Zuma, Who Stymied Green Power, Pitches Belarus Carbon in Africa
- Former South African president halted renewable-energy program
- Zuma has no known carbon-credits expertise, or ties to Belarus
Jacob Zuma
Photographer: Nelson Ching/Bloomberg
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Jacob Zuma, the former president who brought South Africa’s renewable-energy program to a halt in 2016, announced that a Belarus trade association will list the first carbon credits on a newly created exchange in Zimbabwe.
The Belarus African Foreign Trade Association, of which Zuma is a board member, has allocated 2 million carbon credits to initiate trade in the offsets on the Africa Voluntary Carbon Credits Market, he said on Friday.