Energy & Resources Africa

Energy & Resources Africa

Tanzania: Tanzania’s Carbon Market Misses the Mark

[Daily News] TANZANIA: TANZANIA, a nation blessed with vast forests and renewable energy potential, should be a key player in the global carbon market. Yet, despite its natural advantages and strategic role in climate mitigation, the country is falling far short of expectations. A recent audit by the Controller and Auditor General (CAG) paints a sobering picture of missed opportunities and underperformance. Between January 2023 and July 2024, Tanzania earned just 36bn/- from carbon trading, barely 3.0 per cent of the

Energy & Resources Africa

Ethiopia: Ethiopia Spearheads Comprehensive Energy Diplomacy in Africa

[Ethiopian Herald] Ethiopia’s Energy Diplomacy refers to the strategic use of its energy resources–particularly hydropower–as a tool for advancing its national interests, regional cooperation, and foreign policy goals. This approach plays a significant role in shaping Ethiopia’s position within the Horn of Africa, the Nile Basin, and across Africa. The term hydro-diplomacy is an element of Ethiopia’s diplomacy used to mean energy diplomacy but the author prefers to use energy diplomacy in this contribution as it will help

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