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Kilimo Fresh, a digital distributor of fresh produce to hotels, restaurants, supermarkets, institutions, wholesalers and export markets, was in August named winner of the MEST… Read More »Tanzanian Agri-tech Startup Gets Major Funding
In sub-Saharan Africa approximately 83% of people depend directly on land for survival. However, approximately two-thirds of the continent’s productive land is degraded – it… Read More »Regreening Africa Aims to Resolve Land Degradation
Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera has backtracked on his campaign promise to create one million jobs, saying the government can only employ 200,000 people. President Chakwera… Read More »Chakwera’s 100 Days: Expectations vs Reality
At the turn of the 20th century, epidemics of trypanosomiasis, or “sleeping sickness” as it is more commonly known, started to appear across Africa. A… Read More »When it Comes to Medical Ethics, Different Rules Apply to Africa and Europe
French members of parliament were voting on Tuesday on the possible restitution of art and cultural treasures to Senegal and Benin. The 26 items of… Read More »Can France Repair the Cultural Links with African States?
Rwanda’s prosecution says it intends to hold a joint trial of Paul Rusesabagina together with 16 prisoners alleged to be rebel fighters. Rusesabagina, 66, is… Read More »Rwandan Hotelier to Be Tried for Forming a Rebel Group
Sophie Pétronin, 75, was abducted in Mali in December 2016 and after almost four years in detention is known as the last French hostage in… Read More »Last French Hostage in Mali Might be Released
A magnificent change in the “Mother City” compared to its dire situation just two years ago. In 2018 Cape Town was on the precipice of… Read More »Cape Town’s Reservoirs have Topped 100% for the First Time in Six Years
Graphic footage showing officers from Nigeria’s “Sars” police unit dragging two men from a hotel in Lagos and shooting one of them in the street… Read More »Nigeria’s Rogue Security Unit in the Spotlight
Over the weekend, Kenya hosted its first social-distance culture and music event where people enjoyed live bands while they could sit in their vehicles so… Read More »Jamming during a Pandemic