- AfDB reveals that African countries are increasingly striving for green growth.
- At least seven countries have recently implemented projects to develop a green economy.
The African Development Bank (AfDB), through its Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), inked a protocol to accelerate green energy development in Africa. In a combined study released in September 2022, the two organizations ranked Morocco, Tunisia, Kenya, Rwanda, Senegal, Gabon, and Mozambique as the continent’s top green-growth performers.
Other African nations that are members of the GGGI include Angola, Burkina Faso, the Ivory Coast, and Uganda. For example, to deal with the population boom in this East African nation, the organization helped Rwanda design a program to create secondary ecological cities in 2019.
Kenya was inspired by this support to pass its Sustainable Waste Management Act in 2022. A Waste Management Board will be established, extended producer responsibility programs will be mandated, home waste will be recovered, and illegal dumping in all 47 counties of the nation will be closed, according to the text.
Togo is attempting to transition to a circular economy and has applied to join the Global Growth Institute. The nation of West Africa is wrapping up its National Development Plan (NDP), which has a growth target of 7.6% by 2022. The AfDB, which earlier in 2021 declared that it would mobilize $25 billion to finance green projects in Ivory Coast by 2025, also backed this program. The industries in question are smart agriculture, green mobility, and renewable energy, generating at least 500,000 new jobs.