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Green economy: what opportunities for Africa?

Although a small contributor to emissions, Kenya is experiencing climate change head-on, particularly with increasingly harsh droughts.

Here, a breeder walks his animals among the carcass of a dead cow due to drought, near Kargi, October 9, 2021. REUTERS - BAZ RATNER

By: Alain Foka Follow

Although it represents only 4% of global greenhouse emissions, it has to deal with the many consequences of the climate crisis.

How can Africa turn this tragedy, this injustice into an opportunity?

What strategy to adopt for a green economy while guaranteeing the development of the continent?

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With the participation of :

- O'Neige N'Sele Mimpa

,

Deputy Minister of Finance of the Democratic Republic of Congo

- Me Binta Barry

, lawyer at the Paris Bar and Future Energy Leader at

the World Energy Council

- Ibrahima Cheikh Diong

, UN Under-Secretary General, Managing Director of

ARC Group - African Risk Capacity

- Sidi Ould Tah

, Managing Director of the 

Arab Bank for Development in Africa (BADEA).

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