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Sustainable sourcing, eco-design, industrial and territorial ecology, the functionality economy, responsible consumption, extended useful life and waste recycling. These seven points sum up the circular economy, a practice that aims to extend the life cycle of products in order to reduce the consumption of raw materials and the production of waste.
- Heifer International / Sun-Connect News
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The dairy sector currently represents 6.5 percent of the country’s agricultural gross domestic product and dairy production is reported by the Dairy Development Authority of Uganda (DDA) to be a major activity in the cattle corridor, a stretch of rangeland covering more than a third of the country.
- Olowo Aminu, Bodunde Akinola, Nneka Chime and Mosorire Aiyeyemi
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In rural fishing communities in Nigeria, lack of access to grid electricity forces fishers to rely on traditional methods of storage for their catch, like sun-drying, salting and smoking.
- Gathu Kirubi PhD, Solar Energy Foundation Kenya
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What comes to mind when you think of visiting a school for kids with a wide range of mental disabilities such as autism, cerebral palsy, downs drome among other conditions? If you consider yourself to be “mentally normal” like myself, then you expect finding kids who are sad and gloomy, shy and timid, hopeless and desperate.
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According to a statement by the scientists, the study aimed to evaluate the threat of mining to the ape population in Africa which makes up over one-third of the entire population with 180,000 gorillas, bonobos, and chimpanzees. These animals are now at risk of endangerment.
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- Worls Resurces Institute
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More than 1 billion people living in cities globally do not have reliable, safe or affordable access to basic everyday necessities like decent housing, running water and sanitation, electricity, health care, or transportation to get to work or school. This “urban services divide” is not only a development challenge but a roadblock to climate action
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Millions to be vaccinated in huge public health effort against Malaria, which kills 608,000 a year. Ice-lined solar fridges, lasting up to 115 hours in high heat, enabling remote deployment. Investments in vaccine cold chain lead to threefold increase in doses given in 2019-2021. Innovations extend beyond vaccines.
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- The East African
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We hate them and love them in equal measure. The two-wheel taxis that started with a few manual bicycles half a century ago at the Kenya-Uganda border and today employ a couple of million East African riders as motorised boda boda are as nasty as they are useful. Now, they are set to lead the region’s energy transition.
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- The Standard
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Electric mobility isn’t just about transportation anymore—it’s about creating a whole system that’s sustainable and works well with our daily lives. We had a conversation with Olivia Lamenya, General Manager of Ebee Africa, who shared her insights on the evolution of the electric mobility sector in Africa.
- University of York
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Bakeries in Nigeria which use traditional open ovens fuelled by hardwood cut from local forests are contributing to rapid deforestation and climate change, according to a study from academics working in Nigeria and from the University of York and UCL.
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