For many people, talking about the wind may not seem exciting. But when that talk is about something with magical powers, we might open our eyes and ears and pay attention. That happened at a packed event held at Kent Denver School on October 17th. That is the day inventor and author William Kamkwamba stepped…
Thanks to Denver-based Africa Development Promise (ADP), an estimated 150 people came out to witness the work that the American NGO does, thousands of miles away from its Colorado headquarters. Billed as a Winter Gala, the fundraising event occurred on Saturday, March 4. The location was the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities. Attendees…
Namibia Strikes First Oil Namibia, a nation of about 3 million people in Southern Africa, wants to start producing its own oil in four years. This news comes after Shell, a British multinational oil and gas company struck the country’s first offshore oil discovery at the Graff‑1 well. Hailed as the “final frontier” of oil exploration…
The 2021 UN-organized Climate Change Conference or COP26 was held from October 31 to November 13 in Glasgow, United Kingdom. As a region most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, coverage on Africa’s agenda at COP26 focused on climate finance and justice. Going into COP26, the African Group of Negotiator’s message to developed nations was…
DAKAR — Wood and charcoal burning account for 50% of Senegal’s household energy consumption, contributing to air pollution and deforestation. To reduce ecological damage, an association called Nebeday, which means “tree” in Wolof, the predominant local language in Senegal, hires