Felix Tagba a Togolese journalist and environmental activist, has combined sport and environmental protection to spark a trend: Eco-jogging. [responsive id=’49315′ name=’2022/03/Felix-Tagba-photo.jpg’] On a Saturday morning in Lomé, the Togolese capital, Felix Tagba stands patiently waiting at crossroads. Clad in blue shorts and a white jersey, ready with a large black plastic bag and aContinue reading “This Togolese Activist is Helping To Turn Eco-jogging Into a New Trend”
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This Is Not Just Another Conference on African Youth
In September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Even though the media reports often on these SDGs, most young people aged 18-35 across Africa aren’t aware of these goals, yet these young people constitute over 70% of the continent’s total population.Continue reading “This Is Not Just Another Conference on African Youth”
These smokeless, energy-efficient stoves are saving lives and trees
A clutch of university degrees could have led to a cosy job in Paris. Instead, Ermann Zannou decided he could do more by living closer to the country of his birth, Benin. So he set up Green Ker in Abidjan. Now, his stainless steel stoves are saving lives. In a large workshop located in IvoryContinue reading “These smokeless, energy-efficient stoves are saving lives and trees”
This Woman Is One Of the Leaders of Africa’s Agri Revolution
Controversy still surrounds genetically modified (GM) foods in many parts of Africa but for one woman pushing a continental farming revolution, the potential results of planting a crop of modified cowpeas are simply too significant to resist. [responsive id=’49097′ name=’2021/10/Nigeria_cowpea_small.jpg’] It’s been over a year since Nigeria released the world’s first genetically modified cowpea –Continue reading “This Woman Is One Of the Leaders of Africa’s Agri Revolution”
The Nigerian Environmentalist Helping Children Look After the Planet
Long before climate change became a watchword, Doyinsola Ogunye, a lawyer turned environmentalist, has been on a mission to rehabilitate Nigeria’s waterways one beach at a time. When she was a child, Doyinsola Ogunye’s father hoped she’d become a lawyer. He even dreamed of her becoming a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. And that’s what mightContinue reading “The Nigerian Environmentalist Helping Children Look After the Planet”
There is Good News For Africa Despite the Depressing IPCC Report
African countries are looking to outsmart the rising threat of climate change by increasing their research into climate-ready crops, as well as adaptation planning. “Climate-ready” is the new buzzword amongst Africa’s lower and lower-middle income economies as they rush to develop crop varieties that can help farmers beat the impact of climate change and increaseContinue reading “There is Good News For Africa Despite the Depressing IPCC Report”
The Climate Activist Planting Trees in a Conflict-Prone Country
Welcome to the seventh instalment in our Limitless series. It’s time to meet Safiatou Traoré, an eco-feminist, climate change activist, agro-economist and pan Africanist. Safiatou Traoré wears all these hats, and she has been engaged in numerous battles that serve a single purpose. Her mission is to improve livelihoods in her home country Mali whileContinue reading “The Climate Activist Planting Trees in a Conflict-Prone Country”
Why This New Organization Chose to Look at African Philanthropy Through Different Lenses
Over the years, the African continent has received only a tiny slice of the philanthropic funds that are committed, each year, to projects that aim to improve the state of the world. One organization is looking to move the needle. The African Visionary Fund was founded in 2020 with a mission to unleash breakthrough impactContinue reading “Why This New Organization Chose to Look at African Philanthropy Through Different Lenses”
Why This Filmmaker is Transforming a Family Home Into a Space for Nigerian Cultural Preservation
We are supporting Nigerian-American filmmaker Iquo B. Essien’s campaign to raise $30,000 to convert her family’s historical land in Calabar, Nigeria into a memoir gallery and space for Nigerian cultural preservation—along with a virtual gallery, accessible online, and a residency for African womxn artists. Essien recently learned that the land, purchased by her late grandfather,Continue reading “Why This Filmmaker is Transforming a Family Home Into a Space for Nigerian Cultural Preservation”