Africa
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Environment
Environment GabonForests Cover 90% of Gabon – and the Country Gets Tough on Loggers to Keep It That Way
Gabon’s new environment minister, Lee White, is working on plans to strengthen forest governance in the Central African nation – in pursuit of fighting illegal logging while curbing climate change.
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Environment
Environment RwandaBusiness People in Africa Reduce Charcoal Use with Smart Gas Cooking
The use of charcoal for cooking in African cities damages health and forests as far as 300km away, so businesses are stepping in with affordable pay-as-you-go gas cooking to replace charcoal, in a mission to save trees and lives.
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Society
Society KenyaToo Little Rain? No Need to Worry for Farmers with Digital Insurance Scheme
Farmers in central Kenya are tackling farming issues caused by a warming climate by joining a new credit scheme that provides farmers with credit vouchers and security for their loans, paying them down if the farmers’ harvests are damaged due to extreme weather.
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Technology
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Twibber Stories
Twibber StoriesFriend of Twibber First Builds School, Then University, Keeps Kids from Leaving Country
A friend of mine built a school in Koudougou, a small town in Burkina Faso, one of the poorest countries in the world. She is working hard aiming at making this wonderful school one of the leading schools in the country.
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Technology
TechnologyLow-Income Farmers Can Dry Their Crop High-Tech to Save It from Rotting
Klein Ileleji, an agricultural scientist at Purdue University, in the U.S. state of Indiana, has invented a portable food dehydration system that uses solar energy to dry food quickly and hygienically, helping farmers keep their crops free from contamination.