Nesta Challenges has launched the Afri-Plastics Challenge to help address the issue of marine plastic waste in developing countries...
Africa is cognisant of the multifaceted and multidimensional domestic and global opportunities it must harness and the challenges it must overcome to strengthen...
Cristina Duarte 1 day ago
Palm oil is everywhere today: in food, soap, lipstick, even newspaper ink. It's been called the world's most hated crop because of its association with deforestation...
Jonathan E. Robins 30 Jul 2021
The muggy heat swaddling Tokyo may be a forerunner of Olympic life to come, experts say, urging a rethink to make the world's oldest sporting spectacular fit for a fast-warming planet...
Beh Lih Yi 30 Jul 2021
Tommy Hilfiger is launching a gender-fluid summer pre-fall 2021 capsule collection co-designed by non-binary actor and activist, Indya Moore...
Africa's situation deserves extraordinary attention: the continent contributes just 4% of global total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the lowest of any region...
Tanguy Gahouma-Bekale 26 Jul 2021
LG Electronics has pledged to transition completely to renewable energy by 2050 as a key component of its sustainability strategy...
A Kenyan government programme intended to help the capital's poorest citizens weather the pandemic was crippled by irregularities, says Human Rights Watch report...
George Obulutsa 22 Jul 2021
As thousands of devout Muslims flock to Islam's holiest sites in Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj pilgrimage this week, scientists warn the sacred rite is under threat...
Maya Gebeily 21 Jul 2021
Inviting your nominations of inspiring women to be featured in our exclusive August Women's Month interview series...
Bizcommunity.com 20 Jul 2021
The commercial race to get tourists to space is heating up between Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson and former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos...
Eloise Marais 20 Jul 2021
Worldwide, the ugly consequences of a warming planet are rearing their heads. Many countries are increasing efforts to decarbonise their energy systems in a bid to limit global warming...
Samuel Ayokunle Olówósejéjé 16 Jul 2021
Kisumu County, Kenya, will host Africities 9 from 26-30 April 2022, under the auspices of the Pan-African Organisation of UCLG Africa...
Simon Thomas 14 Jul 2021
The AfCFTA will create one of the largest free trade areas in the world, connecting 55 countries in Africa with a combined GDP valued at $3.4tn...
A new study calls out some of the world's biggest fashion brands for their continued reliance on synthetic fibres made from fossil fuels, and for deceiving consumers with false green claims...
UN Security Council members on Thursday, 8 July, backed African Union mediation efforts between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan in a dispute over the operation of...
Michelle Nichols 9 Jul 2021
Global efforts to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic are under threat because women are being excluded from critical decision-making roles, the United Nations said on Thursday, 8 July...
Sharon Kimathi 8 Jul 2021
While South Africa rallied, moving from 45 to 21 out of 114 countries, five major western economies have fallen out of the list of the top 10 most generous...
The Big Four Agenda, announced by President Uhuru Kenyatta in late 2017, has four main pillars. Enhancing manufacturing, food security and nutrition...
Simon Thomas 6 Jul 2021
The global economy faces annual losses of $2.7tn by 2030 if ecological tipping points are reached and countries fail to invest more in protecting and restoring nature...
Michael Taylor 2 Jul 2021
