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This study was produced by the Africa Policy Research Institute (APRI) — a Berlin-based independent, non-partisan African Think Tank researching key policy issues affecting the continent — with funding from the African Climate Foundation (ACF) and the Climate Emergency Collaboration Group (CECG).

Its contents are the sole responsibility of APRI and can in no way be taken to reflect the views and positions of the ACF or CECG. Any errors or omissions are the authors’ responsibility.

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Many thanks to Dr. Theophilus Acheampong (Senior Visiting Fellow, APRI) for leading the production of this report. We also gratefully acknowledge the contributions of Dr. Britta Rennkamp (Senior Visiting Fellow, APRI & African Climate and Development Initiative, University of Cape Town), Mulima Nyambe-Mubanga (Senior Visiting Fellow, APRI) and Charles Gyamfi Ofori (Senior Visiting Fellow, APRI & Africa Centre for Energy Policy-Ghana). The three served as the in-country experts for South Africa, Zambia and Ghana, respectively. We also thank Olivia Rumble (Climate Legal) for gracefully peer-reviewing the report and offering valuable improvements to the document.

We also thank Dr. Olumide Abimbola (Executive Director, APRI), Serwah Prempeh (Programme Lead, APRI), Grace Mbungu (Senior Fellow and Head of Climate Change Program, APRI) and Bouchra Tafrata (Project Coordinator, APRI) for their invaluable leadership, peer-review of the report and offering administrative support to the project.

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APRI (2022). Climate Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Needs, challenges and opportunities to deliver the financial resources required to drive low carbon and climate-resilient development. Africa Policy Research Institute, Berlin, Germany. Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 3.0 IGO