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Absa Bank staff members recently gathered at Makerere University School of Forestry, Environmental and Geographical Sciences Botanical Garden. The school is found at Makerere University Agricultural Research Institute in Kabanyolo. They apparently gathered here to plant 300 trees but also adopted 100 indigenous trees as a way to battle the looming climate change. The activities were part of a celebration ...

Research scientists have been challenged to maintain patriotism while they carry out their research but also skill others to benefit Africans. This move will accumulate research for scientists in Africa, who can then work out Africa’s challenges in the food system. Some of these challenges include harsh weather conditions caused by changing climate. Others are lack of market, low technological ...

Nigerian engineer Identified as Yahaya Ahmed has surprised residents in Kaduna after building his house using 14,800 sand-filled plastic bottles as bricks. According to Premium Times, Yahaya is a director of Development Association of Renewable Energies (DARE), a non-government organization in Nigeria. The Nigerian engineer said that the house was constructed by his organization to help create jobs, to support ...

Research focused on Ethiopia’s Oromia region shows that a slowdown in global warming led to lower the spread of malaria. The slowdown in global warming seen at the end of the last century was a reflection by a decline in malaria transmission in the Ethiopian highlands. This is according to a study on published Wednesday. Barcelona Institute for Global Health ...

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) says in a report published on Monday that investment in green stimulus projects would be the most cost-effective way to revive African economy that has been badly hit by COVID-19 pandemic. The report also added that this would strike a blow against climate change. Findings of the report titled Building Forward for ...