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Khayelitsha Biochar Makers remove water hyacinth

Biochar makers save Khayelitsha’s wetlands from invasive water hyacinth

Lekau Sehoana holds up sneakers alongside aerial image of township

From poverty to prosperity: The hustle behind SA’s thriving township economy

Bra designer Diane Schonegevel in factory

South African women unite to create a bra that can help detect breast cancer

Social worker Onele Nobongoza holds up a cellphone displaying the Kwanele South Africa app

South African women are using this app to successfully convict abusers

His vending machines get people to recycle

Why these reverse vending machines accept trash, not cash

The nurse turning medical waste into school shoes

She walked to school barefoot. Now this nurse recycles medical waste into shoes

Why she’s braaing lab-grown meat

She’s cultivating a healthier braai culture in South Africa with lab-grown meat

Developing SA’s first food delivery app for township fare

Celebrating South African cuisine with the first delivery app for township food

This medical student is achieving health justice in South Africa.

This student’s one-stop medical app is equalising healthcare for South Africans

Rooting out plastic pollution with cassava plants

This innovator is rooting out plastic pollution with cassava plants

Empowering villages without electricity

How Kenyan villages are flipping the switch and taking control of their own electricity

This is how virtual fences are rewriting the rules of farming.

Can virtual fences restore biodiversity to farms?