Environment

IMAGE: bird story agency Africa is moving to formally include fungi, or “funga,” alongside plants and animals in conservation systems. The shift is forcing a rethink of how ecosystems are measured, how carbon is counted, […]

Samrawit Fikru, founder and CEO of RIDE, driving a taxi in Addis Ababa on January, 21, 2026. Photo: bird story agency. Only a few people have braved the lions den of African ridehail startups and […]

Image Source : Hope Mukami Airline offset demand is turning carbon credits into a high-value compliance asset across the continent. With governments tightening regulations, early movers include the DRC, Malawi, Tanzania, and Kenya, with Africa […]

Viviane Kouamé, an Ivorian master chocolatier, and her assistants in the middle of packaging chocolates at her workshop, in Rue Sol-Béni in Riviera 3, Abidjan’s Cocody district on February, 24, 2026. Photo: Mel Akoi, bird […]

Tisya Mukuna, Founder of La kinoise brand posing for a photo while holding her coffee products. Photo Courtesy: Tisya Mukuna For Congolese entrepreneur Tisya Mukuna, the story of Congolese coffee reflects the country’s broader economic […]

IMAGE: bird story agency 26 March 2026 African nations are shifting poultry from a marginal commodity to a strategic industry, using finance, skills, and policy to transform local production. This continental repositioning aims not only […]

IMAGE: bird story agency Governments in Africa are pushing for local processing in a bid to turn their vast critical mineral reserves into factories, skills and long-term jobs. By Conrad Onyango, bird story agency Across […]

Kouadio Aya Bienvenue Eve Marie, former intern of Mélissa Kacoutié and now head of the studies department at Archicrea, posing at a construction site, on February 11, 2026. Photo: Masseni Yakubu, bird Story agency. Melissa […]