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Nairobi sets the stage for premier 2024 Africa Shared Value Leadership Summit

Nairobi sets the stage for premier 2024 Africa Shared Value Leadership SummitShift Impact Africa

ACSA reflects on W Cape socio-economic development as it celebrates 30 years

ACSA reflects on W Cape socio-economic development as it celebrates 30 yearsAmbani Reputation Management

TotalEnergies faces second lawsuit over Uganda oil projects

America Hernandez 27 Jun 2023

Boosting Africa's energy transition - initiatives, funding and investment

Boosting Africa's energy transition - initiatives, funding and investment

Kieran Whyte et al. 26 Jun 2023

Researchers to investigate plastic ingestion in Kenya's livestock, working animals

Researchers to investigate plastic ingestion in Kenya's livestock, working animals

21 Jun 2023

Africa needs grain imports, key states say ahead of Putin talks

Africa needs grain imports, key states say ahead of Putin talks

Carien du Plessis, Chris Mfula and Elias Biryabarema 15 Jun 2023

Riham ElGizy, CEO of Regional Voluntary Carbon Market Company (RVCMC), speaks during a Reuters interview ahead of the voluntary auction of carbon credits, with projects in Kenya, Rwanda, Egypt and South Africa, at the auction in Nairobi, Kenya, 14 June 2023. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

Saudi companies buy 2.2 million tonnes of carbon credits in Kenya auction

Duncan Miriri 15 Jun 2023

Source: Reuters.

HIV alarm in Uganda as anti-gay law forces LGBT 'lockdown'

9 Jun 2023

Ugandan human rights lawyer and activist leads fellow activists to file a petition challenging the signing of the new Anti-homosexuality law by President Yoweri Museveni, at the constitution court in Kampala, Uganda, 29 May 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa

Uganda enacts harsh anti-LGBTQ law including death penalty

Reuters 30 May 2023

UN gets $2.4bn in pledges for Horn of Africa aid efforts

Michelle Nichols 26 May 2023

Solar power due to overtake oil production investment for first time - IEA

Solar power due to overtake oil production investment for first time - IEA

Noah Browning 25 May 2023

#EnlitAfrica2023: Technology key to Africa's just energy transition

#EnlitAfrica2023: Technology key to Africa's just energy transition

18 May 2023

Generative AI and sustainability driving investment in tourism technology

Generative AI and sustainability driving investment in tourism technology

17 May 2023

#AfricaMonth: Renewable energy deployment and the need for increased investment in Africa

#AfricaMonth: Renewable energy deployment and the need for increased investment in Africa

Sindy Peters 16 May 2023

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Kenya banned plastic bags 6 years ago, but they are still in use - what went wrong

Jane Mutheu Mutune 9 May 2023

File photo: Ngagati Namaiduk from the Maasai pastoralist community affected by the worsening drought due to the failed rainy season, walks past his emaciated cattle during a dried-hay feeding program at their manyatta (traditional homestead) near Ilbisil settlement of Kajiado, Kenya 17 October 2022. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo/File Photo

Horn of Africa drought not possible without climate change - study

Gloria Dickie 28 Apr 2023

File photo: Quin Karala, 29, a member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTQ) community and a single mother of one poses for a picture with rainbow colours at the offices of Rella Women's Empowerment Program, for LGBTQ rights advocacy, after a Reuters interview in Kulambiro suburb of Kampala, Uganda 4 April 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa/File Photo

Uganda's president asks for changes to LGBT bill so identity is not criminalised

Elias Biryabarema 28 Apr 2023

Alice Aedy, Andrew Burgess, Jade Roche and Luke Jaque-Rodney. Source: Supplied

New Puma project gives young changemakers a seat at the sustainability table

20 Apr 2023

File Photo: An LGBT activist wears a badge as he attends a court hearing in the Milimani high Court in Nairobi in Nairobi, Kenya. 22 February 2019. Reuters/Baz Ratner

For LGBTQ Kenyans, court win prompts backlash as threats escalate

Ayenat Mersie 18 Apr 2023

How the bottled water industry is masking the global water crisis

Zeineb Bouhlel and Vladimir Smakhtin 12 Apr 2023

9.6% growth recorded in renewables in 2022 despite energy crisis

9.6% growth recorded in renewables in 2022 despite energy crisis

3 Apr 2023

Ugandan legislators participate in the debate of the Anti-Homosexuality bill, which proposes tough new penalties for same-sex relations during a sitting at the Parliament building in Kampala, Uganda 21 March 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa

Uganda passes a law making it a crime to identify as LGBTQ

Elias Biryabarema 22 Mar 2023

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TotalEnergies faces second lawsuit over Uganda oil projects

America Hernandez 27 Jun 2023

Boosting Africa's energy transition - initiatives, funding and investment

Boosting Africa's energy transition - initiatives, funding and investment

Kieran Whyte et al. 26 Jun 2023

Researchers to investigate plastic ingestion in Kenya's livestock, working animals

Researchers to investigate plastic ingestion in Kenya's livestock, working animals

21 Jun 2023

Africa needs grain imports, key states say ahead of Putin talks

Africa needs grain imports, key states say ahead of Putin talks

Carien du Plessis, Chris Mfula and Elias Biryabarema 15 Jun 2023

Riham ElGizy, CEO of Regional Voluntary Carbon Market Company (RVCMC), speaks during a Reuters interview ahead of the voluntary auction of carbon credits, with projects in Kenya, Rwanda, Egypt and South Africa, at the auction in Nairobi, Kenya, 14 June 2023. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya

Saudi companies buy 2.2 million tonnes of carbon credits in Kenya auction

Duncan Miriri 15 Jun 2023

Source: Reuters.

HIV alarm in Uganda as anti-gay law forces LGBT 'lockdown'

9 Jun 2023

Ugandan human rights lawyer and activist leads fellow activists to file a petition challenging the signing of the new Anti-homosexuality law by President Yoweri Museveni, at the constitution court in Kampala, Uganda, 29 May 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa

Uganda enacts harsh anti-LGBTQ law including death penalty

Reuters 30 May 2023

UN gets $2.4bn in pledges for Horn of Africa aid efforts

Michelle Nichols 26 May 2023

Solar power due to overtake oil production investment for first time - IEA

Solar power due to overtake oil production investment for first time - IEA

Noah Browning 25 May 2023

#EnlitAfrica2023: Technology key to Africa's just energy transition

#EnlitAfrica2023: Technology key to Africa's just energy transition

18 May 2023

Generative AI and sustainability driving investment in tourism technology

Generative AI and sustainability driving investment in tourism technology

17 May 2023

#AfricaMonth: Renewable energy deployment and the need for increased investment in Africa

#AfricaMonth: Renewable energy deployment and the need for increased investment in Africa

Sindy Peters 16 May 2023

Image source: Anna Shvets from

Kenya banned plastic bags 6 years ago, but they are still in use - what went wrong

Jane Mutheu Mutune 9 May 2023

File photo: Ngagati Namaiduk from the Maasai pastoralist community affected by the worsening drought due to the failed rainy season, walks past his emaciated cattle during a dried-hay feeding program at their manyatta (traditional homestead) near Ilbisil settlement of Kajiado, Kenya 17 October 2022. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo/File Photo

Horn of Africa drought not possible without climate change - study

Gloria Dickie 28 Apr 2023

File photo: Quin Karala, 29, a member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTQ) community and a single mother of one poses for a picture with rainbow colours at the offices of Rella Women's Empowerment Program, for LGBTQ rights advocacy, after a Reuters interview in Kulambiro suburb of Kampala, Uganda 4 April 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa/File Photo

Uganda's president asks for changes to LGBT bill so identity is not criminalised

Elias Biryabarema 28 Apr 2023

Alice Aedy, Andrew Burgess, Jade Roche and Luke Jaque-Rodney. Source: Supplied

New Puma project gives young changemakers a seat at the sustainability table

20 Apr 2023

File Photo: An LGBT activist wears a badge as he attends a court hearing in the Milimani high Court in Nairobi in Nairobi, Kenya. 22 February 2019. Reuters/Baz Ratner

For LGBTQ Kenyans, court win prompts backlash as threats escalate

Ayenat Mersie 18 Apr 2023

How the bottled water industry is masking the global water crisis

Zeineb Bouhlel and Vladimir Smakhtin 12 Apr 2023

9.6% growth recorded in renewables in 2022 despite energy crisis

9.6% growth recorded in renewables in 2022 despite energy crisis

3 Apr 2023

Ugandan legislators participate in the debate of the Anti-Homosexuality bill, which proposes tough new penalties for same-sex relations during a sitting at the Parliament building in Kampala, Uganda 21 March 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa

Uganda passes a law making it a crime to identify as LGBTQ

Elias Biryabarema 22 Mar 2023

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Call for applications - Green Entrepreneurship Awards 2023

6 Mar 2023

French court rejects lawsuit brought against TotalEnergies on Uganda pipeline project

America Hernandez 28 Feb 2023

Kenya to set up 136 solar mini-grids for remote communities

Kenya to set up 136 solar mini-grids for remote communities

Duncan Miriri 28 Feb 2023

French court to rule on landmark TotalEnergies Uganda case

America Hernandez 28 Feb 2023

Russia-Ukraine war has nearly doubled household energy costs worldwide - new study

Russia-Ukraine war has nearly doubled household energy costs worldwide - new study

Klaus Hubacek, Jin Yan, Yuli Shan and Yuru Guan 17 Feb 2023

Noise from deep-sea mining may disrupt whale song, study finds

Noise from deep-sea mining may disrupt whale song, study finds

Helen Reid 14 Feb 2023

Organisation of African Geological Surveys, AU sign MoU to promote development in Africa

Organisation of African Geological Surveys, AU sign MoU to promote development in Africa

9 Feb 2023

Plastic-eating enzymes could help combat fashion's polyester waste problem

Plastic-eating enzymes could help combat fashion's polyester waste problem

6 Feb 2023

Second-hand markets are on the up (and even Zara has jumped on the bandwagon)

Teresa Sádaba 6 Feb 2023

IFC launches roadmap to decarbonising the mining of critical minerals

IFC launches roadmap to decarbonising the mining of critical minerals

3 Feb 2023

Is greenwashing a threat to sustainable construction?

Is greenwashing a threat to sustainable construction?

Bunny Bala 3 Feb 2023

2023 Tusk Conservation Awards open for nominations

2023 Tusk Conservation Awards open for nominations

31 Jan 2023

Climate change: Africa has a major new carbon market initiative - what you need to know

Climate change: Africa has a major new carbon market initiative - what you need to know

Jonathan Colmer 27 Jan 2023

ESG integration is required to promote a just energy transition in Africa

ESG integration is required to promote a just energy transition in Africa

Vincent Obisie-Orlu 26 Jan 2023

Yellen calls for urgent action to improve food security, climate resilience in Africa

Yellen calls for urgent action to improve food security, climate resilience in Africa

Andrea Shalal 25 Jan 2023

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Danone targets 30% cut in methane emissions from fresh milk supply chain by 2030

20 Jan 2023

6 reasons 2023 could be a very good year for climate action

6 reasons 2023 could be a very good year for climate action

Wesley Morgan 18 Jan 2023

What does ESG mean? Two business scholars explain what environmental, social and governance standards and principles are

What does ESG mean? Two business scholars explain what environmental, social and governance standards and principles are

Luciana Echazú and Diego C. Nocetti 16 Jan 2023

#BizTrends2023: Changing the narrative and language used around climate finance

#BizTrends2023: Changing the narrative and language used around climate finance

Rendani Nenguda 12 Jan 2023

L'Oréal unveils inclusive beauty tech at CES for persons with limited mobility

L'Oréal unveils inclusive beauty tech at CES for persons with limited mobility

9 Jan 2023