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Nigeria
Nigeria stands aloof from scramble for carbon credits

Nigeria has immense potential in the carbon credits market, which is largely dominated by East African countries. But Bola Tinubu's new administration doesn't seem particularly interested. [...]

Published on 22/09/2023 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Africa Climate Summit
Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji
Bola Ahmed Tinubu
CarbonVista
Federal Inland Revenue Service
Kashim Shettima
National Council on Climate Change
Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority
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Salisu Dahiru
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William Ruto
Yemi Osinbajo
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Gift of potash sows discord in Abuja

Local fertiliser producers are at odds with the Nigerian authorities over how to distribute an imminent shipment of potash from Moscow, which has delayed the whole process by several months.

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Bags of fertiliser donated to Malawi by the Russian company Uralchem, 6 March 2023.

Central African Republic
African Parks converts Chinko nature reserve to carbon credits

The South African conservation giant recently obtained certification to sell carbon credits backed by the reserve.

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Nigeria
Africa Nature Investors puts national parks on carbon credit market

The private foundation in charge of security for two national parks in Nigeria is preparing to enter them on the global carbon market in the hopes of making the conservation of the country's natural environment profitable.

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Balarabe Abbas Lawal, Nigeria's environment minister, during the COP28 UN Climate Change Conference, held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 9 December 2023.

Nigeria
Nigerian oil and gas ministers skip Africa Energy Week

Neither the minister of state for petroleum resources, Heineken Lokpobiri, nor his counterpart for gas, Ekperikpe Ekpo, actually travelled to South Africa for Africa Energy Week.

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Nigeria
Vice President Shettima to blame for Russian fertiliser delay

A shipment of Russian potash, promised to Nigeria months ago, has been plagued by delays. Moscow has tried to use this as a political weapon, blaming Europe for the hold up. But the delay is in fact the fault of the Nigerian vice president.

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Nigeria's Vice-President Kashim Shettima shaking hands with Russia's President Vladimir Putin during the second Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum in St Petersburg, Russia, 28 July 2023.

Nigeria
Tinubu's tax task force swings into gear

The Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy, Tax Reforms has begun its work. Its key mission is to bring Nigeria's tax rate up from 11% to the continental average of 18%.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 20.09.2023

Spotlight | Kenya
African countries scramble for carbon credit eldorado

Legislative plans to regulate the sale of carbon credits are proliferating across Africa, with encouragement from around the world. The recent Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi sought to define a common continental position ahead of the COP 28 in November.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 13.09.2023

Kenyan President William Ruto holds a press conference with the attendance of participating country leaders within the 1st Africa Climate Summit at the Kenyatta International Convention Center in Nairobi, Kenya, on 6 September 2023.

Tanzania
Private sector pushes Samia to revise onerous carbon credit rules

Ahead of its neighbours, Tanzania has introduced a regulatory framework for trading carbon credits in the hope of stimulating environmental projects in the country. However, those behind these projects are up in arms over certain provisions, deeming them counter-productive.

Subscribers only Energy 12.07.2023

President of Tanzania Samia Suluhu Hassan on 15 April 2022 in Washington, DC.

Nigeria
Africa Nature Investors secures national parks

At the end of this month, Africa Nature Investors will start ensuring security in parts of Edo state's Okomu National Park. It is the only Nigerian NGO working to conserve natural heritage locally, and it believes in profitability.

Subscribers only Business 23.03.2023

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Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Nigeria
Nigeria stands aloof from scramble for carbon credits

Nigeria
Gift of potash sows discord in Abuja

Central African Republic
African Parks converts Chinko nature reserve to carbon credits

Nigeria
Africa Nature Investors puts national parks on carbon credit market

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Nigerian oil and gas ministers skip Africa Energy Week

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Vice President Shettima to blame for Russian fertiliser delay

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Tinubu's tax task force swings into gear

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African countries scramble for carbon credit eldorado

Tanzania
Private sector pushes Samia to revise onerous carbon credit rules

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