Vera Songwe, executive secretary of the ECA, says tackling the ongoing coronavirus pandemic effectively to ensure Africa grows back and builds back better in the aftermath of Covid-19 requires boldness...
As emissions from African transport surge, governments need to find ways to encourage a shift to cleaner, healthier electric vehicles...
Megan Rowling 3 days ago
Zimbabwe is one of the African countries that hopes renewable energy technologies will help to address their energy problems...
Ellen Fungisai Chipango 30 Apr 2021
Africa recorded remarkable economic growth in the first 15 years of the 21st century, largely because of positive trends in the export of primary commodities...
Cristina Duarte 16 Mar 2021
Spearheaded by Congo Bulaya, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will host its virtual Smart City Conference from 16 to 18 April this year...
Our cities, designed for one set of climatic ranges, are increasingly "out of place" as average temperatures rise. The days above 40°C and nights above 30°C are...
Cameron Tonkinwise and Abby Mellick Lopes 24 Feb 2021
Founder of SpaceX and Tesla, Elon Musk has launched the XPrize Carbon Removal competition which aims to create...
One of the big contributors to climate change is right beneath your feet, and transforming it could be a powerful solution for keeping greenhouse gases...
Lucca Henrion, Duo Zhang, Victor C. Li, Volker Sick 17 Feb 2021
Nairobi-based startup company Gjenge Makers uses recycled plastic with sand to make lightweight and low-cost bricks that are stronger than concrete...
Launched in September 2020, the winners in the Space-Tech Earth Observation Innovation Challenge have been announced...
Analytica Lab Africa, Ifat Africa and Food & Drink Technology Africa have been rescheduled to November 2021...
Collapsed buildings are worryingly common in several large African cities. One study counted 54 building collapse deaths...
Festival Godwin Boateng 25 Jan 2021
Throughout the world, architects are designing green buildings, whether it's in their sustainable construction, environmentally friendly operation or actually green by style...
Norman Day 4 Jan 2021
The African Development Bank (AfDB) earlier this month approved a $7m grant from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) for technical assistance in setting up the Africa Mini-Grid Market Acceleration Programme...
South Asia has made tremendous progress in connecting rural areas to the electricity grid but the number of people in Africa without access has scarcely changed since 2010...
Jörg Peters and Maximiliane Sievert 30 Dec 2020
