How a rural community in a fast-urbanising region along the west African Tano River is using traditional knowledge handed down over generations to protect the river, its vegetation and its fish stock
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In Nigeria’s Rivers State, engineering company Egoras is successfully refurbishing e-waste into affordable appliances, creating a new market for recycled and upcycled products.
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Botswana has edged out Kenya in the list of top global innovators as more African countries punch above their weight to come up with ideas and technologies that increase productivity and output.
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Kenya power is promoting the adoption of clean energy. We have a role supporting e-mobility ecosystem to ensure that every electric vehicle has a place to charge
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The young inventor insisted on providing a tour of the surroundings. For anybody acquainted with Benin City, the prospect of a tour of the Upper Sakponba might elicit a degree of alarm. The suburb is the gateway to the informal settlement of the Idogbo community, better known as “Sin City”, an area of low-rent dwellings where law enforcement officers are unwelcome. But Odemwingie’s drive to improve environmental awareness has made him familiar to most who live in the area.
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Known affectionately as ‘Uncle Bravo’, Mukaro said that the harvested goods sold at the stand are grown entirely using permaculture methods – a holistic and more sustainable approach to growing food, that takes into account the wider ecosystem.
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Key to their hopes is the rollout of matchmaking platforms for investors and entrepreneurs working in the ocean, or blue economy sector. In September, EU-led BlueInvest Africa convened a business-to-business (B2B) meeting in Seychelles in a bid to unlock crucial financing for blue economy startups. That included three startups from Tanzania.
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The driver stops briefly to consult his mobile phone before driving slowly to the basement where an associate in the passenger seat jumps out and slides open the side door to reveal a well-lit, wooden-floored interior with a barber’s chair in the middle, a big TV screen on a wall, and a sink at the back. A mirror runs the length of the inside roof.
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Analysis shows that e-bikes, with their considerable cost advantages, are spreading much faster than other electric vehicles on the continent, with e-commerce and delivery services driving market penetration. Light, battery-powered transportation models are becoming especially popular in Africa’s major cities, where demand for daily commutes is growing rapidly.
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Daring, beautiful dreams are spiritual fuel for 22-year-old Sheryl Mboya. She’s an environmentalist and law student at Mount Kenya University who’s on a quest for a cleaner and healthier environment. And she believes she has the answer: edible cups, plates, and spoons.
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