1、Autumn 2021Africa FocusTransitioning to new priorities in a post-pandemic eraContentsClimate change litigation in Africa:Current status and future developmentsPage 2Renewable energy in Africa:Update in the era of climate change Page 10M&A transaction terms:Comparing Africa to EuropePage 18African M&

2、A stages a comeback Page 22US government agencies focus on Africa Page 26Debt:Outlook for Africa brightens after challenging first half to the yearPage 34Acquisition financing in an era of energy transitionPage 38Southern Africas PGMs are on the rise Page 46Inside cover:artur carvalho/Getty ImagesCo

3、ver:Luanda Bay,Angola AdemarRangel/iStock/Getty Images Plus1Victoria Falls,ZambiaOur seventh edition of Africa Focus focuses on the potential for transformative changes within Africa during a time of historic global transitionnot just from a COVID-19 to post-COVID-19 world,but against the backdrop o

4、f the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow,Scotland.Issues around balancing greenhouse gas emissions against the development and use of natural resources as Africa industrializes and seeks to overcome roadblocks and challenges to growth(of which COVID-19 is only one)and climate

5、change-related challenges and vulnerabilities against GDP growth and increasing prosperity will be seen increasingly across sectors,industries and geographies in Africa.These discussions are already defining the way in which governments,investors,lenders and other stakeholders view opportunities in

6、Africa and will do so more directly and more frequently in the coming years.What does this mean for the world of business?Litigation related to climate change,a now well-established trend in Europe and North America,seems to have reached Africa,too.In“Climate change litigation in Africa:Current stat