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World Water Week: African ministers highlight benefits of wastewater

The African Water and Sanitation Ministers attending the 2017 World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden, have highlighted the importance of wastewater to the region’s hope of achieving economic growth and sustainable development. Speaking before and during the opening plenary in Central Stockholm on Monday, August 28, 2017, water and sanitation ministers from the five sub-regions […]

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Opinion: Kenya’s Plastic Bag Ban: Is it time to go to rest?

Everywhere you go, you see sachets of water littering the streets or filling the drainages or even hanging on tree branches due to improper disposal. The producers of these plastic materials are also not helping matters by not embracing extended producer responsibility. According to Mathias Wandera, plastic bags are non-biodegradable and may take up to

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United Nations assembly president says water and sanitation goals needs major push

At the start of World Water Week, 28 August 2017-  Encouraging global action to support clean water and sanitation, United Nations General Assembly President Peter Thomson mentioned that when it comes to the environment, everything is connected. “None should imagine that the state of sanitation and coral reefs are anything but directly connected,” Mr. Thomson

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Jennifer Uchendu wins Nigeria SME100 25 under 25 award for Energy and Sustainability

Last weekend, SME100, a leading Nigerian youth-driven entrepreneurship and capacity building centre rewarded 25 young Nigerian Entrepreneurs under the age of 25 at a Ceremony in Lagos. The award derives from a selection process in which organizations from different sectors, set up by young entrepreneurs under the age of 25 recorded impressive growth within two years

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Fifty Shades Greener: An Overview of the Past, Present and Future of Climate Financing

Combating climate change is inevitable and one of the tools we are using today is Climate Financing. This is a blend of public and private funds sourced from multilateral or bilateral agencies and examples include Africa Risk Capacity and the Green Climate Fund. Through Climate Finance projects ranging from Sunshine Schools in China to the

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Climate Finance: Corruption Will Stall Efforts To Combat Climate Change

According to Transparency International, some estimates have it that a total of $700 billion in investments will be needed to offset the effects of climate change. Most of these will flow through new uncoordinated channels and in Nigeria presently, this does not sound good as there are loopholes in regulations which present a high risk

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