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Behindthe thingsWe know

Documentaries and visual stories about the engineering, energy and discoveries reshaping the continent, explained in African voices.

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sabi (v.) — to know

On the map65 projects in 27 countriesSee where the work is happening, beat by beat.Open the map →

§ 01Now showingsabiverse / no. 001

Films about the places science happens.

Every SabiVerse film begins in the field: a mine, a port, a clinic, a farm. We follow the people and the engineering behind the projects shaping African communities, then explain them plainly.

About us03:20

Start here1 Oct 2026

What is SabiVerse?

Why we are building a verified, African-led window onto the projects reshaping the continent.

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12:40

Energy

Inside Africa's largest oil refinery

How 650,000 barrels a day could change who imports fuel in West Africa.

14:05

Mining

The copper under Congo

One of the world's highest-grade copper mines, and the towns that grew around it.

11:18

Mining

Uranium in the Namib desert

How a desert mine runs on desalinated seawater, and who it employs.

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§ 02Projectssabiverse / no. 001

65 projects. Six beats.

Projects / Energy & fuels3 in database

Power

Refineries, power plants and fuel chains: who builds Africa's energy, and who gets it.

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When people can see the science behind the projects on their land, rumours lose their power and curiosity takes over.

— Sabiverse editorial principle no. 1

§ 03Our methodsabiverse / no. 001

Field

We go to the site and talk to engineers, scientists and the communities who live beside the project.

Fact

Every claim is checked against data and documents, and published alongside the film.

Film

We tell it as a story, in local voices and languages, with the science made visible.

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Dispatch

A short newsletter with each new film, the research behind it, and what the people in it said off camera.

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