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How Redworm Farming Is Reviving Africa’s Depleted Soils

Dan Kaburu January 29, 2026

Across Africa, exhausted soils are threatening food security and farmer livelihoods. In Kenya, a quiet solution is emerging through redworm farming, turning organic waste into living, fertile soil. One farmer’s journey shows how restoring soil biology can restore farms and health.

Climate Change

Kenya’s Growing Water Crisis in an Age of Global Water Bankruptcy

Peter Ngare January 28, 2026

Across Kenya, families are spending hours chasing water as rivers dry, boreholes fail, and costs rise. From Marsabit to Nyeri, daily survival now depends on unreliable water sources. A new UN warning shows Kenya’s struggle is part of a global water bankruptcy.

Food Systems

IGAD Warns of Rising Food Insecurity in the Horn of Africa

Correspondent January 28, 2026

Food insecurity across the Horn of Africa is worsening as climate change intensifies droughts, floods and heat stress. IGAD warns that erratic rainfall and rising temperatures are eroding food production and livelihoods, pushing millions deeper into hunger.

Climate Change

Kenyan Innovator Using Data to Help Farmers Beat Climate Change

Correspondent January 27, 2026

As droughts intensify across Kenya, a local innovator is using solar-powered sensors and AI-driven data to help smallholder farmers make smarter decisions, protect their harvests, and survive a rapidly changing climate.

Food Systems

AfDB Approves Menengai Geothermal KES 2.1 Billion Loan

Correspondent January 27, 2026

The African Development Bank has approved a KES 2.1 billion loan to support a new 35MW geothermal power plant at Kenya’s Menengai field, strengthening clean energy generation, cutting emissions, and accelerating the country’s transition to affordable baseload power.

Climate Change

Study Links Climate Change to Rising Migration in Africa

Peter Ngare January 26, 2026

A new study on climate-driven migration in Africa reveals that while environmental shocks like drought increase the likelihood of movement, especially when compounded by conflict, strong adaptive capacity acts as a decisive buffer.

Tech & Energy

Kenya’s 100% Clean Energy Compact

Neville Ng'ambwa January 26, 2026

The National Energy Compact (2025–2030) is Kenya's bold strategy to achieve universal electricity access and 100% clean power generation by 2030, cementing its position as a global leader in sustainable development.

Tech & Energy

Kenya Hosts 2026 Clean Cooking Summit

Neville Ng'ambwa January 23, 2026

Kenya, the United States, Norway and the International Energy Agency are collaborating to accelerate clean cooking solutions in Africa at the 2026 Summit in Nairobi. The event builds on commitments made in 2024 and aims to close the gap in access to modern cooking fuels for over a billion Africans.

Conservation

Africa’s Forests Now Emitting More Carbon Than They Absorb

Peter Ngare January 23, 2026

Africa’s forests, once a major carbon sink, are now releasing more carbon than they store. New satellite-based research shows massive biomass losses driven by deforestation and degradation. The shift poses a serious threat to global climate targets under the Paris Agreement.

Conservation

Dandora vs Shenzhen Rethinking Africa’s Waste Future

Neville Ng'ambwa January 22, 2026

From Nairobi’s overstretched Dandora dumpsite to Shenzhen’s engineered waste systems, cities reveal their priorities through how they manage what they discard. Africa’s waste crisis is not a lack of solutions, but a failure to act with urgency, intent, and justice.