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Access Bank Enters Carbon Markets
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- Thu, Aug 27LatestUnverified — not yet reviewed
Zambia Activates Live Carbon Registry With Bilateral Deal, Advancing African Carbon Markets
Zambia has activated a live national carbon registry alongside a bilateral carbon credit deal, providing a concrete country-level implementation of Africa's move into real carbon market transactions under the Paris Agreement's Article 6 framework. The registry positions Zambia as one of the first African markets with operational carbon trading infrastructure.
- Wed, Aug 26Unverified — not yet reviewed
Africa's Carbon Markets Enter Real-Transaction Phase Under Article 6
The launch of the CMAS 2026 programme marks Africa's carbon markets moving from regulatory readiness into real transaction delivery under the Paris Agreement's Article 6 framework. The shift signals an investable opportunity transition for carbon market participants on a continent where unresolved land ownership and pricing questions were identified as core barriers as recently as August 22.
- Sat, Aug 22Unverified — not yet reviewed
Africa's Voluntary Carbon Market Faces Unresolved Land Ownership and Pricing Questions
New analysis of Africa's voluntary carbon market identifies unresolved land ownership rights and the absence of established pricing mechanisms for previously unmonetised assets as core barriers to market development. The findings carry direct implications for deal structuring in a space where Access Bank Ghana took a landmark broker licence position on August 19.
- Wed, Aug 19Unverified — not yet reviewed
Access Bank Ghana Secures Carbon Broker Licence in Voluntary Carbon Market First
Access Bank has obtained a carbon broker licence in Ghana, marking a notable early move by an African commercial bank into the continent's voluntary carbon markets.