Africa articles

Kenyan island aims to become free of the disease thanks to solar-powered, insecticide-free mosquito traps

26 Apr 2013

15MW power station in Mauritania will account for 10 per cent of the country's energy capacity

19 Apr 2013

Researchers say a new way to estimate the size and value of catches shows the extent of looting of Africa

04 Apr 2013

Newly appointed international business director tells BusinessGreen Plus of the UK company's expansion plans across the continent

28 Mar 2013

Solar giant becomes a shareholder in project to import solar power from North Africa to Europe

12 Mar 2013

Chief executive of solar company Azuri Technologies talks about his ambitions to provide light for a million African households

04 Mar 2013

SunnyMoney predicts 320,000 sales of solar lamps for 2012/13 as Solar Way seeks partners for phone charger

27 Feb 2013

More than 30 companies urge MEPs to approve plan to boost prices in the EU emissions trading scheme ahead of key vote

14 Feb 2013

UK start-up Azuri says four-year working capital loan is just the start of the two companies' relationship

06 Feb 2013

Social enterprise has installed 10 systems to help power businesses and training centres in sub-Saharan Africa

27 Dec 2012

155MW plant being developed by a British company is expected to create hundreds of jobs, increase electricity capacity and cut emissions

04 Dec 2012

Cadbury’s parent company launches major new 'Cocoa Life' sustainability programme

20 Nov 2012

Nigerian schoolgirls come up with a new way of producing power from urine. The Sceptic Tank investigates

14 Nov 2012

Social impact fund aims to reduce dependence on kerosene by deploying Azuri's Indigo solar system

18 Oct 2012

NFU says wheat yields are down 14 per cent, adding pressure to global food prices already hit by drought in US and Russia

10 Oct 2012

Climate Change Minister says forging links with emerging low carbon markets will be key to UK growth after leading successful trade mission

08 Oct 2012

The Sceptic Tank investigates one Zimbabwean city's unconventional solution to water scarcity

24 Sep 2012

Carbon-credit generating slow-cooking device launches in Rwanda after bagging Unilever deal

24 Aug 2012

UK start-up to continue work on solar film with newly-formed Azuri concentrating on expanding into off-grid markets

21 Aug 2012

Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Rare-Earth Hi-Tech Co unveils bourse as China says it will cut rare-earth supply by 20 per cent

08 Aug 2012

UK start-up leading the way in bringing low-cost solar to developing countries and pioneering innovative PV technology

25 Jul 2012