Kenya’s SunCulture, a provider of solar-powered irrigation solutions and agricultural technology to smallholder farmers, has raised a US$27.5 million Series B funding round to fuel its growth and…
Highways and malls have been flooded, schools have been closed, and flights disrupted at one of the world’s busiest airports after the United Arab Emirates experienced what the government described…
A Queensland outback cattle station the size of Yosemite national park which includes key habitat for the elusive night parrot has been acquired for conservation after an anonymous donation of $21m.
People everywhere are rising up against the fossil fuel industry. As Africans, we are on the frontline of a new colonial scramble for oil and gas. It’s time to resist.
The UK faces food shortages and price rises as extreme weather linked to climate breakdown causes low yields on farms locally and abroad.
Record rainfall has meant farmers in many parts of the UK…
"As the election approaches, young people are mobilizing to demand President Biden take bold action to protect young peoples' futures."
Ahead of Earth Day on April 22, youth organizers across the…
One of the biggest battles over Colorado River water is being staged in one of the west’s smallest rural enclaves.
Tucked into the bends of the lower Colorado River, Cibola, Arizona, is a community…
Over the coming months, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) will be supporting South African company Novare Equity Partners in decarbonising its real estate properties in Zambia, Mozambique…
Less than a month after being sworn in, Senegal's new president, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, has taken some important decisions in the water sector, including the creation of a regulatory…
Burkina Faso's transitional parliament has approved a conventional loan agreement worth €45.7 million from the Export-Import Bank of China. The debt will finance the construction of the Donsin solar…
In the Serbian Numbeo platform's ranking of quality of life in the world's cities, Cape Town and Pretoria rank 83rd and 104th, while London and Rome do not fare so well, including in terms of the…
The French independent power producer (IPP) Qair has secured €7.8 million in funding from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for the construction of two solar photovoltaic…
Despite the investment and efforts made by the Moroccan government in recent years, solid waste management remains a challenge in the Kingdom. The Moroccan Ministry of Energy Transition and…
Nouakchott is setting an example for other Mauritanian cities in terms of energy efficiency by installing 500 solar-powered streetlights in the main thoroughfares of Toujounine. Economic and…
WASHINGTON, April 15 (Reuters) – Half of the world’s 75 poorest countries are experiencing a widening income gap with the wealthiest economies for the first time this century in a historical…
As the war that has ravaged Sudan since April 2023 continues, the World Bank has announced funding of $130 million. This support should ensure food security for some of the displaced populations…
In Cameroon, the embassies and diplomatic institutions in the residential Golf district of Yaoundé have a new neighbour: the African Development Bank (AfDB). The financial institution has set up its…
With 96% of rural households in Malawi still without access to electricity, a partnership could improve the situation. It involves start-ups Green Impact Technologies (GIT) and Amped Innovation,…
Wildebeest – large African antelopes with distinctively curved horns – are famous for their great migrations on the grasslands of eastern and southern Africa. One hundred and fifty years ago, they…
In order to improve the drinking water supply in Montepuez, a town in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province, the government has launched the Drinking Water System Rehabilitation and Extension project,…