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Eco Africa — The Environment Magazine

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May 11, 2023

This week on Eco Africa we see how solar power helps women in Cameroon and Nigeria, how Rwanda copes with torrential rain through terrace building and how an initiative in South Africa saves endangered frogs.

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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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