Pulling power By 2020, Kenya plans to achieve universal access to electricity, whereby 95% of homes will have access to the power grid. And if the country meets this target, it will… Read more
Danger zone Nestled between the Republic of Congo and DRC lies a remote swampland touted as the world’s largest tropical peatland. A team of Congolese and British scientists that have been mapping the Cuvette Centrale… Read more
Filling a need After facing various challenges – including an unexpected rise in water level that led to an evacuation upstream – construction of Zimbabwe’s largest inland dam has finally been completed, nearly 20 years since its… Read more
Catch a whiff The way in which rhino communicate with each other has been compared to how humans interact on social network sites. A study conducted at the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park in South Africa’s… Read more
Market leaders South Africa may have one of the continent’s smallest Muslim populations (1.5%–3% of its citizens follow Islam), yet the country is one of the top five producers of halal products globally. In fact, roughly… Read more
