Carbon Markets
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Kigali carbon summit shifts focus from talk to deal-making
The Carbon Markets Africa Summit (CMAS 2026) opens in Kigali next week with a programme built around striking deals. Organisers say Africa’s carbon markets are moving from setting up frameworks to actually trading. The three-day meeting runs from October 13 to 15. It will put investment-ready projects in front of buyers and financiers through dedicated deal rooms, project showcases and…
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EU commits KSh590 million to help Kenya build a stronger carbon market
Kenya is set to receive KSh590 million (about €4 million) from the European Union to strengthen its carbon-market systems as the country moves to expand its participation in international carbon markets under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. The funding will support the development of systems for monitoring, reporting and verifying carbon-market activities and national climate action, with a focus…
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Kenya wants to turn waste into jobs and local value, but the infrastructure to make circularity work is still catching up
Kenya’s circular economy is becoming an economic conversation as much as an environmental one. Research cited by the private sector estimates that a transition towards more circular production and consumption could lift GDP by about 0.5 per cent and create roughly 46,000 additional jobs compared with business as usual. The opportunity spans agriculture, construction, manufacturing, plastics, electronics and waste management,…
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Countdown To GreenShift puts the business case for sustainability under the spotlight
Sustainability is increasingly becoming a business conversation, touching everything from access to capital and compliance to technology, mobility and the way companies manage their operations. That was the focus in Nairobi as Countdown To GreenShift brought together voices from business, technology, sustainability, academia and startups ahead of the GreenShift Forum 2026 on October 22. Hosted by TechTrends Media at WOJO…
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Africa’s carbon markets gain momentum as climate finance opportunities expand
Africa’s carbon markets are entering a new phase, with governments tightening policy frameworks, investors seeking credible projects and growing focus on how the continent can unlock more climate finance. These issues will be at the centre of the Carbon Markets Africa Summit (CMAS) 2026, set for October 13 to 15 in Kigali, Rwanda. Policymakers, investors, carbon project developers, corporate buyers…
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CLIMATE CHANGE
Kenya, World Bank explore deeper ties on carbon markets
Kenya’s Principal Secretary for Environment and Climate Change, Eng. F. Ngeno, has held bilateral talks with the World Bank on strengthening cooperation around circular economy and carbon markets. The meeting with Valerie Hickey, World Bank Director for Environment for Kenya, took place on the sidelines of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) COP17 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The talks…
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Behind Kenya’s Carbon Exchange Is a Much Bigger Market Story
Kenya’s planned Kenya carbon exchange is about far more than creating a marketplace for carbon credits. It represents the final layer of a framework that has steadily brought project approvals, carbon accounting, regulation and climate finance under domestic institutions. If the Nairobi International Financial Centre (NIFC), Capital Markets Authority (CMA) and Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) meet their target of launching…
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FarmCarbon Closes $53 Million to Bring Climate Finance to Smallholder Farmers Across Africa and Asia
A new climate finance vehicle designed to put clean energy technology in the hands of smallholder farmers has closed its first round of funding, marking one of the most ambitious attempts yet to channel institutional capital into agricultural methane reduction in the developing world. Sistema.bio announced on March 17 that it had closed $53 million in initial funding for FarmCarbon,…
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Senate Reviews Landmark Climate Regulations Targeting Non-Market Approaches
Kenya has taken a significant step toward strengthening its climate governance framework, with new regulations under the Climate Change Act presented before the Senate Committee on Delegated Legislation for parliamentary scrutiny. Cabinet Secretary for Environment Debora Barasa appeared before the Committee to outline the Climate Change (Non-Market Approaches) Regulations, 2026, published as Legal Notice No. 8, which aim to expand Kenya’s…
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Kenya Enforces 40% Benefit-Sharing Rule in Carbon Markets
The cowboy era of unregulated carbon trading in Africa has officially met its match in Nairobi. Following a series of high-profile legal battles and international scrutiny, the Kenyan government has begun strict enforcement of the Climate Change (Carbon Markets) Regulations 2024, fundamentally shifting the power balance between global project developers and local communities. At the heart of the new enforcement…
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