Aftermaths of a landslide in Muranga county after heavy rains. Nearly three years ago, on a rainy Thursday night at around midnight, 39-year-old Mary Wambui clung to her unborn baby. “The rain was too heavy! The lightning and thunderstorms were terrifying. My husband was not at home. I felt an unexplained fear for my sons,”…
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Africa is growing. The continent comprises 54 countries with diverse ecosystems – from deserts, coastal environments, mountain environments, savanna grasslands, and forests. Combined, Africa emits about four percent of all global emissions but has seen adverse impacts of climate change. Anthony Nyong, the Climate Change and Green Growth Director at the African Development Bank, says…
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In recent years many African countries have experienced severe climate-related crises. The continent is already battling the increasing climate-related risks to health, livelihoods, food security, water supply, human security, and economic growth. But amid all the climate-related challenges, Africa has to grow. But what opportunities does the green economy bring that African governments, financial institutions,…
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Mombasa Kenya: Blue economy sector such as fisheries and aquaculture are critical for achieving rapid and long-term gains for food security and job growth in Kenya. Kenya’s marine and coastal fishing sector both directly and indirectly employs an estimated two million people. From fishermen, processors, traders, input suppliers, fishing accessory merchants, and providers of connected services….
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Youth at Dabaso village at Mida Creek Watamu, a small coastal town in Kenya north of Mombasa, have been fattening crabs, selling them to hotels, and educating residents about mangrove protection for nearly 20 years. The youths were concerned about the rapid destruction of mangrove trees along the creeks. Poison and mosquito nets were utilised…
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Watamu Kenya: Mangrove forests that formed the ocean shoreline at Majaoni village along Mtwapa Creek in Mombasa County collapsed in the 1990s as towns grew and demand for building materials increased. As a result, the crabs, prawns and fish on this shoreline vanished. Furry Ambari, the Community Environment Sustainable Mari culture, and friends joined forces…
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Nairobi Kenya: Strathmore University in Kenya installed a 600 kWp grid-connected solar PV system in 2014. Today, the solar system meets the university’s electrical demands, with excess power supplied to the national grid under the first solar power purchase agreement (PPA) inked between Kenya Power and Lighting Company and the private university. A third of…
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According to Prof Muthoni Masinde, a Kenyan born computer scientist, who created a mobile app, Information Technology, and Indigenous Knowledge (ITIKI), alerting farmers on drought via SMS, indigenous knowledge is sustainable, and the future. Indigenous knowledge is that frog clocking near a farmer’s house, that tree flowering on the compound and the farmer’s cow running…
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Change of weather is not a new phenomenon. From the time in memorial, communities understood how the weather patterns changed. They observed behaviours in plants, insects, birds, people, the astronomic, and cultural beliefs that said it was time to plant. A birds chirping sound or a down dance warned farmers to till the land. They…
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The transport sector accounts for at least 22percent of all global related carbon dioxide emissions according to the International Council on Clean Transportation. In Africa, it accounts for 40 percent of these emissions. Can solar powered three wheeler bicycles help reduce emissions?
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