Agriculture and Climate

Irrigation

ETHIOPIA: the government launches the works of the Ajima-Chacha irrigation dam

Flood and drought risk

SAHEL: AfDB pledges US$ 6.5 billion for the Great Green Wall initiative over 5 years

Agriculture and Climate

BURUNDI: AfDB commits $21 million for sustainable development in the agricultural sec

Agricultural and forest areas

MALI: Government strengthens shea park with 8,400 additional plants

Preservation of the resource

NORTH AFRICA: an AFD and OSS initiative to reduce hydric stress

Agriculture and Climate

AFRICA: Treedom offers trees as a Christmas gift to farmers

Ecological engineering

KENYA: ShEquity invests in Ecodudu waste recovery start-up

Agriculture and Climate

AFRICA: millet and sorghum, the cereals most resistant to climate change

Agriculture and Climate

TOGO: OJEDD promotes resilient agriculture in Agou, south-west of the country

Climate Finance

LIBERIA: FACC commits $9.6M for a climate resilience project

Water management

IVORY COAST: The government launches the construction of a hydro-agricultural dam in Koro

Economy & climate

EAST AFRICA: Close to $50 million from GCF for climate resilient projects

Climate Finance

SUDAN: $26 million from GCF and UNDP for climate change resilience

Climate Finance

AFRICA: AfDB scaling up climate financing

Economy & climate

BENIN: Satisfactory progress on climate resilience project-SLP

Agriculture and Climate

CHAD: $5.3 million from GEF for climate change resilience

Climate policy

RWANDA: New climate plan requires $11bn investment

Air pollution

AFRICA: Tropical forests’ capacity to absorb CO2 is declining

Flood and drought risk

NAMIBIA: Effects of drought lead to food shortages for nearly 350,000 people

Agriculture and Climate

MADAGASCAR: Drought drives 730,000 people to food insecurity

Agriculture and Climate

SOUTHERN AFRICA: Food security facing drought in 2020

Agriculture and Climate

AFRICA: ECOWAS mobilizes $80 million for climate-friendly smart agriculture

Water & environment

AFRICA: Med’Innovant Africa rewards two eco-solutions in Cameroon and Senegal