From 21 to 23 February 2024, mayors, city officials, investors, private sector leaders and more gathered in Cape Town for Africa’s Green Economy Summit. The event aims to drive investment in projects supporting the transition to a greener economy by connecting project owners with funding.
Just before the official conference began, the City-Business Climate Alliance hosted a public-private collaboration workshop—with support from UrbanShift—and a city-business roundtable, giving African cities the opportunity to dive deep into business engagement strategies and learn how they can mainstream climate action into their private sector engagement efforts.
The C40 CFO Network for African Cities, which seeks to engage and empower senior finance officials based in Africa to access climate finance, also supported two African cities—Freetown City Council and Accra Metropolitan Assembly—to pitch multi-million dollar infrastructure projects to public and private investors.
Read more from our staff members who were on the ground: