Egypt’s Ministry of Environment and the Association for the Sustainable Quality of Living ( ISTIDAMA) signed a cooperation protocol to launch the second round of the “Africa Grows Green Awards” during the COP28 in Dubai, UAE. Egypt’s Yasmine Fouad-Minister of Environment , the Envoy of the Climate Conference COP27, witnessed the signing between Aly Abu Senna the Chair of the Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, representing the ministry, and Reem Abd EL Meguid, Chair of the Board of Trustees of ISTIDAMA. Moreover, Reem Abdel-Meguid, said that the awards witnessed a great turnout of applications last year, as 50 Egyptian and African startups applied for the 4 categories of the awards which include ; Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Technology ; She Goes Green for female led startups; Green Finance and Research and Education. She further announced that this year’s strategic partner is Plug & Play and the awards are sponsored by Canal Sugar. Applications are now opened to for the Africa Grows Green Awards https://africagrowsgreenawards.com and will close on 20th October 2023.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 31, 2023 13:55 UTC