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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

By Jennifer Rigby 6 Feb 2025

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

3 Dec 2024

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Why Africa's Free Trade Area offers so much promise

Landry Signé 27 Mar 2018

Top minds to meet at Africa Shared Value Summit this May

Top minds to meet at Africa Shared Value Summit this May

Shift Social Development 27 Mar 2018

Gambian activists take action against polluting Chinese firm

Gambian activists take action against polluting Chinese firm

26 Mar 2018

Antique ivory – defined as pre-1947 worked ivory – is an exception and can be traded in the UK and EU. Flickr/James Picht

Paradigm shift as African countries throw their weight behind ivory ban

Caroline Cox 26 Mar 2018

Future 'ocean cities' need green engineering above and below the waterline

Future 'ocean cities' need green engineering above and below the waterline

Katherine Dafforn, Ana Bugnot, Eliza Heery, Marian 26 Mar 2018

#OFFinJoburg: Many a bumpy road ahead remains on Africa's long walk to democracy

#OFFinJoburg: Many a bumpy road ahead remains on Africa's long walk to democracy

Sindy Peters 23 Mar 2018

Ikea's "fast food of the future" includes worm balls, bug burgers and algae hot dogs

Ikea's "fast food of the future" includes worm balls, bug burgers and algae hot dogs

Rich Haridy 23 Mar 2018

Making water infrastructure intelligent is a water wise move for Africa

Making water infrastructure intelligent is a water wise move for Africa

Sabine Dall'Omo 23 Mar 2018

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How local business innovation equips off-grid households with electricity

Patrick Greene 23 Mar 2018

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Bill Gates to visit Nigeria

22 Mar 2018

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Port Louis is Africa's best city: Mercer survey

22 Mar 2018

Warming climate will displace millions in coming decades: World Bank

Warming climate will displace millions in coming decades: World Bank

20 Mar 2018

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Gender gaps: Bane of Africa's agricultural R&D

Gilbert Nakweya 20 Mar 2018

Colosseum Vacation Home in Rome, Italy - Level access is via a pretty courtyard which leads into the spacious, newly modernised home, with one bedroom and bathroom that have been specifically converted for guests with a disability or mobility issue. Source:

Airbnb releases new filters and features to help disabled guests find the right accommodation

20 Mar 2018

Recycling programme launched in rapidly growing Victoria Falls town

Recycling programme launched in rapidly growing Victoria Falls town

19 Mar 2018

Let them eat carp: Fish farms are helping to fight hunger

Let them eat carp: Fish farms are helping to fight hunger

Ben Belton, Dave Little & Simon Bush 19 Mar 2018

Water, drought, climate change: a holistic approach needed

Water, drought, climate change: a holistic approach needed

Dr Kevin Gast 16 Mar 2018

Disasters cost farmers in developing countries billions of dollars

Disasters cost farmers in developing countries billions of dollars

16 Mar 2018

Why UNESCO's 'natural solutions' to water problems won't work in Africa

Why UNESCO's 'natural solutions' to water problems won't work in Africa

Mike Muller 13 Mar 2018

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Veolia seeks World Bank ruling in Gabon pollution dispute

12 Mar 2018

By Øystein Paulsen, CC BY-SA 3.0,

Krill could prove secret weapon in ocean plastics battle

9 Mar 2018

The plantings of New York’s High Line Park were inspired by plants that had naturally colonised the disused railway viaduct. By David Berkowitz, New York, , CC BY 2.0,

Building a 'second nature' into our cities: wildness, art and biophilic design

Jordan Lacey 8 Mar 2018

Cape Town to host first in series of 2018 Top Women Conferences

Cape Town to host first in series of 2018 Top Women Conferences

7 Mar 2018

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FAO, Google collaborates on new forest data tool

7 Mar 2018

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From foe to friend: How carnivores could help farmers

Sam Williams, Lourens Swanepoel & Steven Belmain 6 Mar 2018

Paolo Crosetto via - Rice paddies in Madagascar

Weather patterns putting strain on food security in southern and eastern Africa

6 Mar 2018

Orange and OpenClassrooms have combined forces to train young Africans in digital technology.

Critical need for digital skills for Africa's youth

6 Mar 2018

Lego to launch its first sustainable, plant-based plastic bricks this year

Lego to launch its first sustainable, plant-based plastic bricks this year

Nick Lavars 5 Mar 2018

Artificial intelligence could reinforce society's gender equality problems

Artificial intelligence could reinforce society's gender equality problems

Bettina Büchel 5 Mar 2018

Olive mills don't just produce oil – they also generate a lot of wastewater (Credit: )

A new life for olive oil waste

Ben Coxworth 5 Mar 2018