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Eco Africa — The Environment Magazine

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March 18, 2022

This week on Eco Africa we see how Cameroon is boosting its power grid with solar energy, hear about an Egyptian musician who makes instruments from trash and learn how a French city is offering sustainable school meals.

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Eco Africa — inspiration for curious minds

Tired of news that leaves you anxious and powerless? That's why we make Eco Africa — a weekly show built on one idea: the people fixing this planet deserve to be seen. We meet innovators across Africa rewriting the rules of energy, food, fashion and mobility: the entrepreneur giving waste new life, the singer teaching kids to protect nature, the community taking on polluters, the Lagos creators making sustainability go viral.

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