NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — When Ademola Adesina founded a startup in 2015 to offer solar and battery subscription packages to individuals and businesses in Nigeria, it was a lot harder to raise money than it is today. Climate tech was new to Africa, the continent was a young destination for venture capital money, there were … Read more
In 1947, my great-aunt Ena moved from India to start a new life in Kenya with her husband Jimmy Power, an Indian army officer. The goal – as for so many expats after the Second World War – was to build a farm, in this case near Nakuru, about 130 kilometers northwest of Nairobi in … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. About 74,000 years ago, Mount Toba in Sumatra experienced a super eruption, one of the largest in Earth’s history, potentially causing a massive disruption to the world’s climate. Some scientists have suspected that a volcanic … Read more
The best shopping in Cape Town is in the pockets and on certain streets – a good start is at Green Market Square – JEFF GREENBERG Cape Town has come a long way since ‘buying local’ meant buying some beadwork and wood carvings. Cape Town’s sophisticated mix of Afro-Euro has found its way into international … Read more
Abdoulaye Diabate suffered a life-threatening bout of malaria when he was just five years old. Diabate barely survived the mosquito-borne disease, but cousins aged three and four were not so lucky. Diabate, who is now head of medical entomology and parasitology at the Burkina Faso Research Institute in Health Sciences, is developing an innovative technique … Read more
Abdoulaye Diabate suffered a life-threatening bout of malaria when he was just five years old. Diabate barely survived the mosquito-borne disease, but cousins aged three and four were not so lucky. Diabate, who is now head of medical entomology and parasitology at the Burkina Faso Research Institute in Health Sciences, is developing an innovative technique … Read more
By Loucoumane Coulibaly and Alessandra Prentice KORHOGO, Ivory Coast (Reuters) – Without pausing to wipe the sweat from their brows, workers in northern Ivory Coast picked cotton by the handful – a crop saved by the use of extra insecticides after a new plague caused record damage in western and Central Africa final season. The … Read more