Africa

Hong Kong – October 19, 2026 -- TECNO and BBC StoryWorks have released a new film about "100 Portraits of Becoming," a two-year portrait project that will collect 100 portraits and personal stories across five countries, starting in Kenya.

TECNO co-created the project with visual artist Angélica Dass. It pairs Dass's approach to portraiture with TECNO's Universal Tone imaging technology, which is designed to represent different skin tones fairly. The countries involved are Kenya, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Brazil.

Three Kenyans tell their stories on camera

The film introduces some of the people behind the Kenyan portraits, the project's first chapter.

Agripreneur Alex Mutua Muli connects local farmers to wider markets, building a future in the community where he grew up.

Harare – October 15, 2026 -- Visitors in Zimbabwe's capital can now see evidence of some of the world's earliest rice cultivation, along with hands-on tea, pottery and puzzle activities, at an exhibition on China's Shangshan culture that opened on October 12.

Titled "DAWN-LIT RICE SOURCE GLOWING MOUNTAINS AND RIVERS," the show is part of Jinhua's 2026 "Into Africa" cultural tourism initiative. It uses rice and pottery as central themes to foster cultural dialogue between China and Africa. The Jinhua Municipal People's Government hosts the event, and the Jinhua Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism organized it.

Zimbabwe's Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Tsitsi Gezi, and Tang Xiaoping, Minister-Counselor at the Chinese Embassy in Zimbabwe, attended the opening ceremony.

Hong Kong – September 28, 2026 -- Smartphone maker TECNO and visual artist Angélica Dass have unveiled "100 Portraits of Becoming," a two-year photography project that will document 100 people across five countries, starting with 20 individuals from Kenya.

The project pairs camera technology with personal storytelling

The Kenya chapter, now live, features participants reflecting on identity, opportunity and self-definition. The initiative builds on TECNO's Universal Tone imaging work, which focuses on rendering diverse skin tones accurately, and extends that effort into a broader look at the individuals behind the images.

New York – September 23, 2026 -- World Animal Protection, working with Collective Fashion Justice, has released a new investigation called Blood Feathers, documenting undercover footage of ostrich feather farms in South Africa cutting feathers above the bloodline and later pulling them out with pliers.

South Africa produces 75% of the world's ostrich products, including feathers, meat and skin. In the 2024-25 season, 150,000 ostriches were slaughtered there for these trades, and more than 150 tonnes of feathers were exported globally.

Farms confirmed supplying feathers to YSL, Louis Vuitton, Dior, Chanel and Shein

Investigators identified farms and processing facilities in the region that confirmed supplying feathers to these luxury houses and to fast-fashion retailer Shein. At one farm, birds were live-plucked every six months, a practice the industry itself refers to as producing 'blood feathers' because of the bleeding it causes.

Rabat – September 18, 2026 -- Jinhua, a city in China's Zhejiang province, brought live opera performances, ceramic demonstrations and traditional tea ceremonies to Morocco's capital in early September as part of the 2026 Jinhua Culture and Tourism "Into Africa" program. The event, held at the China Cultural Center in Rabat under the theme "The Enduring Charm of Wuzhou: A Cultural Journey Through Porcelain and Tea," gave Moroccan audiences a hands-on introduction to Jinhua's history and tourism offerings.

Young performers staged a classic Wu Opera piece

Zhu Shuojing and Ouyang Mingju, performers from the Zhejiang Wu Opera Art Research Institute, presented The Heavenly Maiden Scattering Flowers, drawing enthusiastic applause from the audience.

Lagos, Nigeria – September 12, 2026 -- EcoFlow has launched two new portable power stations in Nigeria, the DELTA 3 Classic and DELTA 3 Max, aimed at households and small businesses dealing with frequent grid outages and rising fuel costs for backup generators.

The DELTA 3 Classic offers 1800W of power for everyday appliances

The DELTA 3 Classic packs a 1024Wh battery and delivers 1800W of rated output, with a 3600W surge capacity, enough to run refrigerators, fans, televisions, laptops and induction cookers simultaneously. Its X-Boost technology allows it to support devices up to 2400W without requiring a larger unit, and a built-in 10 ms UPS provides uninterrupted power protection.