As Africa’s cultural heavyweights gather in Lagos for its 13th iconic Fashion Week, we speak to the event’s founder about a unique UN study that lines the continent up as a major influence on the future of fashion. Also, the march of progress in Dakar tramples over the Senegalese capital’s green spaces in a building boom. And as the numbers of Africa’s penguins continue to plummet, scientists are warning that in little over a decade there may not be enough left to survive in the wild.