The 13th annual Africa Food Systems Forum is set to convene from September 5th to 8th, 2023, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Under the leadership of H. E Samia Suluhu Hassan, the president of the United Republic of Tanzania. The Summit themed Recover, Regenerate, Act: Africa’s Solutions to Food Systems Transformation will provide a platform…
Africa Climate Week: Ruto calls for raised climate financing, technology transfer
Two months to the 28th UN Climate Change Conference COP28 set for Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) late November, Kenya’s President William Ruto has called the developed countries to increase financing climate action and technology transfer to help Africa sustainably manage her climate-threatened economies and societies. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Africa Climate…
African Women meet in Nairobi, launch the Women Gender Constituency pressure group
By Imali Ngusale As Nairobi’s vibrancy reaches a crescendo, the world remains fixated on the Africa Climate Week set to commence in less than 24 hours. In light of this, African women in all their diversities met in Nairobi to launch the Africa Women and Gender Constituency and unpack their lived experiences that have disproportionately…
African Girls and Young Women Break the Silence Ahead of 2023 Africa Climate Summit
By Imali Ngusale Approximately, 50 years ago, when science warnings began, global warming was a harmless 0.2º Celsius and natural resource consumption a relatively safe. Today, the world is grappling an all-time 13.9 ºCelsius (equivalent to 57 degrees Fahrenheit). Worse still, the IPCC 2023 Synthesis report underscores that the unprecedented increase in global warming is…
BirdLife International and ABCG Partner to Promote Conservation in Africa
BirdLife International Africa, and Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group (ABCG) have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advance collaborative biodiversity conservation in Africa. The MoU will focus on developing and implementing conservation programmes and linkages including climate change, and restoration in line with the Africa Union Agenda 2063, Africa’s vision and development agenda, and…
Climate change directly affects women and girls’ reproductive health
By Joan Muthoki Women and girls are increasingly experiencing reproductive health complications owing to climate change, Dr. Elizabeth Kimani Murage, Head of the Maternal and Child Wellbeing Unit, Africa Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) has said. “Physiologically, women need a lot of nutrients and micronutrients for their reproductive health needs. Climate change affects the quantity…
Africa Climate Summit Will Not Be a Forum for “Blame Games” but a Platform for “Solutions”
By Imali Ngusale We are only 16 days shy from the African Climate Week set to take place from the 4th to 8th of September 2023. The event will be held in parallel with the African Climate Summit which will take place on the 4th to 6th of September 2023. 15 Heads of State and…
Scientists in Africa urged to share their data findings and break down technical terms
By Lenah Bosibori Scientists from across the African continent meeting In Nairobi have been urged to share their data findings instead of keeping it in shelves to help solve climate problems. Speaking in Nairobi during the 7th Regional Center for Mapping and Resources Development (RCMRD)’ s international conference 2023, Davie Chilonga Permanent Secretary Ministry…