Taara: Generating High-Speed Internet Through Beams of Light
The year 2020 has exposed the universal need for reliable access to the internet. With the lockdowns, stay-at-home…
Africa
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ColdHubs, the Solar-Powered Refrigerators Supporting Farmers in Africa
Food spoilage is a problem throughout much of the developing world. In areas with unreliable or inadequate access…
‘I Am Not My Government’: The Mayors Opposing Populist Presidents
Let’s play a word association game. I’ll say a word, and you say the first thing that comes…
Bright Simons: “Good Ideas Don’t Only Come From Rich Countries”
Air-borne viruses, extreme weather, income inequality, collapsing trust in public institutions—challenges that affect people on one continent also…
Majik Water: Turning Air Into Clean Drinking Water
By 2025, an estimated 1.8bn people—or a quarter of humanity—will be living with absolute water scarcity. Someone who…
Why Joshua Konkankoh is On A Mission To Create The World’s Biggest Ecovillage
Deep inside Cameroon — beyond the heady sprawl of the capital, Yaoundé, and up from the Mungo river…
Musical Star Akon To Build ‘Crypto City’ Powered By Renewable Energy
Five-time Grammy nominee Akon won’t be lonely anymore: he’s building a whole futuristic city to live in. The…
Meeco Pioneers Rope-Mounted Solar Panel Installation
Meeco, the Switzerland-based clean energy company, has just developed a new way of making solar panels even kinder…
The Amazing Life of Seretse Khama, the Man Who Transformed Botswana
History is littered with people who, for one reason or another, never receive the recognition they deserve. One…
This Chemist in Cameroon Recycles Used Cooking Oil to Make Cleaning Products
Martial Gervais Oden-Bella, a chemist in Cameroon, has developed a process to turn something dirty into something that…