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Eco Africa — The Environment Magazine

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February 15, 2024

On Eco Africa: Sustainable fish farming in Lake Victoria, and eco-friendly home sewage recycling. A Gambian rapper is planting a million trees, and the antics of baboons are encouraging Cape Town residents to rethink their food waste.

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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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