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Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms win Norwegian human rights award

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Designers Hugo Dumas and Carla Zhang bring fresh solutions to fashion’s growing waste problem

9 Sep 2025

Source: © Mining Zambia Magazine On 18 February 2025, a catastrophic tailings dam collapsed at the Sino-Metals Chambishi Mine, in Zambia, flooding the surruonding area and Mwambashi River with 50 million litres of acidic effluent

Earth Day spotlights importance of environmental management of tailing dams

By Alastair Bovim 22 Apr 2025

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Powering Africa through blockchain crowdfunding

Abraham Cambridge 25 Apr 2017

World Malaria Day: $1million raised

World Malaria Day: $1million raised

25 Apr 2017

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Technology and big data are helping Cameroonians protect their forests

Arend de Haas 24 Apr 2017

Africa Rice Center via - Irrigation infrastructure to the Tutu inland valley for rice prodution

New FAO satellite tool helps African farmers optimise water productivity

24 Apr 2017

Environment not a priority for sub-Saharan African countries

Environment not a priority for sub-Saharan African countries

24 Apr 2017

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Ethiopian startup accepted into Silicon Valley water innovation accelerator

Tom Jackson 21 Apr 2017

Five social good innovations

Five social good innovations

14 Apr 2017

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Uganda's second Slow Food Earth Market launched in Manafwa

13 Apr 2017

Education crucial for Africa - Tony Blair

Education crucial for Africa - Tony Blair

Danette Breitenbach 13 Apr 2017

Amarula launches phase two of conservation campaign

Amarula launches phase two of conservation campaign

13 Apr 2017

A Unicef team creating a collaborative paper plane. (Unicef)

How learning empathy can help build better community projects in Africa

Keneilwe Munyai 12 Apr 2017

Entries close on 18 April for the SingularityU Southern Africa GIC

Entries close on 18 April for the SingularityU Southern Africa GIC

Mann Made 12 Apr 2017

UCLG Africa hosts brainstorm session on accessing climate finance

UCLG Africa hosts brainstorm session on accessing climate finance

6 Apr 2017

Five lessons in strategy from the non-profit world

Five lessons in strategy from the non-profit world

Nicola Tyler 20 Mar 2017

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Africa needs more women computer scientists. How to make it happen

Chao Charity Mbogo 9 Mar 2017

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#DesignIndaba2017: Students' social activism FTW!

Leigh Andrews 2 Mar 2017

#DesignIndaba2017: Real global connectivity, three words at a time

#DesignIndaba2017: Real global connectivity, three words at a time

Leigh Andrews 1 Mar 2017

GSMA report encourages government policies for inclusive digital economies

GSMA report encourages government policies for inclusive digital economies

27 Feb 2017

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First group graduates from GE healthymagination Mother and Child Programme

27 Feb 2017

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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

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Africa: a continent of hope

António Guterres 6 Feb 2017

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

Sindy Peters 30 Jan 2017

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