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Pictured: Elizabeth Cousens, president and CEO of the UN Foundation. Image supplied.

Droga5's Once Upon a Future campaign for the UN to engage the youth

Source: © 123rf Standard Bank Group and Meridiam hosted an event, Unlocking public infrastructure investment in South Africa, to unlock investment opportunities in alternate energy infrastructure on the continent

Standard Bank and Meridiam team up to to boost opportunities in Africa’s energy infrastructure

30 Sep 2024

Pedestrians walk outside the Safaricom mobile phone customer care centre during the launch of its 5G internet service in the central business district of Nairobi, Kenya, 27 October 2022. Reuters/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo

Kenya's Safaricom raises $117m with local sustainability-linked loan

25 Sep 2024

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Air pollution is a hidden pandemic in Africa - tips on how to reduce your exposure and help combat it

Gabriel Okello and Meelan Thondoo 12 May 2023

Source: Supplied. Tom Kariuki, SFA Foundation executive director at the Deltas Africa ll launch event in Nairobi, Kenya.

Science for Africa Foundation launches $70m research programme

11 May 2023

File photo: A view shows the Bonny oil terminal in the Niger delta in Port Harcourt, Nigeria 1 August 2018. Reuters/Ron Bousso/File Photo

Shell wins UK Supreme Court case on 2011 oil spill off Nigerian coast

Estelle Shirbon 10 May 2023

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Kenya banned plastic bags 6 years ago, but they are still in use - what went wrong

Jane Mutheu Mutune 9 May 2023

First biophilic building in Africa set to rise in Cape Town

First biophilic building in Africa set to rise in Cape Town

3 May 2023

Source: Supplied. Stellenbosch University's new Biomedical Research Institute, home to Ceri, is the most advanced research facility of its kind on the African continent.

Abbott partners with Ceri to address viral threats

2 May 2023

File photo: Ngagati Namaiduk from the Maasai pastoralist community affected by the worsening drought due to the failed rainy season, walks past his emaciated cattle during a dried-hay feeding program at their manyatta (traditional homestead) near Ilbisil settlement of Kajiado, Kenya 17 October 2022. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo/File Photo

Horn of Africa drought not possible without climate change - study

Gloria Dickie 28 Apr 2023

File photo: Quin Karala, 29, a member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTQ) community and a single mother of one poses for a picture with rainbow colours at the offices of Rella Women's Empowerment Program, for LGBTQ rights advocacy, after a Reuters interview in Kulambiro suburb of Kampala, Uganda 4 April 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa/File Photo

Uganda's president asks for changes to LGBT bill so identity is not criminalised

Elias Biryabarema 28 Apr 2023

Pioneering sustainable forestry towards a circular economy

Pioneering sustainable forestry towards a circular economy

Marietjie Brown 21 Apr 2023

Alice Aedy, Andrew Burgess, Jade Roche and Luke Jaque-Rodney. Source: Supplied

New Puma project gives young changemakers a seat at the sustainability table

20 Apr 2023

File Photo: An LGBT activist wears a badge as he attends a court hearing in the Milimani high Court in Nairobi in Nairobi, Kenya. 22 February 2019. Reuters/Baz Ratner

For LGBTQ Kenyans, court win prompts backlash as threats escalate

Ayenat Mersie 18 Apr 2023

How the bottled water industry is masking the global water crisis

Zeineb Bouhlel and Vladimir Smakhtin 12 Apr 2023

9.6% growth recorded in renewables in 2022 despite energy crisis

9.6% growth recorded in renewables in 2022 despite energy crisis

3 Apr 2023

China Energy proposes 1,000MW floating solar plant in Zimbabwe

China Energy proposes 1,000MW floating solar plant in Zimbabwe

Nyasha Chingono 27 Mar 2023

Supplied image: Nestlé and Chilanga Cement signing partnership agreement during the launch event. Pictured (from left to right): Chibuye Mbesuma Ngulube, general counsel & company secretary at Chilanga Cement, Honorable Gary Nkombo, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development and Zubayer Davids, country manager, Nestlé Zambia and Malawi.

Nestlé, Chilanga Cement partner in plastic neutrality initiative

23 Mar 2023

Ugandan legislators participate in the debate of the Anti-Homosexuality bill, which proposes tough new penalties for same-sex relations during a sitting at the Parliament building in Kampala, Uganda 21 March 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa

Uganda passes a law making it a crime to identify as LGBTQ

Elias Biryabarema 22 Mar 2023

Vehicles move amid dense smog in Lahore, Pakistan 24 November 2021. Reuters/Mohsin Raza/File Photo

Lahore is most polluted city, Chad worst among countries - survey

Krishn Kaushik 14 Mar 2023

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Call for applications - Green Entrepreneurship Awards 2023

6 Mar 2023

Saipem to restart Mozambique LNG project for Total in July

Saipem to restart Mozambique LNG project for Total in July

Francesca Landini and America Hernandez 1 Mar 2023

Source: Supplied. Phatho Zondi, chief operating officer and clinical lead at Unu Health.

Standard Bank, Unu Health commit to bridging the gap in primary healthcare

28 Feb 2023

French court rejects lawsuit brought against TotalEnergies on Uganda pipeline project

America Hernandez 28 Feb 2023

Kenya to set up 136 solar mini-grids for remote communities

Kenya to set up 136 solar mini-grids for remote communities

Duncan Miriri 28 Feb 2023

French court to rule on landmark TotalEnergies Uganda case

America Hernandez 28 Feb 2023

New French fund with €87.5m targets African solar development

New French fund with €87.5m targets African solar development

Forrest Crellin and Sudip Kar-Gupta 27 Feb 2023

Roland Adjovi, a producer of Ecolo coal, transforms plant waste into bio charcoal at his workshop in Cotonou, Benin, 27 January 2023. Reuters/Charles Placide Tossou

Benin entrepreneur transforms plant waste into charcoal

Pulcherie Adjoha and Seraphin Zounyekpe 22 Feb 2023

Russia-Ukraine war has nearly doubled household energy costs worldwide - new study

Russia-Ukraine war has nearly doubled household energy costs worldwide - new study

Klaus Hubacek, Jin Yan, Yuli Shan and Yuru Guan 17 Feb 2023

Noise from deep-sea mining may disrupt whale song, study finds

Noise from deep-sea mining may disrupt whale song, study finds

Helen Reid 14 Feb 2023

Organisation of African Geological Surveys, AU sign MoU to promote development in Africa

Organisation of African Geological Surveys, AU sign MoU to promote development in Africa

9 Feb 2023

TotalEnergies' head met Mozambique president with key gas project at stake

TotalEnergies' head met Mozambique president with key gas project at stake

Sudip Kar-Gupta 8 Feb 2023

Plastic-eating enzymes could help combat fashion's polyester waste problem

Plastic-eating enzymes could help combat fashion's polyester waste problem

6 Feb 2023

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Air pollution is a hidden pandemic in Africa - tips on how to reduce your exposure and help combat it

Gabriel Okello and Meelan Thondoo 12 May 2023

Source: Supplied. Tom Kariuki, SFA Foundation executive director at the Deltas Africa ll launch event in Nairobi, Kenya.

Science for Africa Foundation launches $70m research programme

11 May 2023

File photo: A view shows the Bonny oil terminal in the Niger delta in Port Harcourt, Nigeria 1 August 2018. Reuters/Ron Bousso/File Photo

Shell wins UK Supreme Court case on 2011 oil spill off Nigerian coast

Estelle Shirbon 10 May 2023

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Kenya banned plastic bags 6 years ago, but they are still in use - what went wrong

Jane Mutheu Mutune 9 May 2023

First biophilic building in Africa set to rise in Cape Town

First biophilic building in Africa set to rise in Cape Town

3 May 2023

Source: Supplied. Stellenbosch University's new Biomedical Research Institute, home to Ceri, is the most advanced research facility of its kind on the African continent.

Abbott partners with Ceri to address viral threats

2 May 2023

File photo: Ngagati Namaiduk from the Maasai pastoralist community affected by the worsening drought due to the failed rainy season, walks past his emaciated cattle during a dried-hay feeding program at their manyatta (traditional homestead) near Ilbisil settlement of Kajiado, Kenya 17 October 2022. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo/File Photo

Horn of Africa drought not possible without climate change - study

Gloria Dickie 28 Apr 2023

File photo: Quin Karala, 29, a member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTQ) community and a single mother of one poses for a picture with rainbow colours at the offices of Rella Women's Empowerment Program, for LGBTQ rights advocacy, after a Reuters interview in Kulambiro suburb of Kampala, Uganda 4 April 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa/File Photo

Uganda's president asks for changes to LGBT bill so identity is not criminalised

Elias Biryabarema 28 Apr 2023

Pioneering sustainable forestry towards a circular economy

Pioneering sustainable forestry towards a circular economy

Marietjie Brown 21 Apr 2023

Alice Aedy, Andrew Burgess, Jade Roche and Luke Jaque-Rodney. Source: Supplied

New Puma project gives young changemakers a seat at the sustainability table

20 Apr 2023

File Photo: An LGBT activist wears a badge as he attends a court hearing in the Milimani high Court in Nairobi in Nairobi, Kenya. 22 February 2019. Reuters/Baz Ratner

For LGBTQ Kenyans, court win prompts backlash as threats escalate

Ayenat Mersie 18 Apr 2023

How the bottled water industry is masking the global water crisis

Zeineb Bouhlel and Vladimir Smakhtin 12 Apr 2023

9.6% growth recorded in renewables in 2022 despite energy crisis

9.6% growth recorded in renewables in 2022 despite energy crisis

3 Apr 2023

China Energy proposes 1,000MW floating solar plant in Zimbabwe

China Energy proposes 1,000MW floating solar plant in Zimbabwe

Nyasha Chingono 27 Mar 2023

Supplied image: Nestlé and Chilanga Cement signing partnership agreement during the launch event. Pictured (from left to right): Chibuye Mbesuma Ngulube, general counsel & company secretary at Chilanga Cement, Honorable Gary Nkombo, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development and Zubayer Davids, country manager, Nestlé Zambia and Malawi.

Nestlé, Chilanga Cement partner in plastic neutrality initiative

23 Mar 2023

Ugandan legislators participate in the debate of the Anti-Homosexuality bill, which proposes tough new penalties for same-sex relations during a sitting at the Parliament building in Kampala, Uganda 21 March 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa

Uganda passes a law making it a crime to identify as LGBTQ

Elias Biryabarema 22 Mar 2023

Vehicles move amid dense smog in Lahore, Pakistan 24 November 2021. Reuters/Mohsin Raza/File Photo

Lahore is most polluted city, Chad worst among countries - survey

Krishn Kaushik 14 Mar 2023

Image source: Pop Nukoonrat –

Call for applications - Green Entrepreneurship Awards 2023

6 Mar 2023

Saipem to restart Mozambique LNG project for Total in July

Saipem to restart Mozambique LNG project for Total in July

Francesca Landini and America Hernandez 1 Mar 2023

Source: Supplied. Phatho Zondi, chief operating officer and clinical lead at Unu Health.

Standard Bank, Unu Health commit to bridging the gap in primary healthcare

28 Feb 2023

French court rejects lawsuit brought against TotalEnergies on Uganda pipeline project

America Hernandez 28 Feb 2023

Kenya to set up 136 solar mini-grids for remote communities

Kenya to set up 136 solar mini-grids for remote communities

Duncan Miriri 28 Feb 2023

French court to rule on landmark TotalEnergies Uganda case

America Hernandez 28 Feb 2023

New French fund with €87.5m targets African solar development

New French fund with €87.5m targets African solar development

Forrest Crellin and Sudip Kar-Gupta 27 Feb 2023

Roland Adjovi, a producer of Ecolo coal, transforms plant waste into bio charcoal at his workshop in Cotonou, Benin, 27 January 2023. Reuters/Charles Placide Tossou

Benin entrepreneur transforms plant waste into charcoal

Pulcherie Adjoha and Seraphin Zounyekpe 22 Feb 2023

Russia-Ukraine war has nearly doubled household energy costs worldwide - new study

Russia-Ukraine war has nearly doubled household energy costs worldwide - new study

Klaus Hubacek, Jin Yan, Yuli Shan and Yuru Guan 17 Feb 2023

Noise from deep-sea mining may disrupt whale song, study finds

Noise from deep-sea mining may disrupt whale song, study finds

Helen Reid 14 Feb 2023

Organisation of African Geological Surveys, AU sign MoU to promote development in Africa

Organisation of African Geological Surveys, AU sign MoU to promote development in Africa

9 Feb 2023

TotalEnergies' head met Mozambique president with key gas project at stake

TotalEnergies' head met Mozambique president with key gas project at stake

Sudip Kar-Gupta 8 Feb 2023

Plastic-eating enzymes could help combat fashion's polyester waste problem

Plastic-eating enzymes could help combat fashion's polyester waste problem

6 Feb 2023

Second-hand markets are on the up (and even Zara has jumped on the bandwagon)

Teresa Sádaba 6 Feb 2023

IFC launches roadmap to decarbonising the mining of critical minerals

IFC launches roadmap to decarbonising the mining of critical minerals

3 Feb 2023

Is greenwashing a threat to sustainable construction?

Is greenwashing a threat to sustainable construction?

Bunny Bala 3 Feb 2023

Image: Nigerian artist Eugene Komboye creates artworks using discarded plastic flip-flop sandals in his studio in Abeokuta, Ogun state, Nigeria, 21 January 2023. Reuters/Seun Sanni

Eco-friendly Nigerian artist turns plastic flip-flops into portraits

Seun Sanni and MacDonald Dzirutwe 3 Feb 2023

An overview of the Niger delta where signs of oil spills can be seen in the water in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, 1 August 2018. Reuters/Ron Bousso/File Photo

Nigerian communities file damages claim against Shell in London court

MacDonald Dzirutwe 2 Feb 2023

Pope Francis sits next to Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi as he attends the welcoming ceremony at the Palais de la Nation on the first day of his apostolic journey, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, 31 January 2023. Simone Risoluti/Vatican Media/Handout via Reuters

'Hands off Africa,' Pope Francis tells rich world

Philip Pullella and Paul Lorgerie 1 Feb 2023

A southern white rhino is seen inside Nairobi National Park in Kenya,15 June 2020. Reuters/Baz Ratner/File Photo

Namibia rhino poaching surged 93% in 2022

Nyasha Nyaungwa 1 Feb 2023

Biz Most Read Award winners January 2023

Biz Most Read Award winners January 2023

Bizcommunity.com 1 Feb 2023

2023 Tusk Conservation Awards open for nominations

2023 Tusk Conservation Awards open for nominations

31 Jan 2023

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African Development Bank to commit $10bn to end hunger on the continent

30 Jan 2023

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