Africa Renewal: January 2024

Climate Change

Afcon: DRC kicks off football dreams as conflict and climate change drive hunger

African Cup of Nations joy is marred by displacements and soaring sexual violence in the east as the World Food Programme makes tough decisions amid funding shortages
SunCulture equips rural farmers with solar-powered irrigation systems.

Start-ups powering up Africa’s solar energy ecosystem

They are increasingly offering advanced energy solutions to the majority of people across Africa facing blackouts, brownouts and poor electricity supply

Sustainable Development Goals

Culture and Education

Dena M. Chasten standing on a beach. She found her birth parents and now works as a genealogist.

Tracing family roots beyond the DNA

Three genealogists describe the brick walls and breakthroughs in researching African American ancestry
Diallo Sumbry

Revolutionist returnees: Fulfilling dreams, finding freedom

African Americans have a long history of going back to the motherland

Economic Development

Betty Mtewele, a market vendor

2024: A year of cautious hope for African economies facing worldwide challenges

The continent's economic growth is expected to inch up to 3.5 per cent

Peace and Security

Thriving societies need social cohesion, justice and inclusion — Ms. Nell Bolton

In Africa, Catholic Relief Services is helping communities to ‘address what divides them so they can find what unites them’ and together work towards transformational change
Fortune Charumbira

Pan-African Parliament President calls for peace and unity

We want the Pan-African Parliament to be a parliament of the people

Humanitarian Aid

Health

Laying foundation for digital revolution in Africa’s food systems

The Africa Agriculture Status Report says digital technologies will address inefficiency, exclusivity, and unsustainability
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