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Can green start-ups lead the way in Africa?

Meeting the smart, green start-ups trying to help solve climate change across Sub-Saharan Africa.

With rolling blackouts and huge waste disposal issues a regular occurrence in large parts of Sub-Saharan Africa, we look at how green tech start-ups offer smart, climate-friendly ways to solve the issues holding the region back.

In Malawi, our repΓ³rter Peter Jengwa meets Admore Chiumia, whose company Green Impact Technologies turns waste into energy.

In Zimbabwe, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Shingai Nyoka visits AI entrepreneur Leroy Nyangani who’s come up with a way of making solar energy more financially accessible, while also solving a big problem of energy access in the country where, almost 70% are not connected to the grid and blackouts are the norm.

Audrey-Cynthia Yamadjako from the African Development Bank outlines a new scheme designed to support green SMEs on the continent.

Presenter Luke Jones is joined by the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Karnie Sharp who was raised in South Africa. They discuss how, with proper support, green solutions to everyday problems may unlock Africa’s economic and human potential.

Producer: Ivana Davidovic
Researcher: Matt Toulson
Series producer: Alex Lewis
Editor: Richard Vadon
Sound: Tom Brignell

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27 minutes

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Wed 5 Apr 2023 19:06GMT

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