Location: Africa
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
Travelling Library for African Schools
01 Nov 2010
A donkey and bicycle-drawn cart is delivering a library service to schools in Somalia, Sudan and Uganda
Hives Save Lives
Africa / Agriculture, Innovation
15 Jun 2009
While searching for a viable grassroots approach to directly combat poverty in Africa, Richard Unwin, an international businessman, looked to honey bees for an answer.
Organic Africa
29 Dec 2001
Overseas staff at the Henry Doubleday Research Association, have been sending out organic farming and agroforestry information, advice, and vital resources to Africa and are now empowering the people who live there to do the job themselves.