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How WhatsApp transformed 70-year-old Kenyan woman’s beaded basket sales

This week, I was visiting a town in Makueni County, located in the southeastern part of Kenya. About an...

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Why planting mangroves is not the solution.

As forests, mangroves are very adaptable and can handle a lot of disturbances. “I don’t support planting mangroves; instead,...

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Empowering Women, Revitalizing Mangroves: A Story from Kenya

Munje, Mswambeni Kenya, In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, 15 women came together to preserve a portion of mangrove...

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Meet a Kenyan community saving the coral reefs.

Along the Pate-Kiunga area in Lamu County, a small archipelago north of Mombasa in Kenya, Coral reefs have degraded...

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Spring water changing lives in Kenya.

Women in Olailamutia, a town in Kenya’s Narok County, have had problems with diarrhoea, stomachaches, and skin rashes for...

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Cabins made of plastic helping keep Kenya’s Masai Mara clean.

In today’s episode, we meet Isaac Macharia, a Kenyan social entrepreneur with Marafiki Community International who makes cabins out...

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Meet a young Kenyan lady repurposing waste glass at Masai Mara.

Masai Mara Kenya: Glass waste consists of 4 percent of municipal solid waste generated in Africa. In Kenya’s Narok...

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Wool spinning means more birds and money in Kenya.

Njambini Kenya: Long before people began farming, many bird species adapted to exist in open environments such as grasslands....

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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...

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Meet a Kenyan Primary school equipping children with green skills.

A 2021 report Climate Crisis Is a Child Rights Crisis by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) notes that...

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Children, Climate Change, and Biodiversity Protection

This week, we are talking about empowering children to conserve biodiversity and the environment. It is what Miti Alliance...

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Can charcoal production be sustainable?

Did you know that a third of Africa’s forests have already been lost, mainly to charcoal production? Yes, that...

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Kenyan entrepreneur turned to Greener Charcoal to save her poultry.

Today we are in Kenya’s Nakuru County in a town named Mai Mahiu meaning “hot water” about 60kms drive...

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Kenyan youths transforms a top crime landfill hotspot into a green space.

Green spaces are shrinking as cities prioritise development over the environment. However, Korogocho is one of the largest slums...

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Meet Kenyan farmer rearing fish and black soldier fly using the smallest available space.

In Kenya, John Mwaura Kiriko, a businessperson from Kikuyu town about 20 kilometres from Nairobi city, is growing fish...

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Saving Kenya’s capital city water source, the Ondiri Wetland

In 2016, the Nyongara River flowing out of the Ondiri Wetland in Kikuyu town, Kenya about 20 kilometres from...

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Waters of hope awakens the fish business at Uganda’s Lake Edward.

We are at the Rwenshama fish landing site in Uganda at the shores of Lake Edward, one of the...

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Eating wild fruits, protecting Niger’s indigenous landscapes.

Zinder Niger: Zinder Faiza Habou, a 17-year-old secondary school student from Zinder, Niger’s second largest city, and her mother...

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Kenya, to succeed in Blue Economy, invest in research and local communities advices scientist

Mombasa Kenya: Blue economy sector such as fisheries and aquaculture are critical for achieving rapid and long-term gains for food...

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Kenyan coastal community fattens crabs to save mangroves.

Youth at Dabaso village at Mida Creek Watamu, a small coastal town in Kenya north of Mombasa, have been...

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Kenyan coastal youths replanting mangroves invites back village delicacy

Watamu Kenya: Mangrove forests that formed the ocean shoreline at Majaoni village along Mtwapa Creek in Mombasa County collapsed...

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Kenyan University producing enough solar energy for use, and selling surplus to the National utility.

Nairobi Kenya: Strathmore University in Kenya installed a 600 kWp grid-connected solar PV system in 2014. Today, the solar...

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