A landmark project in Uganda empowering 108,000 farmers signals of a sea-change in the use of irrigation in Africa. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | With irrigation-fed farming the norm in much of north Africa as well as parts of southern Africa, there have long been calls for more irrigation …
Read More »Africa eyes visa-free travel and memorial parks to grow tourism numbers
Kenya leads other countries in ending visa requirements, as Ghana, Benin and Egypt revamp archaeological and memorial sites to attract more tourists. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | Africa’s tourism is having a moment, two years after the sector was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Some countries are pushing …
Read More »How technology developed at Uganda’s Makerere University is helping African cities
A team of engineering and computer science students at Makerere University in Uganda has developed a low-cost air quality monitoring system now being used to combat air pollution across eight countries SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | A technology developed by a group of tech-savvy engineering and computer science students …
Read More »‘If you make your farm, the bees will come’
Young entrepreneurs like beekeeper Blessing Hallie are finding a future in green jobs. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | Along a rocky dirt road in Lofa County, Liberia, past a field of pineapples, through a forest of rubber trees and up a winding path, sits a wooden beehive, humming quietly …
Read More »South Africa is making progress towards a massive green hydrogen facility
A deep-water port project and associated rail infrastructure, expected to form the backbone of a transformative South African green hydrogen initiative, is advancing, according to the country’s ports authority SPECIAL FEATURE | BIRD AGENCY | The US$800 million export port and rail infrastructure project that is key to South Africa’s …
Read More »Meet the young African creatives behind Disney’s Kizazi Moto
Disney’s latest anthology, Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire, showcases some of the young African creatives now giving African animation a global footprint. SPECIAL FEATURE | BIRD AGENCY | Disney’s ‘Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire’ is an anthology series blending various mythologies with sci-fi and fantasy. It consists of ten episodes created by …
Read More »Now corporates are paving the way for Africa’s education
Corporations in Africa are at the forefront of a transformative revolution aimed at addressing the challenge of rising education costs, particularly in tertiary education, by providing essential resources to foster innovation across the continent. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | One example of a growing trend in Africa is splashed …
Read More »Africa ‘most open’ for travel, Burundi top
Global mobility report unveils unexpected leader in open-border policy — Africa, with Burundi as the most visa-friendly nation in the world for international travel. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | African states are leading the global travel sector’s recovery, boasting 12 out of the top 20 most open countries for …
Read More »Fresh scramble for Africa’s critical minerals
Africa’s first Critical Minerals Summit sees global powers lining up to secure mineral supplies for the energy transition SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | At least ten global powers are training their eyes on Africa’s critical mineral supplies, according to the organisers of an upcoming event in South Africa. Europe, …
Read More »Angola, Congo and Zambia bet on iconic railway to tap critical minerals
Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo have handed the Lobito rail corridor rehabilitation to foreign private investors to spur exports of critical minerals required for clean energy and to boost intra-Africa trade. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | Until the 1970s, the Lobito rail corridor was one of the …
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