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Africa’s sustainability changemakers unite: YES ESG and Beyond Awards

ESG Africa Conference Africa’s sustainability changemakers unite: YES ESG and Beyond Awards

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#AGES2026: How to back Africa's next-gen green and blue entrepreneurs

#AGES2026: How to back Africa's next-gen green and blue entrepreneurs

Maroefah Smith 26 Feb 2026

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Lagos Fashion Week wins the 2025 Earthshot Prize

6 Nov 2025

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How African companies are setting the stage for sustainable growth

30 Sep 2025

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Nigeria’s plastic waste could enrich the fashion industry: here’s how

Solaja Mayowa Oludele 22 Sep 2025

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Designers Hugo Dumas and Carla Zhang bring fresh solutions to fashion’s growing waste problem

9 Sep 2025

Nairobi Fashion Week 2025 puts regenerative fashion in the spotlight

Nairobi Fashion Week 2025 puts regenerative fashion in the spotlight

11 Feb 2025

Researchers to investigate plastic ingestion in Kenya's livestock, working animals

Researchers to investigate plastic ingestion in Kenya's livestock, working animals

21 Jun 2023

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Kenya banned plastic bags 6 years ago, but they are still in use - what went wrong

Jane Mutheu Mutune 9 May 2023

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New Puma project gives young changemakers a seat at the sustainability table

20 Apr 2023

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Call for applications - Green Entrepreneurship Awards 2023

6 Mar 2023

Plastic-eating enzymes could help combat fashion's polyester waste problem

Plastic-eating enzymes could help combat fashion's polyester waste problem

6 Feb 2023

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Second-hand markets are on the up (and even Zara has jumped on the bandwagon)

Teresa Sádaba 6 Feb 2023

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Trends paving the way for the future of retail in Africa

Lauren Hartzenberg 4 Nov 2022

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Major brands failing to meet plastic sustainability goals

3 Nov 2022

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Air pollution second leading risk factor for death across Africa - report

28 Oct 2022

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H&M Foundation on the lookout for sustainable fashion innovators

24 Oct 2022

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Fast fashion giant Shein commits to cutting emissions

13 Oct 2022

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African digital innovators are turning plastic waste into value - but there are gaps

Seun Kolade and Muyiwa Oyinlola 16 Aug 2022

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New WWF report makes case for circular plastics economy in Africa

18 Jul 2022

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Ethical fashion: How transparent are the world's biggest brands?

15 Jul 2022

An installed air quality monitoring device outside the Uganda National Meteorological Authority (UNMA) station at the Makerere University in Kampala. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa

Ugandan researchers develop low-cost sensors to track air pollution

Elias Biryabarema 31 May 2022

Ghanaian glassblower Michael Tetteh, 44, assisted by members of his staff, blows glass at his glassware manufacturing workshop in Krobo Odumase, Ghana on 15 March 2022. Source: Reuters/Francis Kokoroko

Ghanian artist melts glass waste into wonders

Cooper Inveen and Francis Kokoroko 11 Apr 2022

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Congolese city turns its plastic problem into profit

Crispin Kyalangalilwa 8 Apr 2022

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Africa's rural communities will be the hardest hit by plastic pollution

Joshua Amponsem 1 Apr 2022

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Recycling grows in Africa, creating job and business opportunities

18 Mar 2022

Coca-Cola sets goal to make 25% of packaging reusable by 2030

Coca-Cola sets goal to make 25% of packaging reusable by 2030

14 Feb 2022

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'It's our stuff': Consumers wage right-to-repair revolution

Carey L. Biron and Umberto Bacchi 19 Oct 2021

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