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Climate resilience: Farmers and agribusinesses in Uganda to receive over $5m in funding
Climate change is affecting the food system in Uganda. This calls for climate-smart agricultural practices to help families and agribusinesses adapt to better crops, growing


A look at green real estate in Africa’s sustainability agenda
Businesses in Africa are waking up to the need to urgently cut carbon emissions across commercial real estate and these increasingly changing attitudes are reflected


Surviving drought: Namibia’s Erongo Desalination Plant to convert seawater to freshwater
Namibia, with a population of over 2.58 million, is grappling with a national water crisis due to severe droughts. In the 2018/19 rainy season, the


Green transition and climate change resilience top the list as UN High Level Champion for COP26 visits Nigeria
The United Nations High Level Champion for COP26, Nigel Topping, was in Nigeria on June 14, 2022, on a 3-day visit to engage with stakeholders


Lesein Mutunkei tackles deforestation with football
Lesein Mutunkei is not your average teenager, he’s a ‘green footballer”. The 17-year-old environmental activist from Kenya is one of Africa’s leading climate activists with


Innovator? Apply for EkoClimathon 1.0 ($7,500)
Are you an innovator? Can you innovate to fight climate change? If yes, then apply for EkoClimathon 1.0. EkoClimathon 1.0 seeks to engage Nigerian Innovators


Famine: Climate change is dealing Africa a heavy blow
The Horn of Africa is experiencing its worst drought in 40 years, no thanks to climate change. Climate change is resulting in higher temperatures, water


Climate change: Trash-inspired art featured at Kër Thiossane’s 2022 AFROPIXEL Festival
The environmental problems that the world is battling today stem from the indiscriminate activities of humans. Ecosystems are being degraded and polluted, resulting in an inhabitable


Wildlife rehabilitation and why it is crucial for Africa’s response to the climate crisis
Climate change is not only influencing extreme weather (flooding, drought, heatwaves, storms, etc.) in Africa but is also a key driver of species extinction on


Renewable energy: Founder Institute, Sterling partners to support early-stage startup founders
Founder Institute (FI), the world’s largest pre-seed accelerator programme, is collaborating with Sterling Bank PLC, Nigeria’s leading technologically advanced financial institution, to support early-stage startup
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