African Development Bank Group President appoints Senegal’s former Minister Amadou Hott as Special Envoy for the Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa

The Alliance will mobilize up to $500 million needed for a robust pipeline of bankable, greener projects ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, December 13, 2022/ — African Development Bank Group (http://www.AfDB.org) President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has appointed Senegal’s former minister Amadou Hott, as his Special Envoy and global champion for the Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa (AGIA). The African Development Bank, Africa Union and Africa50 launched the Alliance during COP27 last November with global partners: the African Union Development Agency, the African Sovereign Investors Forum, the European Investment Bank, the European Bank…

Saving the Amboseli Lion in Kenya from near Extinction

Maasai Olympics, et al, to the rescue ……As Six-fold increase in Lion Population established !!! By: Mohammed Abu Monitoring by Lion Guardians, a Conservation NGO  has established that, there is a six-fold increase in the Amboseli lion population between 2004 and 2020, making it the fastest growing lion population on community-owned land in Africa, an astonishing turnaround following near extinction at the turn of the century. The reduction in lion killing isn’t only due to the Maasai Olympics factor alone, but also, as the result of other programs by, Big…