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The GreenShift Podcast
Green Shift and Econews Earn BAKE Awards Recognition During a Strong Year for Climate and Sustainability Reporting
Two sustainability-focused media brands under TechTrends Media Kenya have made the shortlist for the 2026 BAKE Awards, placing climate reporting and environmental storytelling alongside some of Kenya’s most recognized digital creators. Econews earned a nomination in the Environmental Creator category, while the Green Shift Podcast received recognition in both Environmental Creator and Audio Creator. Public voting is now open and…
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GREEN FINANCE
NCBA, Salvador Caetano Partner on EV Financing Scheme
NCBA Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Salvador Caetano Kenya Limited, one of East Africa’s leading automotive distributors, introducing a structured asset financing scheme covering a range of passenger and commercial vehicles, including electric vehicles (EVs). The partnership extends NCBA’s dealer financing ecosystem and positions the bank to capture growing demand for EV financing as Kenya’s cleaner mobility…
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ENERGY
Proparco Commits €300 Million to Back AXIAN’s Digital and Clean Energy Push Across Africa
French development finance institution Proparco has announced a EUR 300 million financing commitment to support AXIAN Group’s digital and energy operations across Africa. The deal was formalised through a Memorandum of Understanding signed with AXIAN Energy and its digital subsidiary Yas at the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi. The three-year agreement positions Proparco as a strategic financing partner for AXIAN’s…
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CLIMATE
Africa Forward Summit Seals Blue Economy and Green Industry Deals
The inaugural Africa Forward Summit closed yesterday with a package of financing agreements anchored in a new Nairobi Declaration, positioning the continent’s ocean economy and industrial base as central pillars of the global green transition. The deals, framed as co-investment rather than development assistance, span offshore renewable energy, blue carbon restoration, grid modernisation, and green hydrogen derivatives. The summit’s headline…
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LATEST
Timothy Mulwa | Why Sustainability Must Be at the Heart of Kenya’s Food Future
Sustainability has become one of those words that gets used everywhere and means something slightly different depending on who is saying it. In the food sector, it is often reduced to packaging choices or carbon pledges. But for those of us in the business of feeding people, every day, at scale, it means something much more fundamental: can we keep…
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NEWS
World Bank and African Union Launch $bn Push to Build Africa’s Pharma Sector
Africa has formally launched the Africa Initiative for Medical Access and Manufacturing, AIM2030, a multi-stakeholder programme designed to fundamentally restructure the continent’s dependence on imported medicines, vaccines, and medical supplies. The initiative was unveiled at a ceremony in Nairobi attended by Kenyan President William Ruto, IFC Managing Director Makhtar Diop, WHO AFRO Regional Director Dr Mohamed Yakub Janabi, and Kenya’s…
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NEWS
Kenya Airways and Rubis Energy Sign Deal to Build Africa’s First Dedicated SAF Refinery
Kenya Airways and Rubis Energy Kenya, the local unit of French energy group Rubis, have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop what the two companies are billing as Africa’s first dedicated sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) refinery, in a deal that signals a significant escalation of the national carrier’s decarbonisation ambitions. The planned facility is expected to have a production…
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CLIMATE CHANGE
Kenya and France Sign Meteorological Modernisation Pact
Kenya has moved a step closer to a comprehensive overhaul of its national weather and climate services after the Kenya Meteorological Service Authority signed a Statement of Intent with Meteo France International at State House, Nairobi. The signing was witnessed by President William Ruto and French President Emmanuel Macron, and formalises a cooperation framework that has been in technical and…
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NEWS
Why Africa Must Put Women and Youth at the Center of Clean Energy Transition
Africa’s clean energy transition will only be fast, just, and investable if women and young people are treated as producers, workers, innovators, and decision-makers, and not merely as end users of clean energy solutions. A pivotal moment for policy choices Across the continent, energy poverty remains a defining constraint on inclusive and sustainable development. Around 666 million people globally still…
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NEWS
African Debt Managers Urged to Embed Climate Finance at Core of Sovereign Borrowing Strategy
African sovereign debt managers must integrate climate finance into the architecture of national borrowing strategies or risk entrenching a cycle of low investment, weakened growth, and compounding climate vulnerability. That was the central message to emerge from the Second African Forum on Sovereign Finance, which concluded in Addis Ababa on Friday. Jointly organised by the UN Economic Commission for Africa…
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