Waste management

Congo
Paris reinstates plan for training hub to tackle environmental crime

After a false start, French diplomats hope to have their international academy project, which is to be based in Brazzaville, up and running by 2027.

Cameroon, Congo
World Bank injects $395m into Congo Basin forests

The funding for the first phase of the Sustainable Congo Basin Forest Economies Program, running until 2034, has just been approved.

The New Guard
Benin, Gabon, Ethiopia

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

BeninJean-Wilfried Kemajou, architect of a national narrative

GabonChristelle Azizet Do Rego, guiding French SMEs into Africa

EthiopiaJodahi Bezabih Petros, a youth voice for the climate

Kenya
Mombasa governor targeted for $130m contract

Several political and civic leaders in the coastal county have long demanded an inquiry into a public contract of unprecedented size for waste management in the country's second city. The Kenyan Senate is also examining the matter.

Gabon
Lebanese firm Averda wins latest round in its battle with Libreville

The Gabonese state has tried in vain to reverse an arbitration decision ordering it to pay €37m to waste management company Averda.

Ethiopia
Addis Ababa puts finishing touches to its carbon credit strategy

Ethiopia will introduce legislation in early 2026 to tap into the promising carbon offset market. Discussions are underway between the government and foreign partners.

Chad
Environment minister sends vitriolic letter to African Parks

Earlier this week, for the first time in its history, the nature conservation NGO was unilaterally dismissed by a government. To justify his decision, Hassan Bakhit Djamous, in a confidential letter seen by Africa Intelligence, has highlighted numerous failings and made serious accusations.

Mozambique
Oil waste management company Moz Environmental under pressure in Cabo Delgado

The Mozambican subsidiary of the French group Séché is feeling the heat from the gas province authorities who are set on closing down its waste treatment plant.

Morocco
Consensus PR to help kingdom make its football World Cup greener

Consensus Public Relations is hosting an event on 18 June to discuss the potential environmental impact of the 2030 men's football World Cup, co-hosted by Morocco, Portugal and Spain.

Central African Republic
African Parks raises nearly $5m from sale of carbon credits

The South African conservation NGO has been able to generate several million dollars in credits from carbon capture in Chinko Nature Reserve in the last two years.

Morocco
France's energy representatives to head for talks in south of kingdom

Emmanuel Macron's special correspondent for France's energy partnership with Morocco Gérard Mestrallet, will head to Ouarzazate on 23 April, accompanied by Industry and Energy Minister Marc Ferracci.

The New Guard
Ivory Coast, Tanzania, Central African Republic

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Ivory CoastLionel Kili, key figure in France's Ivorian diaspora

TanzaniaSalma Iddy, environmentalist championing women entrepreneurs

CARMarius Aristide Hoja Nzessioué, Touadéra's man at the UN

Guinea
Guinea wants Fouta Djallon highlands added to UNESCO heritage list

The ministries of culture and the environment are taking the lead on having this area, which stretches from the city of Kindia to the Senegalese border, listed by UNESCO.

Angola
Nuvibev seeks World Bank support for Refriango soft drinks subsidiary

The International Finance Corporation, the World Bank's private sector arm, is set to vote on whether to grant a credit facility to the Angolan group Nuvibev.