[en] The development mechanism (CDM) is one of the mechanism contained in the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It is intended to to bring about cooperation in emissions reduction between industrial countries, for which emissions reduction is mandatory under thr Protocol, and developing countries, which for the time being are allowed to continue emitting. The author has elaborated on how clean mechanism projects in Africa are financed, the private sector participation in CDM, energy issues and the clean development mechanisms in Africa, projects focusing on land use, land-use change and forestry, opportunities for CDM projects in Africa's transport sector and adaptation projects and climate change in Africa to mention bit a few