How African Startups Are Turning Plastic Waste into Infrastructure

mennessä CrNet Oy | touko 20, 2025 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

In many African cities, plastic waste is both abundant and poorly managed. Single-use plastics litter streets, block drainage systems, and pollute water bodies, contributing to floods and health risks. But where many see a problem, a new generation of entrepreneurs...

‘Fully financing’ HIV response in Africa will save millions of lives: UNAIDS

mennessä CrNet Oy | huhti 13, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

Fully financing the HIV response in Africa will produce substantial health, social and economic gains for the continent, a new report backed by the UN agency devoted to ending AIDS (UNAIDS) has revealed. The report based on research by the Economist Impact partnership...

Children in Africa five times less likely to learn basics: New report

mennessä CrNet Oy | loka 24, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

African leaders gathered in Mauritius on Thursday, to mull solutions to the education gap highlighted by a new UN education agency report which shows children on the continent are five times less likely to learn the basics, than those living elsewhere. The ability of...

Food security: EU to step up its support to African, Caribbean and Pacific countries in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

mennessä CrNet Oy | kesä 22, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The European Commission adopted today a proposal to mobilise €600 million from the reserves of the European Development Fund to address the current food security crisis aggravated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. These funds will support African, Caribbean and...

Global response to COVID-19 and beyond: Commission steps up funding to vaccination roll-out in Africa

mennessä CrNet Oy | touko 16, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development

The European Commission has announced its intention to step up funding to accelerate the roll-out and uptake of vaccines and other COVID-19 tools in Africa, with a further €400 million in support. The Commission also foresees a €427 million ($450 million) contribution...