• Power up

    Power up

    Ghana’s government plans to install 200 000 solar-power systems to provide electricity to households, as well as commercial and to government facilities in urban and rural communities. This roll-out forms… Read more

    Pest control

    Pest control

    The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has launched a smartphone app to help combat a maize-eating insect that has infested millions of hectares of crops in Africa. According to… Read more

    Water wellness

    Water wellness

    A Cape Town hospital has become the first private healthcare facility in the Western Cape province to install an on-site water filtration plant. The Life Vincent Pallotti Hospital commissioned the… Read more

    Knowledge is power

    Knowledge is power

    An inaugural renewable energy training academy has been launched in Ogun, Nigeria. Backed by green energy solutions provider Asteven Group, the facility will train students to become vendors, developers, installers,… Read more

    Call of the wild

    Call of the wild

    In Tanzania, community-based wildlife conservation projects could prove effective in protecting the natural resource, which is a major revenue generator. The country is one of the top tourism destinations in… Read more