Africa Environment Outlook for Business

AfricaEnvironmentOutlookforBusiness OURENVIRONMENTOURWEALTH AfricaEnvironmentOutlookforBusiness OURENVIRONMENTOURWEALTH ©2023UnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme ISBN:978-92-807-4060-8 JobNumber:ROA/2558/NA DOI:https://doi.org/10.59117/20.500.11822/43127 Thispublicationmaybereproducedinwholeorinpartandinanyformforeducational ornon-profitserviceswithoutspecialpermissionfromthecopyrightholder,providedacknowledgementofthesourceismade.TheUnitedNationsEnvironmentProgrammewouldappreciatereceivingacopyofanypublicationthatusesthispublicationasasource.NouseofthispublicationmaybemadeforresaleoranyothercommercialpurposewhatsoeverwithoutpriorpermissioninwritingfromtheUnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme.Applicationsforsuchpermission,withastatementofthepurposeandextentofthereproduction,shouldbeaddressedtounep-communication-director@un.org. Disclaimers ThedesignationsemployedandthepresentationofthematerialinthispublicationdonotimplytheexpressionofanyopinionwhatsoeveronthepartoftheSecretariatoftheUnitedNationsconcerningthelegalstatusofanycountry,territoryorcityorareaoritsauthorities,orconcerningthedelimitationofitsfrontiersorboundaries.MentionofacommercialcompanyorproductinthisdocumentdoesnotimplyendorsementbytheUnitedNationsEnvironmentProgrammeortheauthors.Theuseofinformationfromthisdocumentforpublicityoradvertisingisnotpermitted.Trademarknamesandsymbolsareusedinaneditorialfashionwithnointentiononinfringementoftrademarkorcopyrightlaws.TheviewsexpressedinthispublicationarethoseoftheauthorsanddonotnecessarilyreflecttheviewsoftheUnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme.Weregretanyerrorsoromissionsthatmayhavebeenunwittinglymade. Suggestedcitation: UnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme(2023).AfricaEnvironmentOutlookforBusiness:OurEnvironmentOurWealth.Nairobi:UnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme.https://doi.org/10.59117/20.500.11822/43127 Publishedby: UnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme(UNEP),NairobiURL:https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/43127 ©Maps,photosandillustrationsasspecified FrontCover:OuarzazateSolarPowerStation,Morocco|Photocredit:UNEPBackCover:DandoradumpsiteinNairobi,Kenya|PhotoCredit:UNEP WasteManagementAbidjan,Coted’ivoire|PhotoCredit:UNEPWomenAdaptToSudansWaterCrisis|PhotoCredit:UNEP ThisreportwasfundedbytheEuropeanUnionthroughSWITCHAfricaGreen. Acknowledgments PRODUCTIONTEAM UnitedNationsEnvironmentProgramme(UNEP) CharlesSebukeeraPatrickMwesigyeRhodaWachiraHarrisonSimotwo LianaArchaia-AtanasovaNoraMugita JoyceNyagahSylviaMunuhe TechnicalCoordination-UNEP RoseMwebaza–DirectorandRegionalRepresentativeRichardMunang–DeputyRegionalDirector FrankTuryatunga(Retired) TechnicalSupportTeam–UNEP StephenNdetiWycliffeOgwenoTimothyShitagwaThomasMooreOgolaGenevievePrint EnvironmentalPulseInstitute AshbinduSinghRusehOghenekaroMondayBusingeJayasuryaKalakkal CarolitaSmithMaraboli(Editor) PrachiJoshi(Reportlayoutanddesign) EugeneApindiOchieng(GISandremotesensing) CentreforEnvironmentandDevelopmentfortheArabRegionandEurope(CEDARE) NadiaMakramEbeidAhmedAbdelrehimCatherineGhalyMonaDaoud MayarSabetMaiSamir MrYusufEmad HIGH-LEVELREPRESENTATIVES (EgyptianGovernment,RepresentativeoftheMinisterintheCairomeeting) AliAboSena UnitedNationsEconomicCommissionforAfrica(UNECA) Jean-PaulAdamCharlesMichaelAkol AfricanDevelopmentBank LeontineKanziemoJerryAhadjie SCIENTIFICANDTECHNICALREVIEWEXPERTS NATIONALREPRESENTATIVES/EXPERTS MrsSellinahAngelMogojwa–DepartmentofEnvironmentalAffairs,MinistryofEnvironmentandTourism,Botswana MsMokgadiMonamati-PrincipalNaturalResourceOffice,DepartmentofEnvironmentalAffairsProjectsandProgrammesDivision,MinistryofEnvironmentandTourism,Botswana MrDesiréOuedraogo,AdvisortoMinisterofEnvironment,WaterandSanitationTechnical,MinisterOffice,MinistryofEnvironment,WaterandSanitation,Burundi MrAliGamaneKaffine,CoordonnateurduProjetAMCC+Tchad,ProjetAMCC+Tchad,Ministèredel’Environnement,delaPecheetduDéveloppementDurable,Chad MrSoihibouMhoumadi,HeadofDepartment,Planning,Monitoring&Evaluation,Fundraising,GeneralDirectorateofEnvironmentandForestsComoros Mr.RogerMpan,Ministèredel’Environnement,duDéveloppementDurableetduBassinduCongo,RepublicofCongo MsStenlevieNgala,PointfocalPlanNationald’Actionpourl’Environnement,Ministèredel’Environnement,duDéveloppementDurableetduBassinduCongo,RepublicofCongo MrGeorgesKouaméKouadio,Conseillertechnique,MinistryofEnvironmentandSustainableDevelopment,Coted’Ivoire MrIdrissIsmaelNour,DeputyDirector,DepartmentofEnvironmentandSustainableDevelopment,MinistryofEnvironmentandSustainableDevelopment,Djibouti DrAliAboSena,CEO,EgyptianEnvironmentalAffairsAgency(EEAA)MinistryofEnvironment,Egypt MrMohamedMeatemedEissawy,AssistantMinisterforPlanning,Investment,andInstitutionalSupport,MinistryofEnvironment,Egypt MrAmrAbdelAzizALI,Director,MitigationDepartment,MinistryofEnvironment,Egypt MsLydiaELEWA,GeneralManager,GeneralDepartmentofClimateChangeTechnologyandResearch,MinistryofEnvironment,Egypt MsMohamedAhmed,ClimateChangeSeniorExpert,InternationalTelecommunicationUnion,Egypt MsMahaMoawed,EnvironmentalResearcher,EgyptianEnvi