Lake Ol’ Bolossat: Restoration Efforts in Full Swing to Save Kenya’s Precious Wetland By Gift Briton Through her first National Wetlands Restoration Strategy, the Kenyan Government is pushing for the restoration and conservation of all wetlands in the country with Lake Ol Bolossat listed among the priority wetlands for restoration. Located in Nyandarua County,195 kilometres […]

Kenya Editors Guild, AATF Partners to Promote Credible Reporting on Biotechnology By Joyce Ojanji The Kenya Editors Guild (KEG) and the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to enhance journalists’ capacity to report accurately on agricultural biotechnology to address misinformation around the technology. The partnership is set to create […]

Cyberattacks Prioritizing Smaller, High-Value Targets Over Volume By Sharon Atieno The cybercrime landscape is changing with threat actors focusing on a smaller range of targets with higher victim profiles for maximum gain with minimum effort. Previously, the focus was on large-scale attacks. These new patterns in the cybercrime landscape are highlighted in the Trend Micro […]

Global Health Advocates Demand Action Ahead of World No Tobacco Day By Isabella Njeri It is time to prioritize protecting lives over the profit motives of the tobacco industry by implementing stronger regulations and higher prices on tobacco and nicotine products. Public health leaders and youth activists told governments during a virtual press conference ahead […]

Kenya Making Effort to Increase Access to Clean Cooking By Silyvia Alusa Kenya has made significant progress in doubling the proportion of its population using clean cooking from 15% to 31% over the decade. This sentiment was shared during a high-level panel discussion at the International Energy Agency(IEA)’s 9th Annual Global Conference on Energy Efficiency […]