Location: Africa
05 Apr 2013
With Uganda recently celebrating 50 years of independence, Tom Lawson speaks to two of the country’s farmers about the progress made in rural gender equality and how the country's agriculture can adapt to a changing climate
25 Mar 2013
The Kiln Sierra Leone Marathon has been billed the "craziest and most worthwhile" marathon in the world and last year raised £320,000 to help the thousands of street children in the country
04 Feb 2013
Thembi Mutch looks at the reality of volunteering in Africa and gives advice on how to make it work for all parties involved
02 Jan 2013
Thousands of pay-as-you-go solar energy devices are to be distributed across Africa in an effort to reduce dependency on kerosene generators, which are considered expensive, bad for the environment and potentially dangerous
Africa / Economics & Innovation
16 Nov 2012
A positive cycle of enterprise financing and increasing citizen empowerment is slowly improving Africa’s economic prospects and reducing poverty, according to findings from a development summit in Brussels
Africa / Conservation, Environment, Sustainable Development
27 Sep 2012
The planting of a 4,000 mile ‘wall’ of trees and shrubs across Africa has begun in an ambitious effort to halt the southward spread of the Sahara desert and stop vulnerable sub-Saharan habitats from drying up
20 Sep 2012
In post-revolution Tunisia, Naomi Tolley discovers a peaceful land with a positive air, and a unique tourism business that one man has built with his own hands
19 Sep 2012
Thembi Mutch spends the day with women farming seaweed in Zanzibar and discovers how an innovative community business is empowering them to take control of their lives
08 Aug 2012
Young mountain gorillas in Rwanda – home to one third of the world’s remaining population of the species – have been spotted using their bare hands to destroy snares set by local poachers
03 Aug 2012
Giving more support and opportunities to women farmers in Africa could increase food production on the continent by 20%
26 Apr 2012
Cape Town resident Rachel Briant takes a look at how non-governmental organisations are helping improve lives in her home city
Africa, Europe, Global / Travel
24 Jan 2012
Completing the first leg of a unique around-the-world journey through the length of six continents, Steve Fabes found Africa to be a life-affirming place
Africa, South America / Food, Politics
02 Sep 2011
John Agyekum Kufuor and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva awarded The World Food Prize 2011
Africa, UK / Community, Social Enterprise
08 Jun 2011
Fair trade tools made by community blacksmiths in Africa are now available to the British public, following a new programme established by Tools for Self Reliance Cymru (TFSR Cymru).
Africa / Education, Sustainable Development
06 May 2011
As part of a growing network around the world, Open World Cafe Cameroon opened in the city of Yaoundé in January 2011
Africa / Sustainable Development
06 May 2011
Cape Verde has become one of the most successful self-sustaining economies in sub-Saharan Africa and earned a reputation as one of its star democracies
Africa / Economics & Innovation
31 Jan 2011
Illumination, a company selling solar LED lamps, are on a mission to replace the paraffin lanterns in Tanzania's 1.5 million homes
Africa / Archive, Education, Youth
14 Dec 2010
A British charity is making a major difference to the lives of school children in Africa while also supporting their local community in the UK
Africa / Agriculture, Archive, Innovation
13 Dec 2010
Worldwatch senior researcher Danielle Nierenberg spent the last year touring over 25 countries in sub-Saharan Africa in search of agricultural innovations that are adaptive, sustainable and ecosystem-friendly