Eco-districts & urban planning

Eco-building

SOUTH AFRICA: 40 Redefine buildings certified Green Star EBP, a first

Green Economy

EGYPT: IFC underwrites 1st private sector green bond

Eco-building

BOTSWANA: Prime Plaza awarded ‘Green Star’ for its green construction

Eco-building

KENYA: London funds 10,000 green homes and supports electric mobility

Eco-building

SOUTH AFRICA: CDC invests $36 million in Divercity for sustainable housing

Sustainable cities

EGYPT: a new metropolis joins the EBRD’s “Green Cities” programme

Sustainable cities

AFRICA: 3 cities receive Gap Fund grants for climate projects

Eco-building

BURKINA FASO: Teco2’s eco-roofing project, awarded by WAEMU

Eco-building

NAMIBIA: IFC launches “Edge” for green building certification

Biodiversity in the city

SENEGAL: Real estate projects shall be subject to an obligation to plant trees.

Eco-districts & urban planning

MALI: Ségou recognised for “creative city” project at 2020 UCLG International Award

Eco-building

EGYPT: Eco-friendly CCA shopping centre, certified LEED Gold by USGBC

Eco-building

RWANDA: Government to install 1 million m² of cooling roofs by 2021

Water in the city

TUNISIA: Reusing wastewater to irrigate green spaces in Tunis Bay

With the Africa-France 2020 Summit

Eco-building

SENEGAL: Singer Akon plans to develop Akon City, an eco-friendly city

Sustainable cities

IVORY COAST: Sustainable city stakeholders to meet in February

Februray 27-28 2020, Abidjan

Sustainable cities

AFRICA: France co-finances 20 projects ahead of the Sustainable City Summit

Sustainable cities

AFRICA-FRANCE: 1,000 entrepreneurs invited to the 2020 Sustainable City Summit

Sustainable cities

MOROCCO: Sustainable Zenata will be inhabited from 2023

Biodiversity in the city

EGYPT: Architect S. Boeri will create “vertical forest” in new capital