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A bird perches on an elephant as it walks at the Amboseli National Park in Kajiado County, Kenya, 4 April 2024. Reuters/Monicah Mwangi

Elephant deaths trigger Kenyan call for Tanzania to curb huntsDuncan Miriri

Farmers work at a cocoa farm in Daloa, Ivory Coast, 3 October 2023. Reuters/Ange Aboa/File Photo

EU will not delay deforestation law, environment chief says on Ivory Coast visit

By Ange Aboa 8 Apr 2024

Philippi Village founder Bushra Razack wins prestigious Forty Under 40 Africa Award

Philippi Village founder Bushra Razack wins prestigious Forty Under 40 Africa Award

5 Apr 2024

GSMA report encourages government policies for inclusive digital economies

GSMA report encourages government policies for inclusive digital economies

27 Feb 2017

First group graduates from GE healthymagination Mother and Child Programme

27 Feb 2017

Oxfam East Africa via

Indian Ocean Dipole: The obscure climate phenomenon driving drought

Jared Ferrie 24 Feb 2017

Sustainable African businesses can help unlock $1tn in new market value

Sustainable African businesses can help unlock $1tn in new market value

24 Feb 2017

Is sustainability baked into your strategy?

Is sustainability baked into your strategy?

Sue Morris 23 Feb 2017

Morocco tops new survey on quality of African urban life

Morocco tops new survey on quality of African urban life

23 Feb 2017

Joanne van der Walt, Sage Foundation manager, Africa

Sage launches $1m fund to inspire African innovation

23 Feb 2017

Kate Holt/AusAID via - Olivia Gimbo holds up her family's supply of food for the week in Epworth, Harare.

Global future food security in jeopardy warns FAO report

22 Feb 2017

Sub-Saharan Africa lags in sustainable energy policies

Sub-Saharan Africa lags in sustainable energy policies

16 Feb 2017

Africa pays for fragmented cities, study finds

Africa pays for fragmented cities, study finds

Hilary Joffe 16 Feb 2017

Rwanda to export fortified foods

Rwanda to export fortified foods

Peterson Tumwebaze 7 Feb 2017

Africa: a continent of hope

António Guterres 6 Feb 2017

Professor Jeffrey Sachs, director of The Earth Institute. Image source:

#WSF2017: Six key investment areas for Africa to achieve the SDGs - Jeffrey Sachs

Sindy Peters 30 Jan 2017

Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, DVC Research and Internationalisation, UCT

The role of African universities in achieving the SDGs

Sindy Peters 30 Jan 2017

Oxfam East Africa via

Horn of Africa faces acute food shortage

30 Jan 2017

Eating insects has long made sense in Africa. The world must catch up

Eating insects has long made sense in Africa. The world must catch up

Saliou Niassy, Sunday Ekesi 24 Jan 2017

Africa needs to manage food, water and energy in a way that connects all three

Africa needs to manage food, water and energy in a way that connects all three

Agathe Maupin and Mercy Mwanikah Ojoyi 23 Jan 2017

Erdenebayar via

Agriculture and water scarcity - it's time to act

23 Jan 2017

How Africa can perform better in the new round of UN development goals

How Africa can perform better in the new round of UN development goals

Ademola Adenle 18 Jan 2017

Firms push envelope with bright ideas to deliver energy to Africa

Firms push envelope with bright ideas to deliver energy to Africa

Tsakane Ngoepe and Tine Henriksen 11 Jan 2017

Importance of formulating business-aligned CSI initiatives

Importance of formulating business-aligned CSI initiatives

Mbali Sekautu 29 Dec 2016

Smokeless cooking in Kenya

Smokeless cooking in Kenya

23 Dec 2016

UNESCO-MARS 2016 Award winners: (L-R) front row- ‘Best African Woman Researchers Award’ 4th place winner Maria Nabaggala, from Infectious Diseases Institute, Uganda; 5th place winner, Martha Zewdie, from Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Ethiopia; 2nd place Best Young African Researchers winner, Constantine Asahngwa, Cameroon Centre for Evidence Based Health Care; Best Young African Researchers 1st place winner Patricia Rantshabeng from University of Botswana; Best African Women Researchers 2nd place winner, Rogomenoma Ouedraogo, Laboratory of Biology and Molecular Genetics University, Burkina Faso; ‘Best Young Researcher Award’ 3rd place winner, Lamin Cham from National Aids Control Program, Gambia; 2nd row: 2nd place Best Young Researchers Award winner, Tinashe Nyazika, University of Zimbabwe; Best African Woman Researchers Award’ 1st place winner, Beatrice Nyagol from Kenya Medical Research Institute, together with Prof. Yifru Berhane, Minister of Health, Ethiopia; Prof. Dr Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp, Chairman, Executive Board and Family Board of E.Merck KG; Prof. Afework Kassu Gizaw, Minister of Science and Technology, Ethiopia; Ahmed Fahmi, Program Director, UNESCO and Rasha Kelej, Chief Social Officer, Merck Healthcare.

'Best African Women Researchers' announced

21 Dec 2016

Three keystones in reaching Africa's energy goals

Three keystones in reaching Africa's energy goals

Fola Esan 6 Dec 2016

Digital exclusion may worsen inequality in SA

Digital exclusion may worsen inequality in SA

29 Nov 2016

Africa looks to solar for communities off the grid

21 Nov 2016

Hansueli Krapf via - Seychelles

Africa-funded project to help small-island nations adapt to climate change

21 Nov 2016

Implementing climate smart agriculture up for discussion at COP22

Implementing climate smart agriculture up for discussion at COP22

10 Nov 2016

Cape Town woman brings coding skills to marginalised communities

Cape Town woman brings coding skills to marginalised communities

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Sustainable agriculture deserves center stage at Marrakesh climate talks

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GSMA report encourages government policies for inclusive digital economies

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Africa needs to manage food, water and energy in a way that connects all three

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How Africa can perform better in the new round of UN development goals

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Firms push envelope with bright ideas to deliver energy to Africa

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Smokeless cooking in Kenya

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UNESCO-MARS 2016 Award winners: (L-R) front row- ‘Best African Woman Researchers Award’ 4th place winner Maria Nabaggala, from Infectious Diseases Institute, Uganda; 5th place winner, Martha Zewdie, from Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Ethiopia; 2nd place Best Young African Researchers winner, Constantine Asahngwa, Cameroon Centre for Evidence Based Health Care; Best Young African Researchers 1st place winner Patricia Rantshabeng from University of Botswana; Best African Women Researchers 2nd place winner, Rogomenoma Ouedraogo, Laboratory of Biology and Molecular Genetics University, Burkina Faso; ‘Best Young Researcher Award’ 3rd place winner, Lamin Cham from National Aids Control Program, Gambia; 2nd row: 2nd place Best Young Researchers Award winner, Tinashe Nyazika, University of Zimbabwe; Best African Woman Researchers Award’ 1st place winner, Beatrice Nyagol from Kenya Medical Research Institute, together with Prof. Yifru Berhane, Minister of Health, Ethiopia; Prof. Dr Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp, Chairman, Executive Board and Family Board of E.Merck KG; Prof. Afework Kassu Gizaw, Minister of Science and Technology, Ethiopia; Ahmed Fahmi, Program Director, UNESCO and Rasha Kelej, Chief Social Officer, Merck Healthcare.

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Nations meet in Rwanda to tackle greenhouse gases

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#SustainabilityMonth: Organic supermarket opens in Nigeria

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27 African countries adopt the Marrakesh Declaration

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#SustainabilityMonth: Do good business, do business online

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Navigate Bizcommunity to where the business is

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