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Seynabou Diop works at a station in a laboratory where the hantavirus genome was sequenced from the April 2026 outbreak, at Institut Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal. Image credit: Reuters/Ricci Shryock

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Africa looks to solar for communities off the grid

21 Nov 2016

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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

9 Nov 2016

- José Graziano da Silva

Sustainable agriculture deserves center stage at Marrakesh climate talks

José Graziano da Silva 8 Nov 2016

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Why NGOs need to embrace digital now

Sindy Peters 21 Oct 2016

Report: rapid transformation of agriculture necessary to curb greenhouse gas emissions

Report: rapid transformation of agriculture necessary to curb greenhouse gas emissions

19 Oct 2016

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Why CSI is the new currency consciously growing the bottom line

Glenda Mansfield 18 Oct 2016

Nations meet in Rwanda to tackle greenhouse gases

Nations meet in Rwanda to tackle greenhouse gases

14 Oct 2016

#SustainabilityMonth: Organic supermarket opens in Nigeria

#SustainabilityMonth: Organic supermarket opens in Nigeria

Jessica Tennant 12 Oct 2016

27 African countries adopt the Marrakesh Declaration

27 African countries adopt the Marrakesh Declaration

11 Oct 2016

#SustainabilityMonth: Do good business, do business online

#SustainabilityMonth: Do good business, do business online

Leigh Andrews 10 Oct 2016

Navigate Bizcommunity to where the business is

Navigate Bizcommunity to where the business is

Bizcommunity.com 7 Oct 2016

Bernard Gagnon via - Tef in Ethiopia

Ethiopia Soil Map arms farmers with new fertilisers in climate fight

Pius Sawa 30 Sep 2016

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#makethefuture campaign highlights cleaner energy innovations

30 Sep 2016

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Transforming agriculture critical to address food security, climate change challenges

27 Sep 2016

Paul Muhato, Managing Director of Engen in Tanzania shakes hands with the Prime Minister of Tanzania.

Engen Tanzania pledges support for disaster recovery

22 Sep 2016

Source: Bhekisisa Centre of Health Journalism/ Amos Gumulira

Malawi's rickshaw ambulances cycle the sick to care

Ina Skosana 12 Sep 2016

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Angaza Boma bringing solar TVs to rural Kenya

Tom Jackson 8 Sep 2016

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Funding sought for organic farming in Africa

8 Sep 2016

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Healthy oceans important drivers of African prosperity, food security

2 Sep 2016

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How agriculture can be intensified in Africa without causing harm

Tawanda Marandure and Kennedy Dzama 2 Sep 2016

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#InnovationMonth: Crowdfunding and solar energy, powering the world with tech

Nicci Botha 1 Sep 2016

Egypt uses sewage to grow forests in the desert

Egypt uses sewage to grow forests in the desert

Kate Walker 31 Aug 2016

Increasing accessibility to medicine in Africa

Increasing accessibility to medicine in Africa

26 Aug 2016

You are what you eat: congress to address food and nutrition challenges

You are what you eat: congress to address food and nutrition challenges

26 Aug 2016

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Securing water for food: a call for innovations

25 Aug 2016

#WomensMonth: empowering women for the sake of food security

#WomensMonth: empowering women for the sake of food security

Cari Van Wyk 24 Aug 2016

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Pan-African initiative to amplify women's voices

23 Aug 2016

Investing in science can help put food on Africa's plates

Investing in science can help put food on Africa's plates

John Butler-Adam 22 Aug 2016

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