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Did you know gender inequality and climate change are interconnected? Africa is more vulnerable to climate change than any other region on the planet. Coincidentally, the continent is also one of the world’s least gender-equal places. Gender inequality, combined with the climate change crisis, endangers the lives, livelihoods, health, safety, and security of African women […]
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Investments in Africa’s infrastructure can make people and communities far more resilient to the threats posed by climate change, a new report says. Traditionally, financiers and developers have focused on risks to infrastructure such as transport, water and energy systems when considering climate resilience (being able to cope with threats such as extreme heat and […]
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African Risk Capacity (ARC) Ltd. has come on board to assist the Malawi Government with an insurance innovation that will scale up the World Bank’s Social Support for Resilient Livelihoods Project (SSRLP) in the country. This will see Malawi’s flagship safety net – the Social Cash Transfer Programme (SCTP) – reinforced with a risk transfer […]
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FSD Africa Investments (FSDAi), the investing arm of FSD Africa, today announces new investments totalling US$19.5 million to support climate adaptation and climate-aligned infrastructure projects in Africa and to promote the continent’s resilience to climate change. The investments in Acre Impact Capital’s Export Finance Fund I, Catalyst Fund and Camco’s Spark Energy Services, demonstrate FSDAi’s commitment to […]
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Gender-equitable SRHR and land rights can unlock greater agency and accelerate climate action and justice By Beth Roberts, Director, Center for Women’s Land Rights at Landesa and Eleanor Blomstrom, Senior Manager for Policy and Advocacy at Women Deliver In the first half of 2023, the world faced its longest-ever tropical cyclone, the hottest temperatures ever […]
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By Titilayo Adewum Regional Sales Director: West Africa at SAP Across Africa, urban centres are rapidly expanding as the continent’s large – and growing – youth population seek better fortunes in the city. In 2020, Kinshasha was the world’s 17th-largest city by population size, and Lagos the 18th-largest. However, the astonishing rate of urbanisation will […]
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