Mark Napier

So this is ⁦@SixtCar⁩ at Victoria Station - where we were told the only Sixt person here is attending to another customer in the car park. Apparently that’s not even true!! 75 mins late opening

⁦@SixtCar⁩ OMG one hour late opening - shop still not@oke . Lots of angry customers

Climate finance in #africa is on the up - but at $44bn is still less than a quarter of what’s needed. Did an interview on this on @cnbcafrica after launching the latest Landscape report we did with @climatepolicy. bit.ly/3CgfKel @bbuchner13 @CGDev @cgap @FSDAfrica

If you are at the #hsc2024 Hamburg Sustainability Conference join our “solutions pitch” at 3pm in the Boersensaal - I am pitching financing solutions with friends at @CIFOR_ICRAF - should be good! @UNEP @CGAP @WWF_Deutschland @BMZ_Bund @ODI_Global @nature_org @ANCAlliance

Very gracious words from Dr James Mwangi @KeEquityBank acknowledging Reshma Shah’s role in driving sustainability at the bank - two agents of change working together. Best of luck to Oscar in the equity sustainability role! @fsdkenya @tamarabcook @juliet_munro

Many congrats to @KeEquityBank on the launch of their #EquitySustainabilityReport2023 - another milestone in the bank’s remarkable journey. Delighted to reconnect with @truwam after so many years! @CGAP @fsduganda @FSDKe

Great insights from @MarkNapier3 during the opening of #Ancasummit2024.

Interesting fact from ⁦@simonstiell⁩ of .⁦@UNFCCC⁩ - only 60 of the #ndcs from LICs have commitments on clean cooking. With the NDCs being updated this year, there’s an opportunity to elevate clean cooking as a priority ⁦@IEA⁩ ⁦@CCACoalition⁩ ⁦⁦

At @IEA clean cooking summit where #norway just announced $50m for clean cooking and where @AfDB_Group just announced it would spend $2bn on clean cooking in next 10 years - or 20% of total energy spend…

President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania speaking at the clean cooking summit in #paris today, hosted by .⁦@IEA⁩. She highlighted “the need to recognise the essential role of gas in Africa’s energy transition” ⁦@cleancooking⁩ ⁦@FSD_Network⁩ ⁦@AfDB_Group⁩

Kudos to @FSDKe on the launch of the county green finance assessment report - an exciting moment for sub-national green financing @FSD_Network @FSDAfrica @tamarabcook #ClimateFinance

@KenyaPower totally unreachable. Customer “care” unresponsive for 40 minutes holding. No power for more than 48 hrs - case number 10764819 - @KenyaPower_Care is hiding ….. not good at all @DavisChirchir8 @EnergyMinK

Packed house for the launch of the Gender Bonds Toolkit by ⁦@FSDAfrica⁩ and ⁦@unwomenafrica⁩ - profound thanks to all our partners on this ⁦@FSD_Network⁩ ⁦@gatesfoundation⁩ - especially authors ⁦@ParallelleFin⁩ ⁦@BritishIntInv⁩ ⁦@MFA_Lu⁩

Have had an inspiring 2 days in Nairobi with host and @c40cities Vice Chair for Africa, Nairobi Governor H.E. Sakaja Johnson, other #C40Cities Mayors and the regional secretariat team! I am attending the #AfricaClimateSummit in my capacity as outgoing #C40Cities Vice Chair for Innovation. It has been an honor to share my experiences, achievements and challenges as a former Mayor and my vision for a #Green #Clean #Africa. I have been hugely motivated by others from the continent and beyond who are committed to delivering effective #Climate #Action for #Africa and for our #Youth in spite of the obstacles they face. #ACS23

How can #africa’s city leaders mobilise upfront capital to insulate their cities from climate change and deliver jobs and basic services at the same time. Awesome responsibility for them. Come to today’s event at ACS ⁦@yakisawyerr⁩ ⁦@SakajaJohnson⁩ ⁦@NasNandha⁩

Former ⁦@womensworldbnkg⁩ Africa Advisory Board member ⁦@mnsanzabaganwa⁩ and now Dep Chair of the ⁦@_AfricanUnion⁩ Commission urging partners “to trust us [AU] more” to deliver on #climatefinance ⁦@FSDAfrica⁩ ⁦@aoteh⁩ ⁦@MEIskenderian⁩

Excellent piece on developing country debt from Egypt’s High Level Climate Champion .@MMohieldin27 - characteristically impassioned bit.ly/3YozjYJ @BogoloKenewendo @topnigel #sdg @CGDev @ODI_Global @FSDAfrica

Honoured and grateful to have .⁦@ChapelHillNg⁩ CEO Baloji Balogun joining ⁦@FSDAfrica⁩’s Capital Market Roundtable in #lagos this morning ⁦@penopnig⁩ ⁦@InfraCredit⁩

High Level Climate Champions Special Adviser .@BogoloKenewendo talking to .@FSDAfrica Chair Frannie Leautier today at #NewFinancingPact about the urgent need for project dev’ment support to drive demand for #greenfinance @FCDOGovUK 🇬🇧 @CIFFchild @BezosEarthFund @IKEAFoundation

Mo Ibrahim in #paris at the #NewFinancingPact railing against the credit rating agencies for keeping the cost of capital for #africa excessively high - if this persists, he says, we can forget about private sector investment @FSDKe @topnigel @EnergyAlliance