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The Sahel region (brown), proposed Great Green Wall (green), and participating countries (white) Satellite photo of the Sahara The Great Green Wall or Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel (French: Grande Muraille Verte pour le Sahara et le Sahel; Arabic: السور الأخضر العظيم, romanized: as-Sūr al-ʾAkhḍar al-ʿAẓīm) is a project adopted by the African Union in ...
South Africa is in the process of incorporating an energy standard (SANS 204) [3] which aims to provide energy-saving practices as a basic standard in the South African context. Green Building Media (launched in 2007) has also played an instrumental role in green building in South Africa, through their informational portal, [4] as well as their ...
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A common theme in traditional African architecture is the use of fractal scaling: small parts of the structure tend to look similar to larger parts, such as a circular village made of circular houses. [1] African architecture in some areas has been influenced by external cultures for centuries, according to available evidence.
In 2001 Uduku became a founding member of ArchiAfrika, a nonprofit which looks to improve contemporary architectural history in Africa. [3] She created an exhibition at the Manchester School of Art which explored the Alan Vaughan-Richards archive. [1] In 2017 Uduku was appointed Professor of Architecture in the Manchester School of Architecture ...
Akon City is a planned community in the M'bour Department of Senegal by Senegalese singer and entrepreneur Akon.The project was first announced by Akon in 2018. [1] Akon said in October 2022 that construction of the city's first phase would begin in 2023 and be completed in 2028.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -China-based DJI and Autel Robotics could be banned from selling new drones in the United States market under an annual military bill set to be voted on later this week by the ...
"The spectre of desertification in North Africa, couched in ideology and language concerning deforestation and desertification disturbingly similar to that used years ago, continues to drive inappropriate environmental projects today" One, among many others that remain to be examined, is the green dam.