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Four award-winning filmmakers from Botswana, Zambia, Kenya and Nigeria have been selected for NEFTi 441, a collaborative project to make one 20-minute narrative film.

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Shannon Fernando has released her TEDxBeverlyGrove talk, which centers on a 2019 mission to Turkana, Kenya and the longer effort to move Ethiopian crop Enset across an international border into Kenya.

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Alabaster International founder Shannon Fernando-Rubera released a TEDxBeverlyGrove talk arguing that hunger solutions already exist in communities but are often blocked by outside systems.

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Tim Draper says Africa could move faster than legacy financial systems by embracing Bitcoin, blockchain and mobile-first finance, as the Africa Blockchain Festival prepares to meet in Nairobi Oct. 15-17. The comments highlight a growing push to…

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The Zayed Sustainability Prize has unveiled its 2027 finalists after receiving a record 10,233 submissions from 177 countries, up 32% year over year.

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JINAN QINGONG INTERNATIONAL TRADE CO.,LTD. says its Sinotruk-focused network now spans Jinan plus subsidiaries in Tanzania, Indonesia, Zambia and Laos, aimed at matching trucks to local operating conditions and compliance needs.

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A 2026 review compares five China-based stone crushing production line manufacturers on complete-line coverage, delivery scope, certifications, service reach and public project references.

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Legion 44, a new documentary from Leila Conners and Tree Media, is now available on Tree+, Apple TV and Amazon as Climate Week gets underway in New York. The film spotlights engineers and scientists trying to remove carbon from the atmosphere and…

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The World Robot Olympiad Association and Aramco are bringing 20 student robotics teams from 13 countries to Hyderabad on Sept. 28, 2026, for a new entrepreneurship pilot.

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Kenyan social innovator Wawira Njiru has received the German Africa Prize 2026 for turning school feeding into a model for jobs, local food systems and economic development.

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The Carbon Markets Africa Summit will bring governments, investors and project developers to Kigali on Oct. 13-15 to debate who sets the terms for carbon projects, pricing and benefit-sharing across Africa.

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Security Crisis Solutions said it is expanding across Latin America after acquiring a company in Mexico, as the Israeli-founded security firm boosts in-house operations across more than 25 countries.

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CGIAR used the Africa Food Systems Forum in Kigali to showcase scalable, investment-ready tools aimed at helping African countries deliver their 2026-2035 agriculture plan.

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Water 4 Mercy has hired veteran TV reporter Robert Boyd full time as executive vice president of external relations as the nonprofit expands its clean-water and community-development work across Africa.

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Influential Women is recognizing Brenda Tenison for building Bbright, a faith-based nonprofit that serves children in Thailand, Kenya and the Dominican Republic.

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Africa’s electric vehicle market is moving from pilots to commercial use, and investors are starting to look past vehicles to the charging, swapping and power systems needed to support them.

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The global avocado oil market is projected to rise from $608.84 million in 2024 to $1.67 billion by 2035, driven by premium cooking demand, clean-label buying and broader use in food, personal care and industrial products.

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TX Solar displayed its off-grid solar street lights and automatic lift high mast towers at the Canton Fair in Guangzhou, targeting global infrastructure buyers, EPC contractors and municipal procurement teams.

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BINCEN is positioning its weighbridges around durability, compliance and environment-specific configurations for logistics, mining, construction and port users worldwide.

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The government-led Coalition to Grow Carbon Markets has appointed former New Zealand climate adviser Lindy Fursman to lead its secretariat ahead of Climate Week NYC and the UN climate talks in Antalya.