Media Monitoring, Wednesday 29 May

Kenya joins global $13M initiative for sustainable agriculture farming practices

Kenya joins global $13M initiative for sustainable agriculture farming practices — (The Exchange Africa)
Ministers of State Fleming and Hackett launch 2024 Africa Agri-Food Development Programme (AADP) — (Gov.ie)
Which way African agriculture? — (Business AM Live)

Zambia to receive funds for emissions reduction in new programme — (ESI Africa)
Environmentalists urged to produce carbon credits with transparency, integrity — (KBC)
It is time for Kenya and Africa to stop selling carbon credits for a song — (Standard Media)
Temasek’s GenZero backs first phase of project looking to restore 100,000 ha of South Africa land — (Business Times)

Standard Bank, MiDA in $700m green housing deal — (Bizcommunity)

Kenya to host second major US-Africa energy summit in August — (The Star)
New giga scale solar project set to revolutionize South Africa’s green energy sector — (Solar Quarter)
Africa will drive global agenda on renewable energy, says AfDB president — (Vanguard)

Zambia to receive funds for emissions reduction in new programme — (ESI Africa)
Standard Bank, MiDA in $700m green housing deal — (Bizcommunity)

Africa loses $7bn to $15bn yearly to climate change – Adesina — (EnviroNews Nigeria)

Hydrogen

TotalEnergies, partners plan green hydrogen export from Tunisia — (Renewables Now)

Proposed taxes in new Finance Bill will stagnate growth of e-mobility — (Business Daily Africa)
Egypt-Based GV Investments partners with Chinese company to manufacture EVs — (Egyptian Streets)
South Africans move to hybrid cars — (MyBroadband)
Botswana’s Giyani secures $26 million for EV batteries — (CAJ News Africa)
Morocco becomes Africa’s largest car exporter after investment in railway — (Business Day)

U.S. and Ghana advance cooperation on clean, secure, safe, and reliable nuclear energy — (US Embassy in Ghana)