AATF Appoints New Ambassador for Agricultural Developments in Africa By Joyce Ojanji Dr Ousmane Badiane, a renowned agricultural economist and policy expert, has been appointed as the new ambassador of African Agricultural Technology Foundation starting March 2023. Dr. Badiane, who is the current Executive Chairperson of ACADEMIYA2063, is a respected expert in the field of […]

Kenya: Baringo’s Indigenous Communities Overcoming Powerful, Intrusive Mathenge By Joyce Chimbi As the mouth shakes uncontrollably and an attempt to chew sends jaws sliding from side to side, the goat stands still, vomiting a thin dark green fluid. All signs that the end is near. Rispah Enenganai, the owner, watches helplessly. She has seen these […]

icipe: New Sustainable Tools to Control Vector-Borne Diseases By Gift Briton In an effort to eliminate and reduce the spread of vector-borne diseases, the International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), has developed several sustainable tools and strategies capable of controlling vectors and breaking transmission cycles for some of these diseases. According to icipe […]

Rainfall to Continue over Several Parts of Kenya By Joyce Ojanji In the next seven days, rainfall is likely to continue over several parts of the country, according to the Kenya Meteorological Department. The Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) has reported that the regions will be in the Highlands West of the Rift Valley, the Lake […]

Eastern Africa: Brace for Rainfall, Floods By Gift Briton Most parts of Eastern Africa are likely to receive rainfall in the next seven days, with north-eastern and central parts of Kenya, parts of western and southern Ethiopia, southern Somalia and isolated areas in southern Tanzania expected to flood. According to the Intergovernmental Authority on Development(IGAD)’s Climate Prediction and Application […]