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There is no shortage of ideas on how Africa can improve its food systems.

Hundreds of people in Rwanda’s refugee camps and surrounding host communities are building more resilient livelihoods through solar-powered businesses.

Thousands of people in Kisumu are enjoying cleaner neighbourhoods, improved waste collection and healthier living conditions thanks to efforts to tackle open waste burning.

When Maria talks about poultry farming, she doesn't start with the chickens. She starts with the soil.

In the dry landscapes of Gwanda District in southwest Zimbabwe, solar-powered water systems have transformed community gardens.

Young people in rural Kenya are enjoying higher incomes and secure work through agriculture, according to a new mid-term review of a Practical Action programme designed to support 100,000 entrepreneurs.

At Kambira Primary School in Malawi, Sofret Kaledza starts her day early. As deputy headteacher, she keeps things running.

Guidance to cut low-quality off-grid electrical appliances littering the homes and towns of some of the most vulnerable people in the world has been produced by Practical Action. Energy experts in Rwanda have spent months researching and found 50 per cent of small and medium sized businesses in off-grid areas had experienced poorly performing equipment.

Equipment which could unlock the potential of millions of displaced people around the world over the next decade and beyond will be trialled in Rwanda and Uganda. Energy experts from Practical Action have teamed up with academics from universities in Africa and Europe to test potentially life-changing equipment.