Africa

The aim of this page is to recognise, celebrate and encourage the self-empowerment of community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism for climate, environment and many other sustainability topics across Africa. It's the beginnings of a portal for Africa community action. The majority of our information about this is collated via our place pages...Near you. Most of this page focuses on Africa community action topics.

News

Video

Food

• Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa
• Farm Africa
• Slow Food in Africa

Citizens data initiative

Women produce approximately 80 per cent of Africa’s food but own less than 10 per cent of the land...Ripple Effect: Observations from a visiting organic farmer, Guy Singh-Watson, 3rd December 2024, wickedleeks.riverford.co.uk

Community energy

• Solar Sister eradicating energy poverty by empowering women with economic opportunity
• The 'Fuel from Waste' Network
• M-KOPA Solar
• ColdHubs

Social inclusion

• Southern African Regional Poverty Network
• Français
• Rede Regional da Pobreza na África Austral (Português}

Sustainable livelihood

dadamac.net, Collaboration, Education, Livelihoods and Development in a Changing World

Community resources

Citizens data initiative

Wealth and poverty in Africa – interactive, 2011...guardian.co.uk, 25 December 2011

Apps for sustainability

• Apps4Africa.org

Sharing

From Wikipedia:Ubuntu philosophy

Ubuntu (Zulu pronunciation: [ùɓúntʼù]; meaning 'humanity' in some Bantu languages, such as Zulu) describes a set of closely related Bantu African-origin value systems that emphasize the interconnectedness of individuals with their surrounding societal and physical worlds. "Ubuntu" is sometimes translated as "I am because we are". In Xhosa, the latter term is used, but is often meant in a more philosophical sense to mean "the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity".

Climate action

• I Lead Climate Action Initiative, Pan-African movement carrying out grassroot-based climate action to address the climate crisis in Africa.
• Oladosu Adenike blog, Oladosu Adenike is an ecofeminist, climate justice activist, eco-reporter and the founder of ILeadClimate. The Ecofeminist Channel on youtube.com added 14:04, 11 March 2024 (UTC)
• 350africa.org

Sustainable transport

Africa Streets Mission

Urban sustainability

Africa now has 350 million urban dwellers, more than the populations of Canada and the United States combined. Asia and Africa are expected to double their urban populations to roughly 3.4 billion by 2030...Worldwatch Institute, 2007.

Ecological restoration

From Ecological restoration Africa

This page is the beginnings of a portal for Africa community action in response to Ecological emergency. The majority of our information about this is collated and can be shared via our place pages...Near you.

About Africa

From Wikipedia:Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km² (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surface area. With nearly 1.4 billion people as of 2021, it accounts for about 18% of the world's human population. Africa's population is the youngest among all the continents; the median age in 2012 was 19.7, when the worldwide median age was 30.4. Based on 2024 projections, Africa's population will exceed 3.8 billion people by 2100. Africa is the least wealthy inhabited continent per capita and second-least wealthy by total wealth, ahead of Oceania. Scholars have attributed this to different factors including geography, climate, corruption, colonialism, the Cold War, and neocolonialism. Despite this low concentration of wealth, recent economic expansion and a large and young population make Africa an important economic market in the broader global context, and Africa has a large quantity of natural resources.

Africa straddles the equator and the prime meridian. The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Arabian Plate and the Gulf of Aqaba to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the southeast and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and Yemen have parts of their territories located on African geographical soil, mostly in the form of islands.

Environmental issues in Africa

Environmental issues in Africa are caused by anthropogenic effects on the African natural environment and have major impacts on humans and nearly all forms of endemic life. Issues include desertification, problems with access to safe water supply, population explosion and fauna depletion. These issues are ultimately linked to over-population in Africa, as well as on a global scale. Nearly all of Africa's environmental problems are geographically variable and human induced, though not necessarily by Africans.

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See also'

• Topic onverivew: Food activism, Community energy, Sharing, Climate action, Sustainable transport activism, Urban sustainability, Ecological restoration, Social inclusion, Sustainable livelihood, Citizens data initiative, Apps for sustainability