South Africa’s water, energy and food crises are interconnected. Coordinated funding across all three, including ...

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WASHINGTON, 20 May 2025—A new World Bank report reveals that transportation inefficiencies are causing significant food losses in Africa. Thirty-seven percent of locally produced food is lost in ...

Africa faces an unprecedented food and nutrition security crisis, with an estimated 140 million people facing acute food insecurity. Despite this, more than 50% of the workforce are in the agriculture ...

Nearly 116 million people in eight African countries, hardest hit by severe water crises, lack access to drinking water. Globally, flash floods have become 20 times more frequent between 2000 and 2022 ...

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Analysis - South Africa faces serious water, energy and food problems. Drought, overuse and ageing infrastructure strain water supplies. Coal-fired electricity is not sustainable in the long term and ...