Heavy Rains, High Temperatures to Persist Across East Africa By Gift Briton Most East African regions may continue to receive above-normal rainfall and increased temperatures between June to September 2024, according to the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Climate Prediction and Application Centre (ICPAC). The increased likelihood of above-normal rainfall is expected in Djibouti, Eritrea, […]

African Leaders, Partners Adopt Roadmap to Operationalize Pharmaceutical Initiative By Christabel Ligami African Ministers of Health, Finance and Trade, experts and development partners have adopted an approach towards transitioning the Pharmaceutical Initiative (Pharma Initiative) into the start-up Phase of the African Pooled Procurement Mechanism (APPM). This ensures the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)-anchored initiative’s […]

How Vaccine is Boosting Efforts to Eliminate Malaria among African Children By Sharon Atieno       Though a sunny morning in Nyawiso village, Ndhiwa sub-county, the bushy path leading to 38-year-old Judith Atieno’s home is partly wet. It had rained the previous night, so the green grass was moist, and water puddles were visible where there […]

Two Kenyans Shortlisted for Engineering Awards By Joshua Isaac Two Kenyan innovators are among the four finalists shortlisted for the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation (APEI), scheduled for June in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital. Esther Kimani and Kelvin Maina, alongside Rory Assandey and Martin Tumusiime, were selected from a group of 16 innovators in this year’s […]

Lack of Dedicated Advisory Systems Faulted for Slow Science Adoption in Polic By Duncan Mboyah The lack of dedicated science advisory systems is responsible for the slow adoption of science in policy, scientists and policy makers say at the 5th International Network for Governmental Science Advice (INGSA) conference in Kigali, Rwanda. The delegates said that scientific […]