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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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Timberland strives for net positivity by 2030

Timberland strives for net positivity by 2030

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Sustainable cement: the simple switch that could massively cut global carbon emissions

Sustainable cement: the simple switch that could massively cut global carbon emissions

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Residents of Lamu, Kenya, accuse the government of ignoring their concerns and going ahead with the construction of a huge port. TONY KARUMBA/AFP via Getty Images

Review of nine African 'blue economy' projects shows what works and what doesn't

Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood 12 Aug 2020

Africa's high density urban settlements: cut the red tape and slash the cost of housing

Africa's high density urban settlements: cut the red tape and slash the cost of housing

Astrid R.N. Haas and Victoria Delbridge 4 Aug 2020

Technology gives hope to Africa's endangered Northern white rhinos

Technology gives hope to Africa's endangered Northern white rhinos

Pavithra Rao 3 Aug 2020

2020 Rhino Conservation Awards winners revealed

2020 Rhino Conservation Awards winners revealed

3 Aug 2020

Are young trees or old forests more important for slowing climate change?

Are young trees or old forests more important for slowing climate change?

Tom Pugh 31 Jul 2020

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Food giants appointing teams to focus on plant-based products

30 Jul 2020

Bronwyn Williams stars in Pulp Non-Fiction on Bizcommunity

Bronwyn Williams stars in Pulp Non-Fiction on Bizcommunity

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FAO launches platform to help global community reduce food loss, waste

FAO launches platform to help global community reduce food loss, waste

30 Jul 2020

Mandela Prize awarded to Greek and Guinean rights activists

Mandela Prize awarded to Greek and Guinean rights activists

27 Jul 2020

Fraym launches localised tool mapping populations vulnerable to food insecurity

Fraym launches localised tool mapping populations vulnerable to food insecurity

23 Jul 2020

C40 Cities launches Mayors Agenda for a Green and Just Recovery post-Covid-19

C40 Cities launches Mayors Agenda for a Green and Just Recovery post-Covid-19

23 Jul 2020

UN Young Champions of the Earth regional shortlist announced

UN Young Champions of the Earth regional shortlist announced

21 Jul 2020

Africa's distributed renewable energy sector still dominated by foreign players

Africa's distributed renewable energy sector still dominated by foreign players

21 Jul 2020

Kenya's internet balloons could help to bridge the digital divide

Kenya's internet balloons could help to bridge the digital divide

Nixon Muganda 20 Jul 2020

De-risking investments to boost Africa's renewable energy transition

De-risking investments to boost Africa's renewable energy transition

16 Jul 2020

New UN report: Tens of millions more going hungry globally

New UN report: Tens of millions more going hungry globally

16 Jul 2020

IRF awards grant to offset Covid-19 impact, protect rhinos in Southern Africa

IRF awards grant to offset Covid-19 impact, protect rhinos in Southern Africa

15 Jul 2020

Biodiversity in the balance - degradation threatens economic prosperity

Biodiversity in the balance - degradation threatens economic prosperity

Ashim Paun 14 Jul 2020

Testing strategies to help Kenya's urban poor get access to food

Testing strategies to help Kenya's urban poor get access to food

Elizabeth Kimani-Murage 13 Jul 2020

Electric vehicles could add to carbon emissions and load shedding: but there's a solution

Electric vehicles could add to carbon emissions and load shedding: but there's a solution

MJ (Thinus) Booysen and Mark Apperley 10 Jul 2020

Safeguarding our communities through the Covid-19 pandemic

Safeguarding our communities through the Covid-19 pandemic

Olga Arara-Kimani 6 Jul 2020

New partnership to fight impact of climate change in vulnerable communities

New partnership to fight impact of climate change in vulnerable communities

6 Jul 2020

Why rural electrification won't fix deforestation in Zimbabwe

Why rural electrification won't fix deforestation in Zimbabwe

Ellen Fungisai Chipango 3 Jul 2020

Post-Covid-19: Delivering sustainable energy across Africa

Post-Covid-19: Delivering sustainable energy across Africa

Siyabonga Mbanjwa 30 Jun 2020

Covid-19, Africa's conservation and trophy hunting dilemma

Covid-19, Africa's conservation and trophy hunting dilemma

Duan Biggs, Alexander Richard Braczkowski, Alta De Vos, Hayley Clements 30 Jun 2020

Maria Helena Semedo, deputy director-general, UN FAO

We must act now to avert an imminent food crisis in Africa

Maria Helena Semedo 30 Jun 2020

Megaprojects in Addis Ababa raise questions about spatial justice

Megaprojects in Addis Ababa raise questions about spatial justice

Biruk Terrefe 24 Jun 2020