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The new anti-coal policy that Equity has implemented comes at a time when the nation is getting ready to begin mining the commodity after significant quantities were discovered in Kitui County’s Mui Basin.

“Through with this equity investment, Equity Group undertakes to refrain from providing any financing for coal-related endeavours, including the construction or expansion of coal-fired power stations and coal mines., and transportation assets used exclusively for coal,” IFC and Equity said in a joint statement. “This equity investment” refers to the equity investment made by Equity Group.

Any utility firm that derives more than 20 per cent of its energy or revenues from coal by producing 10 million tonnes or more of coal or has an installed coal-fired capacity of 5,000 megawatts or more will not be eligible for financing from this bank. One of the most important companies that rely on coal as a source of manufacturing …

The African Development disbursed $5.6 million to Niger to implement its Africa Disaster Risk Management Funding Programme (ADRiFi).

The funds are from the African Development Fund (ADF-15) as technical and institutional support to strengthen the country’s resilience and response to drought-related disasters.

The project will be co-financed by the Bank’s group concessional rate loan window and the Pan-African mutual managed fund, a risk contribution of $1 million and by the Nigerien government $1.4 million.

Africa Disaster Risk Management Funding Programme (ADRiFi) aims to strengthen Niger’s resilience and response to climate shocks by improving its disaster risk management and adaptation to climate change.

ADRiFi will therefore provide financial and technical support to the Niger’s government through capacity building in terms of drought risk assessment, prevention of drought-related food crises and development of contingency plans. It will also support through transfer of sovereign risk through the subscription of insurance against drought risks …