Africa Has the Technology to Keep Its Vegetables Cold, Hard Part Is Scaling It

For a farmer whose vegetables are losing value due to a lack of cold, reliable refrigeration, the most immediate gap is harvest and market.

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Power the Plate: Inside the Africa Food Systems Forum’s Push to Fix a Continent-Wide Vegetable Gap

During the pre-summit day of the Africa Food Systems Forum (AFS Forum), held in Kigali to mark two decades of food-systems transformation

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Biodiversity

Africa’s Youth Are Doing Biodiversity Work, Why Isn’t the Global Data Showing It?

Target 22 of the Global Biodiversity Framework calls for equitable and inclusive representation of women and girls, children and youth

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KWAL Becomes First Kenyan Manufacturer to Achieve EDGE Green Certification

Kenya Wine Agencies Limited (KWAL) has become Kenya’s first manufacturer to earn the globally recognised EDGE (Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies) certification, marking the…

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Inside Africa’s First Round-the-Clock Solar-Plus-Battery Plant

On the red earth outside Kolwezi, in the heart of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Copperbelt, more than 357,000 solar panels now sit beneath…

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At COP17, Pastoralists Demand More Than Recognition as Rangelands Take Center Stage

For pastoralists the issue is not whether the world recognises their role in rangeland restoration but who shapes policies controls resources

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Dry Conditions and Rising Heat Shape the Greater Horn’s Week

The Greater Horn of Africa is facing a week of uneven rainfall and persistent heat, with parts of Ethiopia, Sudan and South Sudan in downpours

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Kenya Braces for Above-Average Short Rains as El Niño Strengthens

Forecast from 13th National Climate Outlook Forum shows an increasingly wet season as El Niño develops in central, eastern equatorial Pacific

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Wangari Maathai was well-known as a political, social, and environmental activist. In 1977 she started a grass-roots movement aimed at countering the deforestation that was threatening the means of subsistence of the agricultural population.

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Africa Has the Technology to Keep Its Vegetables Cold, Hard Part Is Scaling It
Africa Has the Technology to Keep Its Vegetables Cold, Hard Part Is Scaling It

For a farmer whose vegetables are losing value due to a lack of cold, reliable refrigeration, the most immediate gap is harvest and market.

Power the Plate: Inside the Africa Food Systems Forum’s Push to Fix a Continent-Wide Vegetable Gap
Power the Plate: Inside the Africa Food Systems Forum’s Push to Fix a Continent-Wide Vegetable Gap

During the pre-summit day of the Africa Food Systems Forum (AFS Forum), held in Kigali to mark two decades of food-systems transformation

Africa’s Youth Are Doing Biodiversity Work, Why Isn’t the Global Data Showing It?
Africa’s Youth Are Doing Biodiversity Work, Why Isn’t the Global Data Showing It?

Target 22 of the Global Biodiversity Framework calls for equitable and inclusive representation of women and girls, children and youth

KWAL Becomes First Kenyan Manufacturer to Achieve EDGE Green Certification
KWAL Becomes First Kenyan Manufacturer to Achieve EDGE Green Certification

Kenya Wine Agencies Limited (KWAL) has become Kenya’s first manufacturer to earn the globally recognised EDGE (Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies) certification, marking the end of an eight-year journey to build one of the country’s most energy-efficient factories.…

Inside Africa’s First Round-the-Clock Solar-Plus-Battery Plant
Inside Africa’s First Round-the-Clock Solar-Plus-Battery Plant

On the red earth outside Kolwezi, in the heart of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Copperbelt, more than 357,000 solar panels now sit beneath the same sun that has long shaped life in the region. Although these panels…

At COP17, Pastoralists Demand More Than Recognition as Rangelands Take Center Stage
At COP17, Pastoralists Demand More Than Recognition as Rangelands Take Center Stage

For pastoralists the issue is not whether the world recognises their role in rangeland restoration but who shapes policies controls resources

Dry Conditions and Rising Heat Shape the Greater Horn’s Week
Dry Conditions and Rising Heat Shape the Greater Horn’s Week

The Greater Horn of Africa is facing a week of uneven rainfall and persistent heat, with parts of Ethiopia, Sudan and South Sudan in downpours

Kenya Braces for Above-Average Short Rains as El Niño Strengthens
Kenya Braces for Above-Average Short Rains as El Niño Strengthens

Forecast from 13th National Climate Outlook Forum shows an increasingly wet season as El Niño develops in central, eastern equatorial Pacific

Gabon Walks Away From Its EU Tuna Deal After 19 Years
Gabon Walks Away From Its EU Tuna Deal After 19 Years

On the last weekend of June 2026, the Sea Shepherd vessel Age of Union tracked a European purse seiner out of Gabonese waters. It was the final EU tuna boat to leave. By June 29, the country’s exclusive economic…

Lake Baringo and Lake Bogoria Close In, Communities Lose Homes
Lake Baringo and Lake Bogoria Close In, Communities Lose Homes

Displacement in Baringo has a history that predates the current crisis as 2020, Lake Baringo grew from 236 to roughly 278 square kilometres

Kenya triples its clean energy ambitions: Will power get any cheaper?
Kenya triples its clean energy ambitions: Will power get any cheaper?

In June 2026, the Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) announced that it had set itself a far bigger target for renewable power. It expanded its long-term power development pipeline from 1,500 megawatts (MW) to 5,500 MW. This is a…

The Human Cost of Conakry’s Landfill Crisis
The Human Cost of Conakry’s Landfill Crisis

In Conakry, a landfill long regarded by residents as a danger became the scene of a deadly landslide, raising difficult questions about environmental neglect, urban vulnerability and warnings that went unheeded. At around 2 am, the residents of Dar…

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