By Jeff Kapembwa The construction of the proposed US$17 billion-17,000 barrel-a-day oil refinery in Kenya’s coastal town, Lamu, has faced stiff opposition from climate change campaigners, with many fearing for the ecosystem in the East African nation’s ecosystem. Africa’s richest business icon, Aliko Dangote,…
By Jeff Kapembwa Energy output at Cahora Bassa Dam in Mozambique, rose 13%, raising € 226 million in revenues through June this year compared to a similar period in 2025, a historical rise in performance after an excruciating climate impasse experienced on the regional power project,…
By Jeff Kapembwa An estimated 24 million in Ethiopia and a further tens of millions within and beyond Africa face heightening food insecurity, malnutrition and other climate induced headwinds, fueled by delayed disbursement of about US$900 billion+ World Bank spearheaded Loss and Damage Fund to…
By Jeff Kapembwa Climate change remains a major headwind in Africa’s Foreign Direct Investment destination with the continent attracting a paltry US$70 billion last year, slightly lower than a year earlier, a call for more private sector-led growth trajectory, chiefly in Greenfields, a global…
By Jeff Kapembwa Temperatures, estimated to drop to a low 20°C, spurred by Cool Airflow Cloudy, and Windy Conditions, is forecast to hover over Muchinga, Eastern, Lusaka, and Southern Provinces of Zambia from July 6-10, a clarion call by experts for all, children chiefly,…
By Jeff Kapembwa Africa and other climate change-hard hit continents are gnashing their teeth after the much anticipated 10-Day- Climate Change Conference collapsed for lack of consensus over the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA). The mid-year UN climate intersessional technical negotiations, acting as an…
By Jeff Kapembwa Africa’s leading economic bloc-Comesa continues pushing its integration agenda with a clarion call to its 21-member states to embrace digital and smart solutions and bolster intra-trade, a yardstick for actualising regional integration. The regional bloc, which has in over 30 years…
By Jeff Kapembwa The Impending El Nino induced weather variabilities threatening Africa during the 2026-27 period has attracted interest groups with the Pan African Bank-AfDB- extending a staggering US$30 billion to militate the cycle. The Pan African financial institution has remained an ally of the…
By Jeff Kapembwa The Global Carbon Council (GCC) high level dialogue hosted by Bonn, Germany, hit a snag after interest groups failed to agree on emission parameters readiness for high-integrity carbon credit implementation for each country and climate financing. The meeting, hosting various countries including…
By Happy Mulolani Despite Zambia recording bumper harvests in successive farming seasons, the country could be at risk from anticipated El Nino. As concerns of the anticipated El Nino grow wider, the Zambia Meteorological Department confirmed the much expected El Niño, which is one…
