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Doctor Philip Moreira, a gynaecologist and department head at Dalal Jamm Hospital, rides his electric bicycle while commuting to the hospital in Dakar, Senegal, 21 October 2024. Reuters/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo

Senegal's urban cycling trend offers chance to boost green transport

By Sofia Christensen 8 Nov 2024

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa invests $50m in Namibia, boosting production capacity by 30%

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa invests $50m in Namibia, boosting production capacity by 30%

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$400m loan to improve Egyptian logistics, transport sectors

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SBTi approves Saint-Gobain's 2050 emission reduction targets

SBTi approves Saint-Gobain's 2050 emission reduction targets

12 Sep 2022

Kenyan electricity producer KenGen adds 86MW to grid from geothermal plant

Kenyan electricity producer KenGen adds 86MW to grid from geothermal plant

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Southern Africa in prime position to become major green hydrogen exporter

Southern Africa in prime position to become major green hydrogen exporter

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PPC Cement, Nextec to tackle decarbonisation challenge at African Smart Cities Summit

PPC Cement, Nextec to tackle decarbonisation challenge at African Smart Cities Summit

3 Jun 2022

Ugandan researchers develop low-cost sensors to track air pollution

Ugandan researchers develop low-cost sensors to track air pollution

Elias Biryabarema 31 May 2022

Renewable energy continued to grow, gain momentum in 2021

Renewable energy continued to grow, gain momentum in 2021

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Blockchain paves the way for social good in Zambia

Blockchain paves the way for social good in Zambia

3 May 2022

African Union welcomes EU support

African Union welcomes EU support

28 Apr 2022

Malawi solar mini-grid shows promise as way of electrifying rural Africa

Malawi solar mini-grid shows promise as way of electrifying rural Africa

Eldson Chagara 21 Apr 2022

$5.7tn investment in energy transition needed per year until 2030 - Irena outlook

$5.7tn investment in energy transition needed per year until 2030 - Irena outlook

29 Mar 2022

Biofuel: How new microalgae technologies can hasten the end of our reliance on oil

Biofuel: How new microalgae technologies can hasten the end of our reliance on oil

Callum Russell 29 Mar 2022

Anglo American reduces emissions by 10% in sea trial using biofuel, VLSFO blend

Anglo American reduces emissions by 10% in sea trial using biofuel, VLSFO blend

17 Mar 2022

How Africa can adopt renewable energy on a massive scale and save billions along the way

How Africa can adopt renewable energy on a massive scale and save billions along the way

Kenneth Engblom 15 Mar 2022

Future cities could be 3D printed - using concrete made with recycled glass

Future cities could be 3D printed - using concrete made with recycled glass

Seyed Ghaffar, Mehdi Chougan, Pawel Sikora 2 Mar 2022

Green buildings can boost productivity, wellbeing and health of workers

Green buildings can boost productivity, wellbeing and health of workers

Md Sazan Rahman 3 Feb 2022

An energy revolution is possible - but only if leaders get imaginative about how to fund it

An energy revolution is possible - but only if leaders get imaginative about how to fund it

Michael Grubb 20 Jan 2022

Legacy energy infrastructure: The hidden threat to our climate

Legacy energy infrastructure: The hidden threat to our climate

Vladimir Milovanovic 9 Dec 2021

We can't afford to just build greener. We must build less

We can't afford to just build greener. We must build less

Johannes Novy 11 Nov 2021

We mapped every large solar plant on the planet using satellites and machine learning

We mapped every large solar plant on the planet using satellites and machine learning

Lucas Kruitwagen 2 Nov 2021

Cities and climate change: why low-rise buildings are the future - not skyscrapers

Cities and climate change: why low-rise buildings are the future - not skyscrapers

Ruth Saint and Francesco Pomponi 28 Oct 2021

2021 Innovation Award for Sustainable Food Systems winners announced

2021 Innovation Award for Sustainable Food Systems winners announced

4 Oct 2021

Senegal: Boosting the role of women in the energy sector

Senegal: Boosting the role of women in the energy sector

29 Sep 2021

Can Kenya learn from global floods?

Can Kenya learn from global floods?

Simon Thomas 18 Aug 2021

Nesta Challenges launches CA$14,5m Afri-Plastics Challenge

Nesta Challenges launches CA$14,5m Afri-Plastics Challenge

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Advancing gender equality in the workplace: African Universities Gender Equality Forum - Register now!

Advancing gender equality in the workplace: African Universities Gender Equality Forum - Register now!

Shift Social Africa 30 Jul 2021

Motswere building in Gaborone receives Botswana's first Green Star rating

Motswere building in Gaborone receives Botswana's first Green Star rating

26 Jul 2021

Cities urged to build upwards but ditch skyscraper obsession

Cities urged to build upwards but ditch skyscraper obsession

Umberto Bacchi 3 Jun 2021

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SBTi approves Saint-Gobain's 2050 emission reduction targets

SBTi approves Saint-Gobain's 2050 emission reduction targets

12 Sep 2022

Kenyan electricity producer KenGen adds 86MW to grid from geothermal plant

Kenyan electricity producer KenGen adds 86MW to grid from geothermal plant

27 Jul 2022

Southern Africa in prime position to become major green hydrogen exporter

Southern Africa in prime position to become major green hydrogen exporter

11 Jul 2022

PPC Cement, Nextec to tackle decarbonisation challenge at African Smart Cities Summit

PPC Cement, Nextec to tackle decarbonisation challenge at African Smart Cities Summit

3 Jun 2022

Ugandan researchers develop low-cost sensors to track air pollution

Ugandan researchers develop low-cost sensors to track air pollution

Elias Biryabarema 31 May 2022

Renewable energy continued to grow, gain momentum in 2021

Renewable energy continued to grow, gain momentum in 2021

4 May 2022

Blockchain paves the way for social good in Zambia

Blockchain paves the way for social good in Zambia

3 May 2022

African Union welcomes EU support

African Union welcomes EU support

28 Apr 2022

Malawi solar mini-grid shows promise as way of electrifying rural Africa

Malawi solar mini-grid shows promise as way of electrifying rural Africa

Eldson Chagara 21 Apr 2022

$5.7tn investment in energy transition needed per year until 2030 - Irena outlook

$5.7tn investment in energy transition needed per year until 2030 - Irena outlook

29 Mar 2022

Biofuel: How new microalgae technologies can hasten the end of our reliance on oil

Biofuel: How new microalgae technologies can hasten the end of our reliance on oil

Callum Russell 29 Mar 2022

Anglo American reduces emissions by 10% in sea trial using biofuel, VLSFO blend

Anglo American reduces emissions by 10% in sea trial using biofuel, VLSFO blend

17 Mar 2022

How Africa can adopt renewable energy on a massive scale and save billions along the way

How Africa can adopt renewable energy on a massive scale and save billions along the way

Kenneth Engblom 15 Mar 2022

Future cities could be 3D printed - using concrete made with recycled glass

Future cities could be 3D printed - using concrete made with recycled glass

Seyed Ghaffar, Mehdi Chougan, Pawel Sikora 2 Mar 2022

Green buildings can boost productivity, wellbeing and health of workers

Green buildings can boost productivity, wellbeing and health of workers

Md Sazan Rahman 3 Feb 2022

An energy revolution is possible - but only if leaders get imaginative about how to fund it

An energy revolution is possible - but only if leaders get imaginative about how to fund it

Michael Grubb 20 Jan 2022

Legacy energy infrastructure: The hidden threat to our climate

Legacy energy infrastructure: The hidden threat to our climate

Vladimir Milovanovic 9 Dec 2021

We can't afford to just build greener. We must build less

We can't afford to just build greener. We must build less

Johannes Novy 11 Nov 2021

We mapped every large solar plant on the planet using satellites and machine learning

We mapped every large solar plant on the planet using satellites and machine learning

Lucas Kruitwagen 2 Nov 2021

Cities and climate change: why low-rise buildings are the future - not skyscrapers

Cities and climate change: why low-rise buildings are the future - not skyscrapers

Ruth Saint and Francesco Pomponi 28 Oct 2021

2021 Innovation Award for Sustainable Food Systems winners announced

2021 Innovation Award for Sustainable Food Systems winners announced

4 Oct 2021

Senegal: Boosting the role of women in the energy sector

Senegal: Boosting the role of women in the energy sector

29 Sep 2021

Can Kenya learn from global floods?

Can Kenya learn from global floods?

Simon Thomas 18 Aug 2021

Nesta Challenges launches CA$14,5m Afri-Plastics Challenge

Nesta Challenges launches CA$14,5m Afri-Plastics Challenge

3 Aug 2021

Advancing gender equality in the workplace: African Universities Gender Equality Forum - Register now!

Advancing gender equality in the workplace: African Universities Gender Equality Forum - Register now!

Shift Social Africa 30 Jul 2021

Motswere building in Gaborone receives Botswana's first Green Star rating

Motswere building in Gaborone receives Botswana's first Green Star rating

26 Jul 2021

Cities urged to build upwards but ditch skyscraper obsession

Cities urged to build upwards but ditch skyscraper obsession

Umberto Bacchi 3 Jun 2021

Solar minibuses for Africa? Data seen as key to green transport switch

Solar minibuses for Africa? Data seen as key to green transport switch

Megan Rowling 14 May 2021

Why renewable energy won't end energy poverty in Zimbabwe

Why renewable energy won't end energy poverty in Zimbabwe

Ellen Fungisai Chipango 30 Apr 2021

Post-Covid-19: A chance to leapfrog Africa's development through digitalisation

Post-Covid-19: A chance to leapfrog Africa's development through digitalisation

Cristina Duarte 16 Mar 2021

DRC to host inaugural Smart City Conference, Open Innovation Challenge

DRC to host inaugural Smart City Conference, Open Innovation Challenge

15 Mar 2021

How new design patterns can enable cities and their residents to change with climate change

How new design patterns can enable cities and their residents to change with climate change

Cameron Tonkinwise and Abby Mellick Lopes 24 Feb 2021

Registration for Elon Musk's $100m carbon capture competition opens April

Registration for Elon Musk's $100m carbon capture competition opens April

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Bendable concrete and other CO2-infused cement mixes could dramatically cut global emissions

Bendable concrete and other CO2-infused cement mixes could dramatically cut global emissions

Lucca Henrion, Duo Zhang, Victor C. Li, Volker Sick 17 Feb 2021

Kenya's Nzambi Matee recycles plastic to make bricks stronger than concrete

Kenya's Nzambi Matee recycles plastic to make bricks stronger than concrete

16 Feb 2021

Winners of Space-Tech Earth Observation Innovation Challenge announced

Winners of Space-Tech Earth Observation Innovation Challenge announced

15 Feb 2021

Mega co-located trade show set for Joburg in November

Mega co-located trade show set for Joburg in November

10 Feb 2021

Ghana's unstable building problem is about more than lax regulation

Ghana's unstable building problem is about more than lax regulation

Festival Godwin Boateng 25 Jan 2021