Native Media South Africa’s GreenTech Startups Are Powering a Greener Future In the heart of South Africa, a new story is being written. It is not a story of despair but of ingenuity, of young entrepreneurs turning climate challenges into business opportunities that promise bo... Africa Clean Energy Africa Innovation South Africa Aug 29, 2025
Native Media MECS is Cooking Up Change: Bringing Clean Energy to Classrooms In the heart of Kampala, a quiet milestone has unfolded. On August 12, 2025 , Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) issued a transformative call, inviting inspiring innovators to illuminate Ugan... AfCTA Africa Clean Energy E-Cooking Africa Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) Uganda Aug 27, 2025
Native Media Four Solar Plants Are Empowering Benin’s Energy Transition When you think about Africa’s biggest opportunities, what comes to mind? For many, it’s the sun, a resource so abundant that, if fully harnessed, it could power the entire continent many times over. Y... AfCTA Africa Clean Energy Africa Energy Transition Africa Solar Energy Benin Solar Energy Aug 27, 2025
Native Media HEVA is Fueling Africa’s Creative Dreams In Lagos, a young filmmaker dreams of telling stories that can travel beyond Nigeria's borders. In Kinshasa, a fashion designer is sketching styles that blend African tradition with modern flair. In N... AfCTA Africa Africa Creative Economy Aug 23, 2025
Native Media Reclaiming Africa’s True Size Matters for AfCFTA and the Continent’s Narrative When the African Union recently called for global adoption of the Equal Earth map projection , one that accurately reflects Africa’s true size, it wasn’t just a cartographic debate. It was a pow... AfCTA Africa Africa Narratives Africa Union Aug 17, 2025
Native Media Ethiopia Steps into AfCTA Ethiopia is quietly making history. With a simple government publication , its Provisional Schedule of Tariff Concessions (PSTCs) , the country finally unlocked the gates to trade under the ... AfCTA Africa Trade Ethiopia Aug 17, 2025
Native Media Ethiopia’s Bishoftu Airport and the Future of Continental Connection In the sunrise hours just south of Addis Ababa, the quiet town of Bishoftu is poised to become the heart of a groundbreaking transformation. Where farmers once watched clouds drift over gentle hills, ... AfCTA Africa Development Bank Agenda 2063 Aviation Ethiopia Ethiopian Airlines United Africa Aug 13, 2025
Native Media ADF-17 Could Change Lives Across Africa In Africa, young farmers take days to get their crops to the nearest market. The roads are rough, and trucks rarely come. Today, thanks to a new paved road, their trips take just a few hours. They can... ADF-17 Africa Development Bank Africa Development Fund Africa Food Security Africa Integration Aug 11, 2025
Native Media Namibia and Zambia Are Redefining African Freedom of Movement Namibia and Zambia have officially scrapped the need for passports at their common border . Citizens of both countries can now cross with just their national IDs: no embassy visits, no queues, no visa... AfCTA Africa Economy Africa Integration Namibia Zambia Aug 7, 2025
Native Media From Code to Capital: MEST Africa Challenge 2025 Returns to Spark the Next Generation of African Tech Giants A 24-year-old developer somewhere in Kumasi quits his day job to build a platform connecting rural artisans to global buyers; his friends might laugh. Not until he pitches it at the MEST Africa Challe... AfCTA Africa Economy Africa Innovation Digital Transformation Startup Africa Aug 6, 2025
Native Media From Lagos to the World: SAGLEV Is Driving Africa’s Electric Future While stuck in gridlocked traffic in Lagos, engineers and entrepreneurs looked out at the smoke-choked skyline and wondered how to revolutionize the EV industry in Africa. That spark of curiosity igni... AfCTA Africa Clean Energy Africa Renewable Energy Electric Vehicles Aug 2, 2025
Native Media Africa, Tell Your Story: The AU Media Fellowship is Calling a New Generation of Changemakers A young journalist once asked: “What if African stories didn’t need permission to be told?” Thousands of miles away, a digital content creator in Nairobi was editing a video that showed a local innova... AU Media Fellowship AfCTA African Storytellers African Union Aug 1, 2025
