University Outreach Project Teaching Tissue Culture To Potato Farmers
By Maina Waruru Until a few years ago, Kenyan potato farmer Richard Mbaria used to harvest just four tonnes of the crop from an acre of land thanks to poor quality seeds, combined with an attack on the crop by pests and diseases. The middle-aged farmer would select seeds from his previous harvest, picking the smallest […]
Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng Urges South African Changemakers To Step Forward For The Africa Education Medal 2023
Founded by T4 Education and HP in collaboration with Microsoft, the Africa Education Medal is Africa’s most prestigious education accolade Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town, gave the keynote speech at the Transforming Education in Africa Summit this week in which she called on changemakers in South Africa and across the […]
Gas, Private Sector And Free Market Investments Crucial For South Africa To Address Electricity Crisis
South African President H.E Cyril Ramaphosa has declared a National State of Disaster over the Southern African country’s electricity crisis during the State of the Nation Address held in Cape Town on February 9. Measures set to be introduced to reform the electricity crisis during the National State of Disaster will include the introduction of […]
Rights experts say peaceful transition in South Sudan crucial, amid ‘immense suffering’
UN Photo/Isaac Billy – The UN is supporting community peacebuilding efforts in South Sudanese communities. New York, USA, 20 February 2023-/African Media Agency(AMA)/South Sudan’s leaders must prioritize a peaceful transition as rampant sexual violence and attacks on civilians continue across the world’s youngest nation, the UN Commission investigating human rights abuses there said on Friday. “The suffering across […]
Mastercard Trust Centre Partners With Nigerian Fintech Startup NowNow To Improve Cybersecurity For SMEs
Mastercard has partnered with Nigerian digital payment startup NowNow, to help SMEs reduce the risk of cyberattacks. There has been a significant increase in cybercrime in recent years. According to the Nigerian Communications Commission, Nigeria loses an estimated USD500, 000, 000 (Five Hundred Million United States Dollars) yearly due to cybercrime. SMEs are a huge target for […]
Aspiration Partners With Trees For The Future To Promote Reforestation And Sustainable Agriculture In Kenya
Reforestation efforts to result in 4.13 million Verified Carbon Units while increasing productivity of farmland with 15,000 farmers Aspiration, a high-impact climate finance company, has announced a $21 million investment in carbon projects through Trees for the Future (TREES), a non-profit organization training farmers in sustainable agroforestry practices across sub-Saharan Africa. This partnership will enable […]
Kenya: The African Development Bank’s Coding For Employment Program Opens Second Center Of Excellence To Boost Youth Digital Skills
Coding for Employment and its partners aim to reach over 1,800 Kenyan youth through the two centers The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has opened a second Information and Communications Technology Centre of Excellence at the United States International University-Africa in Nairobi. This marks an important milestone for the Bank’s Coding for Employment program (https://Coding4Employment.org) and its growing […]
