In Ethiopia, a startup in Addis Ababa is building the future by solving two problems at once – plastic pollution and housing shortages. This is innovation with impact. Trump aiming to overturn Alaska ...

Woven bags are seen at a shop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Feb 7, 2026. [Xinhua] In Alembank, a neighbourhood in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, small shop owner Meseret Molalgn greeted customers buying sugar, ...

In many African cities, a broken fridge is rarely thrown away immediately. It may be repaired and resold, dismantled for spare parts or collected for its metal components. Old clothes are often ...

Picture a pile of trash the size of Manhattan and taller than one and a half Empire State Buildings. That’s how much plastic waste the world is predicted to be generating every year by 2050 if nothing ...