Farmers in northern Ghana are returning to traditional medicines to treat their livestock. These scientifically backed indigenous treatments are more affordable than conventional veterinary drugs, and are less susceptible to antibacterial resistance.

Metal trees with micro wind turbines and plastic solar leaves generate green electricity that can be used right then and there, even in ordinary gardens. They’re not an eyesore, and are more compact and easier to install than their regular turbines.

South Africa has abundant sunshine and raw materials, but still imports lots of solar panels — at great expense. A women-run company produces them locally and at lower cost, providing jobs and better access to legal electricity — also for poor communities.

Using artificial intelligence technologies, an engineer in Morocco has developed a small robot that can detect and identify crop diseases. It is also equipped to apply the right quantity of pesticides in the needed areas. #DWenvironment #EcoAfrica

A Gambian rapper is using his popularity to try and get a million trees planted in his home country. Besides more carbon storage through reforestation, the initiative has added to habitat restoration for local communities.

Despite limits on some plastics in Uganda, the material is slowly clogging up Lake Victoria. Now a local initiative is working to clean it up by training young divers to retrieve the rubbish from the water.

After being swamped with sewage during the rainy season, a neighborhood in the Ivorian capital formed a volunteer sanitation brigade. They built a runoff canal for sewage, and they clear it regularly. They also pick up garbage.

A young Kenyan who grew up without electricity, has developed a micro hydroelectric power device that delivers cheap, clean electricity for homes and businesses. It's transforming rural, off-grid communities in his area.

Transport accounts for one-fifth of greenhouse gas emissions in Germany. Efforts to meet climate targets by speeding up a mobility transition include solar-powered delivery boats and electrifying roads to cut truck emissions.

Based in Tunis, German-Tunisian startup Bako Motors manufactures solar-powered three-wheelers for delivery services. They cut fuel expenses and reduce pollution on the city's congested streets.