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Eco Africa — The Environment Magazine

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December 15, 2023

Virtual reality help for Cameroon’s cotton farmers, battling microplastics with microbubbles, sustainable shopping bags in DRC; solar water heaters in Egypt and Nigeria's community mini-grids

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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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