Across Africa, governments and the private sector are investing millions of dollars in desalination plants as renewables and new technology drive costs downwards.
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Jun 29, 2023 • 4 min
Stella and Winnie Mutai are twins with a five-minute age difference. Inseparable from birth, they took different career paths. Climate change brought them back together.
Jun 29, 2023 • 4 min
Africa's climate-related tech startups are experiencing a remarkable surge in funding. From January to May 2023, 33% of all financing directed toward tech startups was dedicated to green initiatives.
Jun 27, 2023 • 3 min
A trading system backed by Afreximbank offers African states an opportunity to pivot away from a reliance on dollars, euros, and pounds.
Jun 21, 2023 • 3 min
Giant tech firms, game studios and other gaming investors have launched an aggressive hunt for young Africans with the talent, skills, passion - and jobs - to sustain long-term investments in the gaming sector.
Jun 16, 2023 • 5 min
Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu set the tone for the country's energy future by signing the electricity bill into law shortly after taking office. His actions could signal a new path for Nigeria.
Jun 15, 2023 • 3 min
Joan Wandegi Nthiga is one of many Kenyan farmers turning to regenerative farming to counteract the harmful effects of climate change, soil degradation, and biodiversity loss in her area. She has planted over 100 endangered native tree seedlings among her food crops and is now looking to do more to return the region to the wetter, more stable climate she experienced as a child.
Jun 13, 2023 • 5 min
Faced with the problem of insufficient hospital beds, Naom Monari realised that as a nurse she could better help people at their homes. Now she helps thousands.
Jun 8, 2023 • 5 min
A potato processing company founded by a dissatisfied banker is disrupting the potato processing value chain in Kenya.
Jun 6, 2023 • 3 min
The Netflix docudrama Queen Cleopatra, released on May 10, sparked controversy for casting a black actress as the famous Egyptian queen, reviving a decades-old debate over skin colour.
Jun 6, 2023 • 7 min