West Africa
The latest news from Benin: politics, business, technology, culture, sport and more.
From a coding school in Porto-Novo to an orphanage garden in Sakété, the charity founded in 2008 is building a path from first school day to first job.
Directed by Beninese filmmaker Dyreck Ahounou, Mon Cœur au Bénin tells 20 years of solidarity through the voices of the children, women and families who lived it.
An engineer, model and filmmaker, she answered a student advert in 2005 and has spent two decades building a life and a mission in Benin.
Industrial parks in Ethiopia, Benin and Togo recycle up to 90% of their water, cutting what each factory must build.
The country is nominated as Country Destination and Cultural Destination of the Year. Public voting closes on 29 October; winners are announced in London on 1 November.
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