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WEB2 days ago · Journalist training workshop on road safety reporting by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Science Africa in Nairobi, Kenya. Selected Journalists from Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, Ghana and Tanzania with Panelists during the Launch of the status report on Road Safety in the WHO African Region
Restoration: African Solutions Best Fit for Continent
WEB2 days ago · By Joyce Ojanji. As the world prepares for the 2024 United Nations conferences on climate, biodiversity and desertification, experts at the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) Africa 2024 Hybrid Conference emphasized the need for African solutions in the restoration of landscapes in the continent. “There is …
Reboot Climate Action, UN Report Urges | Science Africa
WEB2 days ago · State of climate science: the need for urgent and ambitious climate action. Human-caused climate change has resulted in widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and biosphere. The year 2023 was the warmest on record by a large margin, with widespread extreme weather. This trend continued in …
Agroecology Economies Can Halt the Pace of Hunger, Poverty
WEB1 day ago · Up to 783 million people are affected by hunger each year, and 150 million children under the age of five suffer stunted growth. The Agroecology Fund – a multi-donor fund supporting agroecological practices and policies –held a four-day long learning exchange at Kufunda Village, in Harare, Zimbabwe from September 16-19, 2024.
Africa’s Water Crisis is a Management Problem | Science Africa
WEB3 days ago · Africa accounts for 22 per cent (about 1.4 billion) of the world’s critically water insecure population. 13 African countries have been assessed to be in the critically insecure category. “The current scarcity of water we see in our world is not so much about the lack of water resource, but about its mismanagement,” said Sunita Narain ...
The Causes, Solutions to Malnutrition in Africa
WEB5 days ago · Paulin: Nutrition is a major issue in Africa. When we look at maternal and child mortality, malnutrition is the underlying cause in 50% of under-five mortality cases. A malnourished child’s ability to fight infectious diseases and benefit from vaccines is severely compromised. Close to one-third of children in Africa are stunted due to ...
Biotech Crops Give Hope to Farmers | Science Africa
WEBAug 2, 2024 · By Gift Briton. The success stories of how biotechnology has enabled numerous African farmers to navigate farming challenges, brought about by climate change, pests and diseases, provide hope for the possibility of getting the continent back on track towards hunger and malnutrition elimination by 2030.
Africa Union’s Scientific Society Rallies States to Fight Climate ...
WEBNov 22, 2021 · By Daniel Otunge. As the worlds’ attention turns to the implementation of the Glasgow Agreement reached under the just concluded COP 26, one body established in 2019 by the Africa Union(AU)’s African Scientific Research Innovation Council (ASRIC) comes into sharp focus.
KShs. 3B Grant to Construct Kenya’s Modern Biotechnology Facility
WEBFeb 9, 2024 · Kenya has received KShs. 3 billion grant from Japan to aid in the construction of a state-of-the-art laboratory facility at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI). Kenya’s President William Ruto and Japan’s Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to this effect during President Ruto’s visit to Japan.
Climate Change: African Scientists Training on ... - Science Africa
WEBJan 27, 2023 · By Joyce Ojanji . Due to climate change making it difficult to grow enough nutritious food, African scientists are being trained to use Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) to adapt agriculture to new threats.