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Nairobi Fashion Week 2025 puts regenerative fashion in the spotlight

Nairobi Fashion Week 2025 puts regenerative fashion in the spotlight

Laurent Muschel, HERA Director General, and Jean Kaseya, Africa CDC Director General, stand near mpox vaccines as first batches arrive at N'Djili International Airport in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, 5 September 2024. Reuters/Justin Makangara/File Photo

Africa's top health official presses US to resume health aid

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AltSchool Africa and Binance launch scholarships to nurture digital skills in 500 Africans

AltSchool Africa and Binance launch scholarships to nurture digital skills in 500 Africans

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Environment not a priority for sub-Saharan African countries

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Five social good innovations

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Uganda's second Slow Food Earth Market launched in Manafwa

13 Apr 2017

Education crucial for Africa - Tony Blair

Education crucial for Africa - Tony Blair

Danette Breitenbach 13 Apr 2017

Amarula launches phase two of conservation campaign

Amarula launches phase two of conservation campaign

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A Unicef team creating a collaborative paper plane. (Unicef)

How learning empathy can help build better community projects in Africa

Keneilwe Munyai 12 Apr 2017

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UCLG Africa hosts brainstorm session on accessing climate finance

UCLG Africa hosts brainstorm session on accessing climate finance

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Five lessons in strategy from the non-profit world

Five lessons in strategy from the non-profit world

Nicola Tyler 20 Mar 2017

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Africa needs more women computer scientists. How to make it happen

Chao Charity Mbogo 9 Mar 2017

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#DesignIndaba2017: Students' social activism FTW!

Leigh Andrews 2 Mar 2017

#DesignIndaba2017: Real global connectivity, three words at a time

#DesignIndaba2017: Real global connectivity, three words at a time

Leigh Andrews 1 Mar 2017

GSMA report encourages government policies for inclusive digital economies

GSMA report encourages government policies for inclusive digital economies

27 Feb 2017

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First group graduates from GE healthymagination Mother and Child Programme

27 Feb 2017

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Indian Ocean Dipole: The obscure climate phenomenon driving drought

Jared Ferrie 24 Feb 2017

Sustainable African businesses can help unlock $1tn in new market value

Sustainable African businesses can help unlock $1tn in new market value

24 Feb 2017

Is sustainability baked into your strategy?

Is sustainability baked into your strategy?

Sue Morris 23 Feb 2017

Morocco tops new survey on quality of African urban life

Morocco tops new survey on quality of African urban life

23 Feb 2017

Joanne van der Walt, Sage Foundation manager, Africa

Sage launches $1m fund to inspire African innovation

23 Feb 2017

Kate Holt/AusAID via - Olivia Gimbo holds up her family's supply of food for the week in Epworth, Harare.

Global future food security in jeopardy warns FAO report

22 Feb 2017

Sub-Saharan Africa lags in sustainable energy policies

Sub-Saharan Africa lags in sustainable energy policies

16 Feb 2017

Africa pays for fragmented cities, study finds

Africa pays for fragmented cities, study finds

Hilary Joffe 16 Feb 2017

Rwanda to export fortified foods

Rwanda to export fortified foods

Peterson Tumwebaze 7 Feb 2017

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Africa: a continent of hope

António Guterres 6 Feb 2017

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#WSF2017: Six key investment areas for Africa to achieve the SDGs - Jeffrey Sachs

Sindy Peters 30 Jan 2017

Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, DVC Research and Internationalisation, UCT

The role of African universities in achieving the SDGs

Sindy Peters 30 Jan 2017

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Horn of Africa faces acute food shortage

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Eating insects has long made sense in Africa. The world must catch up

Eating insects has long made sense in Africa. The world must catch up

Saliou Niassy, Sunday Ekesi 24 Jan 2017