In many African communities, traditional weather forecasting was relied upon to determine when famers would plant. Still in many […]
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Why Natural Gas must power Africa Energy transition.
Africa is home to about 560 million people out of over 700 million without access to electricity worldwide. In […]
COP27: Energy transition must be just to Africa.
Hydro energy comprises of 83percent of Zambia’s installed capacity. In 2015, climate change impacts reduced Zambia energy generation capacity […]
COP27: Africa must do more to push for Climate Justice.
Africa is a continent hard hit by climate change though least emitter. Erratic rains and floods, prolonged droughts, climate […]
Kenyan pastoralists on edge due to drought.
Drought situation continues to worsen in Kenya. In Kenya’s Rift Valley, local says they last harvested since 2018. This […]
Endorois women in Kenya rally villagers to save community swamp.
Kenyan minority indigenous community – the Endorois live around Lake Bogoria in Baringo County in Kenya’s Rift valley.In 1970’s […]
Special Episode with DW’s Living Planet
Today in a special program swap with DW- Living Planet we here how climate change is impacting women in […]
Slow climate disaster recovery dims hope in Kenya and Mozambique
Intense floods, cyclones, and drought, have devastated many sub-Saharan African countries, this year. As temperature rise, so does the […]
Access to Early Weather Alerts equals better Communities and Economies
Between 1970 and 2019, more than 11 000 disasters were attributed to weather, climate, and water-related hazards worldwide. This […]
Kenyan middlemen killing research funds flow to researchers.
Professor Paul Kimani, a plant breeder and lecturer at the College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences at Kenya’s University […]
How Kenyan and Seychelles youths are solving the plastic menace
Kibera- the biggest informal settlement in Kenya and possibly in the African continent. According to UN-Habitat, Kibera has the […]
Second-hand clothes(Mitumba) Kenyan gift or a curse?
In 2019, Kenya imported 185,000 tones of second-hand clothing or mitumba – about 8,000 containers. The clothes and shoes […]