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DRC: Kasumbalesa draws on university expertise for sustainable urban development

Sustainable innovation: Breega launches $75 million fund to finance start-ups

DRC: despite the conflicts in the east, Miga guarantees $50m for Nuru’s mini-grids

DRC: 1,500 hectares of trees planted in North Kivu in the face of climate and war

Electrification: Central Africa remains the continent’s soft spot

AfDB inaugurates its Central Africa office in Cameroon, with sights set on the SDGs

DRC: the “Tujenge” initiative will strengthen climate resilience in the town of Béni

Carbon finance: start-up Burn raises $12m for clean cooking in Africa

Desalination: start-up Osmosun wins Euronext award for its containerised systems

Congo Basin: a call from the OIF for sustainable agriculture based on innovation

DRC: can AFC unlock the 1,000 MW Green Giant solar megaproject?

Plastic pollution: 76 WTO member states advocate sustainable trade practices

DRC: $7 million from Sweden for climate resilience in 4 provinces by 2027

Floods, plastics pollution, solar energy… five news highlights this week

Retrospective

Solar energy: driven by South Africa, the continent deployed 3.7 GW in 2023

DRC: Haut-Uele hosts new Usaid-funded resilience project

AFRICA: climate causes the most serious humanitarian crises of 2024

DRC: solidarity organised in Kinshasa after floods that killed 300 people

DRC: at the COP28, Rawbank announces $20m for biodiversity and clean energy

COP28: “Africa’s priority remains adaptation” (Tosi Mpanu Mpanu)

DRC: Félix Tshisékedi orders the promotion of the circular economy in cities

Oil, gas, mining… deforestation accelerates in the Congo Basin

DRC: Equateur and five other provinces to develop peatlands to combat climate change

DRC: Koolboks relieves traders of food with its solar fridge

DRC: High-tech garbage can arrives in Kinshasa to reform solid waste sorting

DRC: a $3m grant from the CEI to electrify Goma using solar power

DRC: launch of a $5m support fund for indigenous forest peoples

AFRICA: OIF grants €230,000 to 8 climate and sanitation start-ups

AFRICA: Greenpeace supports Guterres’ call to abandon fossil fuels

DRC: 8th most dangerous country for environmental activists

Education systems faced with the challenge of climate change: where does Africa stand

DRC: Kinshasa, Jakarta and Brasilia get together for the Three Basins Summit

25 August 2023, Kinshasa

Joëlle Kabayo: “Rawbank is working towards gender parity in the DRC by 2028”

Partner interview

DRC: 14 NGOs accuse M23 rebels of looting in Virunga Park

“The DRC is catching up in terms of electrification thanks to metro grids”

AFRICA: a $10m grant for electrification via solar mini-grids

DRC: violence threatens to close the world’s only bonobo reserve

DRC: Canada’s EAP to produce 266 MWp of solar power in Kolwezi and Likasi

DRC: Nuru raises $40m for solar electrification in Goma, Kindu and Bunia

DRC: the NGO CODELT publishes two works on environmental legislation

DRC: AFD finances €50 million to develop sustainable towns

DRC: rhinos arrive in Garamba Park after a 17-year absence

AFRICA: UNDP-supported project combines solar and agriculture in 9 countries

DRC: Rawbank to finance drinking water for 1 million people by 2024

AFRICA: 300,000 km of rivers to be restored by 2030

DRC: a study is launched to determine the country’s forestry heritage

DRC: Goma on alert after Nyamulagira volcano becomes active

DRC: Nuru secures $1.5m for solar mini-grids in Goma, Kindu and Bunia

DRC: Binza drinking water plant serves 1.5 million people in Kinshasa

CONGO BASIN: Sustainable Forest management to be discussed in Libreville in February

21 to 24 February 2023, Libreville

DRC: what can Pope Francis do about oil projects in protected areas

DRC: Women from South Kivu trained in ecological charcoal making

DRC: in Kinshasa, HDF wants to build a green hydrogen solar power plant

AFRICA: Arena launches Clean Shore Great Lakes project to clean up the Great Lakes

DRC: Action to dislodge M23 rebels from Virunga National Park

DRC: M23 rebels threaten gorillas in Virunga National Park

DRC: Floods in Kinshasa kill 120 people

AFRICA: EarthRanger programme strengthens management of 6 protected areas

DRC: Sustainable cocoa initiative to protect Okapi Wildlife Reserve

COP27: deforestation among the obstacles to the +1.5°C target by 2100

DRC: USAID grants $1.5 million for electrification via solar kits

NIL BASIN: GIZ grants €6 million to NBI for transboundary water management

DRC/RWANDA: InfraCo and Equatorial to invest $1.7m in solar mini-grids

DRC: Musicians denounce oil exploitation in protected areas

DRC: a new species of catfish discovered in the Congo River

DRC: nine mini water stations to strengthen the supply of drinking water in Kinshasa

DRC: Yangambi climate resilience project gets €2m from Unesco

CAMEROON/DRC: Loss of sacred forests a concern

ECCAS: Douala to host Icat-supported climate transparency centre

DRC: a drinking water supply project for several villages in Ruzizi

DRC: In Baraka, waste collection charges come into force

DRC: Félix Tshisekedi inaugurates a new drinking water plant in Lemba-Imbu

DRC: US pledges support for peatland protection

DRC: Three mini water networks come into service in East Kasai province

DRC: Over 100,000 sign petition against oil development

DRC: Kinshasa relies on technology to achieve the SDGs

DRC: State puts 27 oil blocks up for sale, at the risk of biodiversity

DRC: Government seeks consultant for drinking water project in Kinshasa

DRC: Bboxx and Orange to electrify 150,000 people via solar mini-grids

DRC: UNICEF raises awareness on waste management in 24 communes of Kinshasa

DRC: University of Kinshasa call for projects for 15 sustainable innovations

AFRICA: at least six cities in a global ranking of 100 sustainable cities

DRC: BGFA makes €15m available to off-grid solar energy providers

DRC/CAMEROON: IFDD grants 15 sustainable innovations with €2.7 million

DRC: 18 solar-powered water supply systems provide water to 8,000 people in Lualaba

SADC: Kibo diversifies and invests in electricity storage with Enerox

DRC/ZAMBIA: an agreement to manufacture batteries for electric vehicles

DRC: Government suspends 12 illegal logging concessions

DRC: Faced with insecurity in Beni, MONUSCO funds solar-powered lighting

DRC: WCS finally gets management of Kahuzi-Biega National Park

DRC: Afrique RSE to integrate sustainability rules into OHADA texts

DRC: OK Plast starts up its first plastic recycling plant in Kinshasa

DRC: Andritz and Cegelec relaunch the Mwadingusha hydroelectric plant

DRC: Amea Power agrees with SNEL for 100 MWp solar project

DRC: Transfer of 50 white rhinos from South Africa to Garamba Park

DRC: IFC to mobilise $400m for electrification via solar mini-grids

DRC: Rawbank to finance 200 electric bicycles from Mopepe in Goma and Kinshasa

AFRICA: eWaka launches into electric vehicle market with its range

DRC: Eco Ride to train 1,000 youth in electric mobility in 2 years

DRC: Plastic recycler Ok Plast receives government support

DRC: houses, paintings, baskets…, Plastycor gives life to Bukavu’s waste

DRC: Mangroves Marine Park threatened by the Banana Deepwater port

DRC/CAMEROON: PRICNAC program subsidizes 5 eco-responsible innovations

AFRICA: ERAIFT opens Masters in sustainable management of protected areas

AFRICA: Bboxx gets $5.5 million from AGG for solar kits and green cooking

DRC: Belgian justice sentences 3 wildlife traffickers

DRC: In Kinshasa, Albaryk will take over waste management in 2022

AFRICA: IOF funds 6 sustainable development projects in Cameroon and DRC

DRC: Local battery production would reduce EV emissions by 30

SENEGAL: COPERES joins forces with ARE for electrification through renewable energy

DRC: Investors join forces for 100 MWp solar plant in Kolwezi

DRC: Biocrude to build a organic waste recycling plant in Kinshasa

DRC: The creation of Congo Air Nature to safeguard protected areas

Green Hydrogen: Research and Development Advances in Africa 

AFRICA: An international agreement to stop deforestation by 2030

DRC: Caterpillar and Tractafric store hydroelectric power at the Kibali mine

DRC: Suspension of moratorium on new logging concessions causes concern

AFRICA:Zola Electric raises $90 million for its technology to facilitate energy acces

AFRICA: Baobab+ raises €10 million for its solar home systems and digitalization

DRC: Innovert to transform plastic waste from Lake Kivu into paving stones

Kasai and Tshikapa rivers polluted by waste dumping

DRC: Quest Water to supply 500 water purification and desalination systems

DRC: Inga II hydroelectric plant to power Kamoa-Kakula copper mine

DRC: 205 NGOs campaign for Kimia Mining’s eviction from the Okapi Wildlife Reserve

DRC: Clean-Seas to generate electricity from plastic waste via pyrolysis

DRC: Removal of Salonga Park from World Heritage in Danger divides

Yacine Fylla: “Our vocation is to democratise electric vehicles in the DRC”

Founder of Mopepe

DRC: In Kinshasa, the Chic is born for flood prevention

Thierry Téné: “CSR in Africa, a key approach to preserving the environment”

DG -Afrique RSE

DRC: Oil exploitation in the Virunga Park divides

DRC: Virunga Energie re-commissions the water pipe to the Bushara reservoirs

CAMEROON-DRC: a call for proposals to support environmental innovation

World Environment Day 2021 : Feature “Restoring Ecosystems in Africa”

In partnership with SUEZ

AFRICA: when fashion goes green

AFRICA: Towards the creation of a water resources management platform

DRC: the new rise in the water level of Lake Tanganyika causes concern

DRC: Urgent need to reverse wildlife habitat loss

AFRICA: MIGA guarantees Bboxx solar systems in rural areas

AFRICA: 3 cities receive Gap Fund grants for climate projects

CONG: the PPFNC, for integrated and sustainable forest management in the north of the

DRC: London funds clean water for one million people in Kivu

DRC: IDA supports the sustainable development of Kinshasa with a loan of $500 million

DRC: “Kintoko” initiative to collect 50 tonnes of plastic per day

DRC: UNCDF funds the deployment of Bboxx’s clean cookers

DRC: Proparco finances Nuru for off-grid electrification in North Kivu

DRC: Kinshasa to restart work on the Katende hydroelectric dam (64 MW)

DRC: NuRAN to build 2,000 solar-powered pylons for Orange

DRC: Congo Basin forests threatened by 19 oil blocks

DRC-EGYPT: agreements for a drinking water project and a solar PV plant

DRC: 46 health structures to be solarised in the Kwilu province in 2021

DRC: the murder of 6 rangers raises the question of security in Virunga

DRC : Gridworks seeks $35 million in funding for off-grid project

DRC: GWC and EU to invest €4m to preserve Virunga National Park

AFRICA: a call for tenders for the construction of the Ruzizi III dam (147 MW)

AFRICA: Escotel is launched to power telephone towers with green energy

CAR-DRC: AfDB finances the rehabilitation of the Boali hydroelectric power plant

DRC: Kinshasa chooses Eranove, AEE Power and Gridworks for solar off-grid in 3 cities

DRC: Rawbank to create a forest park on 30 hectares in the council of Nsele

DRC: EIF OGEF lends $4m to Bboxx for electrification via solar home systems

DRC: Goma lit by solar energy thanks to the renewable energy credit for peace

DRC: the challenges of implementing the Redd+ process on forest management

UGANDA: $3.3M to protect biodiversity in the Albertine region of the country

AFRICA: RBH invests $20m in DPA to provide solar energy

DRC: Ituri launches its own electricity company and aims for 15 MW of clean energy

DRC: a tower to measure the impact of tropical forests on climate change

AFRICA: Ignite and Tele10 sign agreement for solar-powered television

CONGO: Stay Clean offers dry toilets in Kinshasa

AFRICA: Bboxx launches bPower20, a more accessible solar energy solution

DRC: Sun Plus launches 1,000 MWp solar PV mega-project under PPP

DRC: Elsewedy wins contract to build Kasumbalesa substation

DRC: Chinese companies to head consortium for Inga III dam

AFRICA: Bboxx and Canal+ sign agreement for solar-powered television

DRC: Integrating environmental education into school curriculum

DRC: SustainSolar to install containerized mini-grid for Equatorial Power at Idjwi

DRC: Government unites Africa around the Grand Inga hydroelectric project

DRC: Vergnet to reinforce 2 water networks in Mbuji Mayi via solar hybridisation

DRC: Gaia Impact Fund acquires shares in Nuru, an off-grid provider

DRC: New water sources for health facilities in Butembo and Katwa

DRC: Heavy flooding ravage the east

DRC: Confined local residents allowed to collect food in Virunga Park.

GABON / DRC: Both countries join forces to address environmental challenges

DRC: Butanisation, a solution to reduce deforestation

DRC: SZTC and Putman-Malcon&TSE to drill 28 water wells in Grand Kasai

DRC: Government requests €78.2 M from GCF to electrify three cities

CONGO: Greenpeace opposes allocation of 9 logging concessions

DRC: Locust invasion reaches the country and threatens biodiversity

DRC: Environmental radio station, Gorilla FM to start broadcasting on March 20th, 2020

DRC: Government launches drinking water project in the town of Mbuji-Mayi

DRC: Nuru connects 1.3 MW solar off-grid hybrid in Goma

DRC: AVZ Minerals to revive old Mpiana-Mwanga hydroelectric plant

DRC: Why did ACS exit completely from the Inga III hydroelectric project?

DRC: Bboxx to supply solar kits to 10 million people by 2024

DRC: WIETC launches construction of a large drinking-water plant in Kinshasa

EAST AFRICA: AfDB grants €8 million for the Ruzizi IV hydropower project

DR CONGO: EU reiterates its support for biodiversity protection

DRC: HRW accuses 4 European banks of investing in polluting activities

DRC: Luanda intends to buy 5 GW from Inga III hydroelectric power plant from 2025

DRC: “The Inga III dam must benefit the Congolese! ” activists from NGOs

DRC: Authorities launch operation “Kin Bopeto” (Kinshasa clean)

DRC: Cat Projects Africa to build a 40 MW solar power plant near Kisangani

DRC: Ongoing work to improve access to water in Kokolo camp

EAST AFRICA: SN Power and IPS will develop Ruzizi III dam project

DRC: Two hydroelectric dams of 1050 MW to be built by Power China

DRC: AfDB provides $73 million for Grand Inga Dam feasibility studies

DRC: Exim Bank of India finances three solar power plants at $83 million

CENTRAL AFRICA: The two Congos will fight poaching together

CENTRAL AFRICA: €100 million from European Union for biodiversity protection

AFRICA: BBOXX raises €6 million via crowd funding, the highest ever on solar energy

SOLAR MINI-GRID: AIIM finances Bboxx projects in Central and East Africa

CONGO: Visual Artist Junior Luwaka Wields Art Against Plastic Pollution

DRC: ACS, Sinohydro and CTG to finance Grand Inga hydroelectric project

DR CONGO: Scanning vehicles to track down illegal timber imports

CONGO: Extraction of cobalt, stumbling block for green energies

DRC: African Parks drives poachers from Garamba National Park

DRC: Sinohydro has finally completed the Zongo 2 hydroelectric dam

WEST AFRICA: ECOWAS to supply off-grid energy in 19 countries

AFRICA: Recycling smartphones to save gorillas by saving Coltan

DRC: National Assembly rejects bill on the development of the Grand Inga

DRC: Kinshasa says no to water transfer from Oubangui River to Lake Chad

CENTRAL AFRICA: A “Marketing and management of plastic waste” Mooc

May 7 to June 10, 2018

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