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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

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Africa

African countries start business classification to shore up green investment

      By Conrad Onyango, bird story agency   Kenya has joined South Africa and Rwanda in offering a "green investment" handbook as African countries race to close a huge climate financing gap. The draft Kenya Green Finance Taxonomy (KGFT), published by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) in mid-April, is expected to help position the country for green funds and make the investment climate more attractive. Targeting banks, […]

todayApril 17, 2024 19

Environment

COP28 Finance Day unlocks innovative financial mechanisms to support vulnerable countries fight climate change

COP28 Finance Day unlocked significant progress on international financial architecture reform to support low-income and vulnerable countries fight climate change. Major international financial institutions and countries made new commitments to offer climate-resilient debt clauses (CRDCs) in their lending. These clauses allow debt service to be paused to provide breathing space when countries are hit by climate catastrophes. The UK, France, World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), European Investment Bank (EIB), […]

todayDecember 5, 2023 2

Namibia

African Development Bank approves $196 million loan to modernize railway Namibian infrastructure

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved a loan of $196.43 million for Namibia to implement the second phase of its Transport Infrastructure Improvement Project (TIIP). The loan, approved on 31 October 2023, represents 51.8 percent of the project’s total cost. The Namibian government will provide the remaining 48.2 percent. The project aligns with Namibia’s long-term Vision 2030 to the country’s Namibia’s logistics value […]

todayNovember 1, 2023 6

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