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East African Crude Oil Pipeline financing: Can Standard Bank’s climate claims survive scrutiny

Standard Bank cannot market itself as a champion of human rights and green progress while it bankrolls environmental destruction and community dispossession in east Africa.

  • Standard Bank finances 1,443km EACOP pipeline despite greenwashing accusations
  • Pipeline will emit 372 million tonnes CO2e over 25 years, exceeding Paris Agreement goals
  • Bank faces formal complaint for alleged advertising standards violations and misleading consumers

Nigeria’s Okoko claims maiden Sunshine Development Tour title in Nakuru

Nigeria’s Godwin Okoko claimed his maiden professional title after winning the Rift Valley Championship, the eighth leg of the Sunshine Development Tour – East Africa Swing, which concluded at Nakuru…

  • Nigeria's Godwin Okoko wins maiden Sunshine Development Tour title
  • Okoko finishes with five-under-par 68, total score 209
  • Simon Njogu finishes second with nine-under-par 210

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