Africa

International Finance Corporation says scheme will help fund green startups in developing economies

Columbia University project backed by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation aims to turn Ghana's untreated sewage into energy

Rajkumar to open cashew processing and biomass plant in Ghana powered by waste nut shells

SAP and PlaNet Finance invest in Ghana smartphone programme to increase supply chain transparency

Pilot scheme aims to help developing world customers access solar systems without paying high upfront costs

Controversial fuel crops linked to rising food prices and hunger, as well as increased greenhouse gas emissions

First power from 300MW Lake Turkana wind farm pushed back as investors struggle to gain support from government

African nation kicks off pilot to verify that exported timber is from legally felled sources

Encouraging moves on climate funding, deforestation and the US climate bill are all overshadowed by increasingly fractious row over future of Kyoto Protocol

Agreement edges fractionally closer as African nations group scales back funding demands