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Eco Africa - The Environment Magazine

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January 26, 2023

This week on Eco Africa we visit a new eco-friendly school in rural Egypt, try out an app that lets users in Nigeria turn trash into treasure and see how one crowded city is dealing with extreme heat.

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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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