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Eco Africa — The Environment Magazine

DW's Eco Africa showcases innovative concepts and best practice projects from Africa and Europe and presents environment and climate change ideas that inspire others to get on board or start something of their own.

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Eco Africa

Bikes help girls in rural Uganda get an education

An organization in Uganda helps girls to get an education by providing them with bicycles.
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 14, 202301:57 min
Eco Africa

Southern right whales face new challenges

How is climate change affecting South Africa’s southern right whale population?
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 13, 202304:25 min
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The challenges facing South Africa’s southern right whales, and a sustainable gem mine in Zimbabwe.
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 9, 202326:06 min
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Eco Africa - The Environment Magazine

Stopping food waste in Nigeria, saving Atlantic dolphins and tiny houses from passenger planes.
Nature and EnvironmentNovember 2, 202326:06 min
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Eco Africa — The Environment Magazine

On this Eco Africa: an entrepreneur in Senegal produces biogas and organic fertilizer from cactuses.
Nature and EnvironmentOctober 26, 202326:06 min
A man cuts leaves from a tree with a machete

Curing sick livestock with indigenous medicines

Farmers in northern Ghana are returning to scientifically backed indigenous medicine to treat their livestock.
Nature and EnvironmentOctober 25, 202304:57 min
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Microturbines on trees can harness wind power even in the city. Plus: a woman in Uganda risks her life to stop wildlife
Nature and EnvironmentOctober 19, 202326:06 min
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Ghana’s pioneering hybrid waste-to-energy plant

In Ghana, a new, one-of-its-kind waste-to-energy power plant produces organic compost as well as electricity.
Nature and EnvironmentOctober 18, 202305:00 min
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Shea butter helps empower women in rural Ivory Coast

A female cooperative in Ivory Coast that produces organic shea butter is helping empower local women.
EqualityOctober 16, 202306:07 min
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Shea butter production helps women in Ivory Coast earn a living and Ghana's new waste-to-energy power plant.
Nature and EnvironmentOctober 13, 202326:06 min
A green robot with big wheels that is helping detect and identify crop diseases in a field

AI powered agriculture in Morocco

Using AI technology, an engineer in Morocco has developed a small robot that can detect and identify crop diseases.
Nature and EnvironmentOctober 11, 202302:08 min
Man in Gambia planting a small tree surrounded by a group of people

Rapping for real change in The Gambia

A Gambian rapper is using his popularity to try and get a million trees planted in his home country.
Nature and EnvironmentOctober 10, 202305:11 min
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Clearing plastic waste out of Lake Victoria

In Uganda, young divers are being trained to retrieve plastic trash out of Lake Victoria.
Nature and EnvironmentOctober 9, 202305:12 min
A man kneeling down in a field of winemaking grapes in Sweden

The wine industry's new frontier in Sweden

Scandinavia isn't known for its wine. But as climate change alters growing seasons Swedish winemaking is gaining ground.
Nature and EnvironmentOctober 9, 202304:21 min
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On Eco Africa: moving the boundaries of winemaking northward and a robot that can detect and deal with crop diseases.
Nature and EnvironmentOctober 6, 202326:06 min
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Preventing poaching in South Africa, building vertical gardens in Uganda and flood protection in Kenya
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 28, 202326:06 min
A volunteer sanitation brigade clean the drainage canals in Alakro, a settlement in Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast: Abidjan residents set up sanitation system

Fed up of being swamped with sewage during the rainy season, one neighborhood in the Ivorian capital has taken action.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 26, 202302:10 min
An above view of the mini hydropower plant "Hydrobox", that channels water from the Sagana river in Central Kenya

Mini hydropower plants transform rural communities in Kenya

A man from rural Kenya is revolutionizing his region with an invention that delivers cheap and clean electricity.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 25, 202305:39 min
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Improving water management worldwide — from micro hydropower in rural Kenya to harvesting fog in Gran Canaria.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 21, 202326:06 min
A yellow Deutsche Post delivery truck next to a cycle-powered delivery vehicle

Speeding up the mobility transition

To get freight off the roads, global logistics company DHL is trialing a solar-powered delivery boat in Berlin.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 19, 202305:54 min
A small solar panel being added to a three-wheeler in a small factory

Tunis takes to solar-powered delivery tricycles

A German-Tunisian startup in Tunis manufactures solar-powered three-wheelers for delivery services.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 18, 202302:25 min
A small urban garden with seedlings coming up with buildings in the background

How home gardens are saving people money

As food prices soar, urban agriculture projects in Johannesburg are teaching locals how to grow their own fruit and veg.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 15, 202304:48 min
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Urban farming projects in Johannesburg and solar-powered delivery tricy-cles in Tunis
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 14, 202326:06 min
Chickens eat green fodder from two large bowls

Azolla: From invasive plant to alternative animal feed

Azolla is a fast-growing and versatile aquatic fern that could revolutionize livestock farming in Egypt.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 12, 202304:40 min
Two people inspect textile remnants in a warehouse in South Africa

Textile recycling in South Africa

The South African startup fighting back against textile dumping.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 11, 202302:04 min
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Invasive plant or cattle feed? Reweaving discarded textiles and a replacement for palm oil.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 7, 202326:06 min
An owl flies over a corn field

Owls help farmers in Cyprus

The island of Cyprus has found a special way to clear its buffer zone of rodents.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 5, 202303:48 min
A baboon sitting on a roof top

Human-baboon conflict mitigation

As baboons roam the streets of a Cape Town suburb, they wreak havoc in their search for food.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 4, 202304:24 min
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On Eco Africa: minimizing human-baboon conflict in South Africa and using owls as a natural rodent control in Cyprus.
Nature and EnvironmentSeptember 1, 202326:06 min
Large fish farm ensures local food supply

Large fish farm ensures local food supply

Aquaculture is boosting food security and living standards in Nigeria.
Food SecurityAugust 30, 202304:02 min
Unique land art that makes a big impression

Unique land art that makes a big impression

A French artist paints gigantic images on grassy lawns to draw attention to pressing issues like litter.
ArtsAugust 29, 202301:34 min
Swapping slash-and-burn for conservation agriculture

Swapping slash-and-burn for conservation agriculture

A project in Ghana encourages rural farmers to switch from harmful slash and burn farming to conservation agriculture.
Food SecurityAugust 28, 202304:38 min
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On Eco Africa: the benefits of conservation agriculture and eco-friendly packaging made from mushrooms.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 24, 202326:06 min
A man photographs a group of elephants at dusk in Kenya

The Maasai wielding a camera to protect wildlife

Meet a pioneer of wildlife photography in Kenya who really knows his way around.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 22, 202304:35 min
A woman in front of a small house fills a stove with pellets

Cooking with grass pellets in Madagascar

The Malagasy-German project that is trying to stop people cooking with charcoal.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 21, 202304:37 min
Three people in work clothes stand at a field in Ivory Coast with solar panels

Ivory Coast embraces solar energy

With a target of 42% renewable energy by 2030, Ivory Coast is racing to scale up green energy like solar power.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 18, 202304:11 min
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Eco Africa — The Environment Magazine

On this weeks edition of Eco Africa: protecting mangroves forest with crabs and preserving local plant varieties.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 10, 202326:07 min
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On Eco Africa: transforming schools in Tunesia and making the best out of invasive plants.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 3, 202326:06 min
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Creative hi-tech methods to save South Africa's sharks and new ways to use second-hand clothes in Ghana.
Nature and EnvironmentJuly 27, 202326:06 min
Biochar briquettes are drying in the sun.

Producing biochar and organic fertilizer in Cameroon

A young petroleum engineer has turned green after starting to produce biochar and fertilizer from organic waste.
Nature and EnvironmentJuly 24, 202305:00 min
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Biochar production in Kenya, strategies against water shortages and an exhibition about climate change in Germany.
Nature and EnvironmentJuly 20, 202326:06 min
A close up of a man in a yellow jacket holding a scoop of cement mix at French company Hoffmann Green Cement

Greening cement

How did a French startup cut down the CO2 footprint of its cement?
Nature and EnvironmentJuly 19, 202302:04 min
Left: A close up of the pink flowers of the invasive witchweed plant. Right: A scientist hold up a petri-dish with a protective fungus that kills witchweed

Scientists wage fungal warfare against witchweed

A team of local scientists in Kenya is growing a bio-herbicidal fungus to fight back against an invasive plant.
Nature and EnvironmentJuly 18, 202304:40 min
Splitscreen left: A close up of a beehive. Right: Two men, the founder of the fintech Pollen, Chiyanika Nakasamu advises a farmer in the use of his app.

Using bytes and bees to enhance green smallholders

A startup in Zambia is helping farmers to form saving circles, access payment services and receive personalized advice.
Nature and EnvironmentJuly 17, 202305:11 min
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Blockchain helping farmers in Zambia, how to fight invasive plants in Kenya and how cement can be more sustainable.
Nature and EnvironmentJuly 13, 202326:06 min
A man holding a young plant with roots growing out of the bottom

Reducing water waste through hydroponic farming

An entrepreneur in Tunisia grows vegetables hydroponically, which saves water while producing greater yields.
Nature and EnvironmentJuly 11, 202301:47 min
A man holding and looking at tomatoes on a vine

Solar farms that shelter plants and animals

SUNfarming makes solar arrays that produce energy and provide shelter and space for plants and animals.
Nature and EnvironmentJuly 11, 202306:52 min
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On Eco Africa: a haven for migratory birds in Sierra Leone and cleaner streets in Nigeria thanks to Spiderman!
Nature and EnvironmentJuly 6, 202326:06 min
Pedal boats on dry soil clods are seen at the Sau water reservoir

Is drinking seawater Barcelona's solution to drought?

Drought-stricken Barcelona is home to Europe's biggest desalination plant. Could it solve the city's water shortages?
TechnologyJuly 6, 202304:06 min
A man holds a legume seedling

Popularizing plants that make their own fertilizer

Chickpeas are protein-rich and sustainable, but can they be grown in Germany?
Nature and EnvironmentJuly 5, 202306:50 min