By Sylvester Mpinganjira Poverty, culture and traditions are barriers that could derail Africa’s quest for harnessing demographic dividends, and ending harmful practices such as early child marriages, ...

By Susan Khumalo The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) is proud to lead the Science20 (S20) in 2025, marking South Africa’s inaugural leadership of this important forum. The theme for this ...

By Lenah Bosibori The National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) has raised alarm over the growing drug abuse menace in Kenyan universities, revealing a prevalence ...

Esther Kimani was named winner of Africa’s biggest engineering prize, the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, in Nairobi on 13 June 2024. Her early crop pest and ...

Nairobi, Kenya will host the CGIAR Science Week 2025 from April 7-12, bringing together global experts, researchers, and policymakers to showcase groundbreaking agricultural innovations. Organized in ...

When most people think about health, they think of blood pressure checks or perhaps vaccinations. Rarely does oral health come to mind, even though the state of our mouths plays a critical role in our ...

By Henry Neondo In Kenya’s Rift Valley, a silent yet transformative movement is taking root among the youth living in areas considered as Mau ecosystem. With their ancestral wisdom and a keen sense of ...

On August 28, the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) hosted a press conference, where they released a briefing paper revealing how AGRA (formerly the Alliance for a Green Revolution in ...

In the heart of Athi River in Machakos County in Kenya, eight-year-old Anne Kuria’s life is a constant battle to breathe. Once vibrant and energetic, she is now weakened by respiratory illness. Her ...

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has urged its member states to embrace Mpox vaccinations as the number of cases continues to rise with the latest data showing a ...

The African Energy Security Coalition, AESC has congratulated President-Elect Donald Trump for his victory in the 2024 election, which anticipates that U.S. support for global oil production will ...

By Lenah Bosibori In Kenya, agriculture is a major contributor to the nation’s GDP and employs a large percentage of the population, particularly in rural areas, and is vital for ensuring food and ...