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Spotlight | Africa
From Douala to Djibouti, IOG on the lookout for African carbon dollars

By Constance Daire and Barbara Debout

Published on 20.06.2025 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 4 min

Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh in Nairobi, on 3 September 2022. © Billy Mutai/Anadolu via AFP

President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh has enlisted the services of a businessman to set up a system for collecting carbon contributions from polluters, known as the Africa Sovereign Carbon Registry. Several countries are following suit, attracted by the promise of this lucrative scheme.

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Spotlight | Africa
From Douala to Djibouti, IOG on the lookout for African carbon dollars