Stories by region: Africa

Secretary General of the Ministry of Environment of Jordan, Dr Mohammed Al Khashashneh, on the concept of extended producer responsibility (EPR)

Jörg Linke, Head of GIZ’s Competence Centre for Climate Change, reports on the results of COP27 in Egypt.

To secure long-term harvest yields and combat hunger in the face of ongoing climate change, researchers are focusing on new and newly discovered resilient crops. Below, we take a look at five of these ‘supercrops’.

A skilled workforce is needed for the transition to a low-carbon economy and successful introduction of new technologies. The Egyptian German Technical Academy shows how good training and quality education go hand in hand with responsibility for our planet.

The 27th UN Climate Change Conference will be taking place in Sharm El-Sheikh from 6 to 18 November. To mark COP27, akzente is focusing on the various facets of climate policy.

The UN Climate Change Conference will begin in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, in early November. akzente answers the most important questions on COP 27.

Edgar Ssensalo, 27, is from Uganda and works as a Software Engineer. For him, artificial intelligence is the most important accomplishment there is – because machines that are able to learn can predict and shape the future, with sophisticated software and intelligent modelling.

Climate change, biodiversity loss, the pandemic and the war in Ukraine – food security is under pressure worldwide. GIZ expert Diana Diekjürgen explains the role that digitalisation could play for food security in the future.

In the fertile valley of the Senegal River farmers grow rice on vast swathes of land. The foodstuff is part of every meal in the West African country of Senegal. While farmers use traditional methods and tools, they also rely on digital tools to compete in the market.

Ethiopia, a large landlocked country in the Horn of Africa, is a key partner country in German development cooperation. The GIZ country office in the capital, Addis Ababa, is headed by Peter Palesch. akzente spent a day with the experienced country director, who manages to keep calm even when the going gets tough.

An interview from South Africa's coal-mining region: a new beginning that incorporates fair climate action, the expansion of renewable energy and new job prospects

Vaccines need to be kept cold for them to be effective. A pilot project in Malawi is demonstrating how that can work using digital tools and solar power even in remote african villages.