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Ayenat Mersie

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  • Freelance Journalist, Freelance
  • Global Development Reporter, Climate and Food, Devex
Nairobi
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Devex Invested: Oil prices are high. Will West Africa benefit?

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By Ayenat Mersie Verified
| Devex
Can West Africa’s commodity exporters capture the upside of higher prices? Plus, an effort to standardize — and scale — blended finance. West Africa entered 2026 on a relatively strong footing. After what ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development President George Agyekum Donkor described as “one of the most impressive results in a long while in normal times,” nearly every major macroeconomic indicator moved in the right direction in 2025. But the region barely had time to enjoy it.
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Devex Invested: Africa’s green industrialization dilemma

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By Ayenat Mersie Verified
| Devex
The European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism was designed to reduce emissions. Critics worry it could also make it harder for developing countries to move up the value chain. African countries are trying to industrialize. The world is trying to decarbonize. Those two ambitions do not yet always speak the same language.
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Special edition: What's hot at London Climate Week? Electrification, AI — and London itself

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By Ayenat Mersie Verified
| Devex
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres delivers a landmark address on the global response to the climate and energy crises at the Guildhall in central London, during London Climate Action Week. Photo by: PA Images via Reuters Connect This year’s London Climate Action Week has felt less theoretical than usual. A severe heat wave has swept Britain, triggering rare health warnings, early school dismissals, and work-from-home recommendations in some areas.
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