Africa needs climate finance, and needs it NOW!
Earlier this month, Kenya hosted the the inaugural Africa Climate Summit (ACS), which drew more than than 10,000 participants from Africa and across the globe, to discuss the need for urgent climate action.The Summit saw 20 African Heads of State and Government highlight their countries’ commitments to spearhead initiatives in renewable energy, sustainable land use […]
How should Africa respond to the global food & fuel crisis?
What the current global oil crisis means for Africa. The current global crisis occasioned by the war in Ukraine has led to a sharp increase in food and oil prices. This is partly because Russia and Ukraine produce a large percentage of the world’s exported wheat and corn. The ongoing situation is of great concern […]
Fintech is key to building resilient food systems
The way natural resources have been extracted in most African countries has led to a lot of injustices, be it social, economic, political, gender, environmental, etc. Amid the climate change crisis, instead of bringing development the exploitation of fossils, land, and forest resources, for example, has often led to the displacement of local communities, loss […]