 million for green housing — (Bloomberg)

Kenya to get 1,000 MW data center powered by geothermal energy — (CleanTechnica)
Mali begins construction of West Africa’s largest solar plant with Russian support — (Ecofin Agency)

The significance of the US-Kenya climate & clean energy industrial partnership — (CleanTechnica)

Emirati Group IHC to spend $1B in Africa in 2024, targets several mines — (Ecofin Agency)

Digital Opportunities in African Businesses — (World Bank)

Eswatini Electricity Company (EEC) expresses interest to pilot sites for EV charging stations in the country — (Times of Swaziland)
The underwater rail tunnel to connect Europe and Africa — (Newsweek)
Zeroca and SAGLEV to develop a national carbon credit aggregator program for e-mobility in Nigeria — (LinkedIn)

Horn of Africa droughts: Research shows how a network of groundwater bores could help — (Phys.org)

Eskom’s small nuclear reactor plan — (MyBroadband)
Why Ghana & other African nations are turning to nuclear power — (Firstpost)

Alpla to build its first plastics recycling plant in South Africa — (Sustainable Plastics)