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    • Papo Delphine a cocoa farmer in her plantation in Watte village San Pedro Cote d'Ivoire
    • A training on cocoa fertilization with farmers in Watte village San Pedro Cote dIvoire
    • Papo Delphine a cocoa farmer completes tree pruning prior to fertilization prior to fertilization
    • Bardo Etienne a cocoa farmer in his plantation
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Cultivating Hope: Ivorian Cocoa Farmers' Path to Empowerment

The learners closely follow the instructors as they demonstrate the appropriate fertilizer doses and application techniques for cocoa trees

On a misty morning in rural Cote d’Ivoire, Delphine Papo deviates from her usual routine. Instead of trekking 4 kilometers through the fog to her cocoa plantation, she’s headed to a special class. The Watté United Brothers Cooperative (SCUW) is hosting a demonstration of cocoa tree fertilization, and Delphine is…

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    • Desert to power will harness the Sahel's energy potential to provide 250 million people living in the Sahel with clean, abundant and affordable energy
    • The Desert to Power project will produce up to 10 GW of solar energy to supply 250 million people in 11 Sahel countries with photovoltaic power
    • The president of the African Development Bank, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, who is spearheading the initiative, considers Desert to Power to be the "baobab" of the Bank's projects because of its scale, its scope, the number of people who will benefit and its importance for the economy and people's lives
    • Desert to power will provide on-grid and off-grid electricity to the people of the Sahel
    • A woman working in a dairy factory in Mali. The private sector will benefit greatly from the spin-offs of the Desert to power initiative
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The African Development Bank's Desert to Power Initiative

The Desert to Power initiative aims to bring energy to one of the least developed and most marginal parts of the continent

Desert-to-Power involves 11 countries across Sahelian belt; 250 million people set to benefit with 10 gigawatts of solar by 2030. The African Development Bank is the driving force behind one of the world's most ambitious energy projects: the Desert to Power initiative aims to bring energy to one of the least…

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    • About 75% of African countries have access to the sea, which offers immense opportunities in the blue economy, with a global potential is estimated at about $1.5 trillion. Photo shows part of the coast in Cabo Verde
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Natural capital, an option for African governments to finance Sustainable Development Goals

The continent contributes substantially to the world's annual production of six key minerals: 80% of platinum, 77% of cobalt, 51% of manganese, 46% of diamonds, 39% of chromium and 22% of gold

Africa must use all its comparative advantages to mobilize the resources it needs to finance its sustainable development ambitions. Since 2010, official development assistance has declined, falling to its lowest level of $34 billion in 2022, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) estimates. Access to international capital…

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    • Africa Knowledge Exchange Shares Perspectives on Protecting Forests, Fostering Climate Resilience and Empowering Communities
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Africa Knowledge Exchange Shares Perspectives on Protecting Forests, Fostering Climate Resilience and Empowering Communities

The occasion brought together over 200 participants from CIF recipient countries, contributing states, the private sector, civil society, local community groups, and the Fund’s international partners

In March 2023, the Climate Investment Funds (CIF), the Government of Côte d’Ivoire, and the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) held a four-day event to share knowledge from 15 years of the Fund’s interventions in Africa. The event focused on experiences from the Forest Investment Program and the Pilot Program…

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    • Rishabh Khanna, Chief Impact Officer, Earthbanc; Luc Gnacadja, Co-Chair of the Adaptation Benefits Mechanism Executive Committee; Camilla Nordheim-Larsen, Senior Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Coordinator, UNCCD; Gareth Philips, Climate and Environment Finance Manager at the African Development Bank; Dr. Peter Minang, Director for Africa of the International Agroforestry Center
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CORRECTION: COP15: Global GDP could gain $140 trillion a year, if we achieve the objectives of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification

The Sustainable Development Goal for Life on Land is least funded, but can contribute most to resilience

The global economy could increase by more than $140 trillion a year [1], or 1.5 times the annual global GDP, if the objectives of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) are achieved, participants heard during a side-event at the 15th summit of the UNCCD. Camilla Nordheim-Larsen, Senior Partnerships…

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A Ghanaian maize farmer thrives on the ashes of destroyed forest

Hundreds of farmers are benefitting from a project that repurposes degraded forest land

For years, Christiana Akwabea admired the vast fields she visited in neighboring districts to buy maize for reselling and dreamed of one day owning a plot of land where she could grow the staple crop. But there wasn’t much land for commercial farming in Seikwa in Ghana’s Bono Region, and…