Environment

IMAGE: bird story agency An African-led campaign to correct the way Africa is represented on world maps has won UN backing, with 164 countries supporting a Togo-sponsored resolution encouraging more accurate map projections. Bonface Orucho, […]

IMAGE: bird story agency extile plants, mines and export zones are building their own electricity systems, creating a growing role for independent producers as African factories seek to avoid disruptions that can throttle production. Seth […]

IMAGE: bird story agency African conservationists are conducting new and repeat wildlife censuses to track population changes across landscapes and national borders. The surveys are generating data on numbers, movements and habitat pressures that can […]

Abeje Menegesha, procurement manager at Amibara Agricultural Development PLC, during an interview with bird story agency in Ethiopia in 2026. Photo: Amisale Genet, bird story agency As rainfall becomes less predictable, researchers are developing improved […]

IMAGE: bird story agency After years of green hydrogen announcements centred on future exports, Africa’s hydrogen race is increasingly attracting investment into manufacturing, engineering, financing and industrial infrastructure. Recent developments suggest the continent is beginning […]

IMAGE: bird story agency India’s EV expansion into Africa is becoming a strategic challenge to China’s early dominance of the continent’s electric mobility market. From Kenya and Malawi to Tanzania, Zanzibar and South Africa, Indian […]

Student at FUNIA university working on a loom in Awkete, Abia, Nigeria on July 29, 2026. Photo: Toochi Gabriel, bird story agency Once primarily worn as wrappers and ceremonial dress, Akwete cloth is finding new […]

Studio 11 co-founder, Nafkot Gebeyehu, (left) speaking with co-founder, Zion Yaynu, during a video call at the gallery in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on July 1, 2026. Photo: Solan Kolli, bird story agency Two artists in […]