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AfCFTA: Trade in Africa and Financial Inclusion
How much access does an African entrepreneur have to credit facilities? The level of financial inclusion in the majority of African countries is still very low for Micro Medium and Small Enterprises to be fully involved in driving the integration within the framework of the AfCFTA.
African leaders Need a “Referendum” on Corruption and AfCFTA
As Africans celebrate the birth of the African Continental Free Trade Area, the continent is no doubt set on the path of economic prosperity and the benefits of Africa becoming a single united trading bloc. However, there are problems that threaten the full implementation of the AfCFTA, particularly the hydra-headed monster called corruption
AfCFTA: Much More Awareness Campaign Still Needed
How much needs to be done to get Africans informed about the AfCFTA?
4 ways to engage young Africans in climate action
The recent decades have been characterized by a rise in the effects of climate change. The UN suggests that young people around the world will bear the brunt of climate change.
Zimbabwean women game-changers in wildlife conservation
Zimbabwe’s wildlife landscape is endowed by different animal species, beautifying its environment, yet due to the increasing number of unlicensed animal poachers- the wildlife’s existence is threatened. The female-led Tikki Hywood Foundation is one of Zimbabwe’s animal conservation organisations that thrives to bring awareness and sustainable protection of endangered species.
Climate change disrupting girls’ education in Zimbabwe
Plan International posits that girls’ education is often the first thing families sacrifice when faced with the impacts of the climate crisis. Girls are pulled out of school to help their families find food and water or take care of siblings.
Eco-anxiety: Mental health impacts of climate change
Mental health impacts of climate change
Hives help secure crucial wildlife corridors in Kenyan park
Across the sweeping savanna at the periphery of Amboseli National Park in Kenya, hives hang from acacia trees like pieces of artwork. Joyce Tokore, a member and secretary of Inkasotuak Women Group which owns some of the hives says that beekeeping has brought more benefits than they had thought possible.
Cameroon: Women at the heart of plastic waste reduction
Armelle Tamo Sidje, 33, is a young female entrepreneur in Cameroon who uses banana tree trunks to produce biodegradable packaging for households and shops. With Cameroon producing over 300,000 tonnes of bananas each year, there’s a guarantee that her project can save families from using plastic bags that continues to proliferate despite a 2014 ban.
How rising cost of cooking gas forces poor Kenyan women to use dirty fuel
Mud houses roofed with rusty iron-sheets stretch many kilometres inside Kiambiu, a low-income neighbourhood in Kenya’s capital Nairobi. Use of unclean cooking fuels in the area is concerning and raises concerns about the increase in carbon emissions and deforestation.