Malawi has made its first successful large-scale harvest of wheat after years of attempts to find a variety of grain suitable for its soil. Wheat farming is seen as a solution to mitigate the impact…
WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA —
European Union and Namibian officials hold a business forum this week in Brussels on developing the country’s nascent “green hydrogen” sector.
Critics describe this green…
Authorities say more than 1,300 sub-Saharan African migrants reached Spain’s Canary Islands, a seven-island Atlantic archipelago, this weekend.
One vessel carried a record 321 people.
Another…
The Nigerian government has won a case in a British Court that has overturned an $11bn (£9bn) arbitration award made to a firm following a dispute over a failed gas deal.
In its activities around the world, the SUEZ Group relies on technology, and in particular artificial intelligence (AI), to improve the efficiency of its sorting and waste treatment centres. In both…
He is one of those who believe that Africa can achieve sustainable development through innovative and inclusive finance. In this interview, the Ivorian Wilfried Adingra, Managing Director of the…
Tunisia is innovating in the field of desalination. Tunisian engineers have just inaugurated Desaltec-z1 at the Slim oil mill in Zarzis. The new plant desalts well water using the reverse osmosis…
Egypt has just issued $478 million in sustainable Panda bonds. This transaction, partly guaranteed by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), will…
From the University of Kinshasa, a group of students is contributing to solid waste management in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The "Odia" intelligent garbage can, launched…
At a time when Africa and the rest of the world are being severely affected by water stress, preserving available resources remains a sensible solution for supplying people with water. SUEZ, the…
Solar-powered irrigation systems provider SunCulture has secured funding to promote solar irrigation in Africa and accelerate agricultural innovation in the context of the food crisis. The funds are…
At the opening of the Fifth Climate Chance Africa Conference (CCHA) on Housing and Urban Development in Yaoundé on 23 October 2023, participants from all continents clearly grasped the urgent need to…
Western countries are sticking to their position on the arrangements for setting up a fund for loss and damage caused by climate change. The fourth meeting on the implementation of this mechanism,…
Air pollution indices have never been worse around the world, particularly in Africa. At least nine out of ten people on the continent breathe polluted air, according to environmentalists. Among the…
SUEZ wants to make innovation the main lever for its development around the world, particularly in Africa where the Group is very active in water and sanitation management, as well as waste…
In addition to the prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse of waste prescribed in the United Nations (UN) twelfth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 12) to reduce pollution by 2030, there is…
Angler Mike Deacon is among a growing number of customers refusing to pay water companies as they protest against sewage spillages and contamination
For 13 years, Mike Deacon monitored pollution…
The company released wastewater from treatment plants despite overflow levels not being hit
Welsh Water has admitted to spilling untreated sewage near a rare dolphin habitat for at least a decade.
Chevron has announced it will buy the US fossil fuel producer Hess Corporation in a $53bn (£44bn) all-stock deal, as it seeks to increase its presence in oil-rich Guyana.
The announcement comes less…
Miles Roberts of packaging-maker DS Smith warns manufacturing will decline unless government provides clarity about decarbonisation
The UK risks seeing its manufacturing sector fall behind rival…