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As the world grapples with the complex challenges of food shortages, conflict, price rises and climate change, smart innovators are using tech solutions to disrupt the agricultural sector, and potentially deliver a sustainable food security landscape.

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‘Hunger isn’t seasonal’. Samson Ogbole, Team Lead, Soilless Farm Labs, Nigeria.

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• Music

An infectious blend of jazz, driving drums, reggae, pop and hip-hop, Afrobeats has quickly become the new global soundtrack, attracting fans and advocates in the UK, Europe and US.

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• Security

National initiatives and cooperation with regional and international partners are developing insightful new strategies to help counter terrorism.

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Launched in Kenya in 2007, M-Pesa – ‘pesa’ means ‘money’ in Swahili – has radically transformed African personal finance.

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• Digital

With Nigeria’s election just a few weeks away, the world is watching with keen interest as voters in Africa's most populous country and largest economy decide who will become their next president.

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• Sport

Africa has long held an attraction for global sports scouts, intent on uncovering the ‘next big thing’.

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With the support of international organisations and partners, Kenya continues to invest heavily in renewable energy, particularly wind and solar, to ensure that the country’s energy self-sufficiency keeps apace with the population’s growing need for electricity in a sustainable way.