An inventor has come up with an electric-powered cart that goes faster and can carry more than traditional models. The handcart can even recharge itself while in motion using kinetic energy.

The Tracker Academy at SA College for Tourism is training young people in the ancient skill of tracking. With this knowledge they help preserve wildlife and can find jobs in national parks instead of becoming poachers.

Cameroon's Lake Ossa is a source of livelihood for many, but the invasive Salvinia plant is threatening to suffocate its aquatic life and prevent manatees reaching their food. Now an NGO is trying to tackle the plant.

Samson Ogbole sees agribusiness as the root of sustainable development and job creation. The head trainer at Farm Lab in southwestern Nigeria believes agriculture must be technology-driven and climate smart.

The Social Innovation Academy in Mpigi, near the Ugandan capital, is helping young people turn their social and environmental dreams into reality. One of its graduates runs a company turning recycled plastic into bricks.

Pollution and illegal deforestation in Kosovo's Sharr Mountains National Park are making life tough for rare species like lynx. Beekeeper Shqipe Shala makes organic honey and is raising awareness for climate protection.

Fed up with The Gambia's waste problem, Isatou Ceesay developed a technique that cuts plastic bags into weavable strips to create new products. She also started an initiative to enable women to earn additional income.

Yields are falling in Ghana, a major cocoa exporter. Small farmers don't cut down old trees to grow new ones. Instead they encroach on surrounding forest. A Dutch group is helping them to live and work sustainably.

In Cameroon, an entrepreneur is turning unused banana and plantain stems into biodegradable paper packaging products. The idea cuts down on both deforestation and harmful plastic waste.