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Africa’s malaria fight is losing ground, and money
A generation of hard-won progress faces reversal as aid dries up and cases plateau By Our Correspondent ADDIS ABABA...
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Breaking the silence
Kenya’s campaign to dismantle mental health stigma faces formidable structural barriers By Our Staff Writer In January 2025, Kenya’s...
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The pandemic dividend
Africa’s halting progress on disease preparedness exposes the gap between rhetoric and resources By Our Staff Writer In February...
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America’s WHO exit leaves Africa exposed
The withdrawal of the United States from the World Health Organisation threatens to undermine disease surveillance and health systems...
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Small doses of daily exercise linked to mortality reduction
Two large-scale studies suggest modest increases in physical activity yield substantial health benefits By Our Reporter The notion that...
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Sick pay
Kenya’s new health insurance scheme promises universal coverage. Can it deliver? By Ethical Business Team When Janet Wanjiru’s husband...
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Digital doctors
Mobile phones are transforming healthcare delivery in Kenya, but challenges remain By Philip Mwangangi In a small clinic in...
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Data and determination
Kenya is proving that smart technology and targeted policy can save mothers’ lives—even where the challenge remains steep By...
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Health coverage for all?
Governments push new models, yet citizens remain wary of paying in. By Ethical Business Team Kenya’s quest for universal...
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Building healthcare excellence in Rwanda: The vision of Dr. Suzan Homeida
A clinical haematologist is transforming medical education and diagnostics in East Africa through strategic partnerships and a commitment to...
Shared waters, shared stakes
Seychelles and Kenya deepen tourism and maritime cooperation as competition intensifies across the Indian Ocean By Our Reporter Air connectivity has long determined the fate of island economies. For Seychelles, an archipelago of 115 islands scattered across 1.4m square kilometres of the Indian Ocean, aviation routes are not merely...
Heritage on the Ledger
Maasai beadwork enterprises in Kenya are preserving culture and creating incomes, but the business model remains narrow and fragile By Christopher Oltome In workshops scattered across Kenya’s Maasai Mara, 468 women thread Czech glass beads onto leather and recycled materials, producing jewellery that sustains a centuries-old cultural practice and...
Grounds for concern: Climate change is burning through the world’s coffee supply
Smallholder farmers bear the cost of warming they did little to cause By Our Staff Writer THE MORNING ritual of several billion people depends on a narrow band of tropical and subtropical terrain where temperatures are mild, rainfall predictable, and altitude sufficient to slow the ripening of the coffee...
Green shoots, carbon credits
KenGen’s fertiliser gamble bets on clean ammonia and climate finance By Our Staff Writer Kenya’s electricity market has long been the preserve of geothermal steam and hydroelectric turbines. Now KenGen, the state-controlled generator that supplies roughly 70% of the country’s power, is attempting something rather different: turning surplus renewable...
Feeding minds
How school meals are changing futures in Kenya By Philip Mwangangi In February 2025, Nairobi’s Dishi na County programme crossed a milestone: 37 million meals served since launch. Each day, trucks fan across the capital, delivering hot food to 250,000 children. The operation relies on wristbands with near-field communication...
Shared waters, shared stakes
Seychelles and Kenya deepen tourism and maritime cooperation as competition intensifies across the Indian Ocean By Our Reporter Air connectivity has long determined the fate of island economies. For Seychelles, an archipelago of 115 islands scattered across 1.4m square kilometres of the Indian Ocean, aviation routes are not merely...
Fossils meet fibre-optic
Kenya plans to wed its paleontological heritage to a smart-city development, but ambition still needs funding By Our Reporter...
Shared waters, shared stakes
Seychelles and Kenya deepen tourism and maritime cooperation as competition intensifies across the Indian Ocean By Our Reporter Air connectivity has long determined the fate of island economies. For Seychelles, an archipelago of 115 islands scattered across 1.4m square kilometres of the Indian Ocean, aviation routes are not merely...
Heritage on the Ledger
Maasai beadwork enterprises in Kenya are preserving culture and creating incomes, but the business model remains narrow and fragile By Christopher Oltome In workshops scattered across Kenya’s Maasai Mara, 468 women thread Czech glass beads onto leather and recycled materials, producing jewellery that sustains a centuries-old cultural practice and...
Grounds for concern: Climate change is burning through the world’s coffee supply
Smallholder farmers bear the cost of warming they did little to cause By Our Staff Writer THE MORNING ritual...
Green shoots, carbon credits
KenGen’s fertiliser gamble bets on clean ammonia and climate finance By Our Staff Writer Kenya’s electricity market has long...
Storing the sun: Battery storage becomes Africa’s missing piece
As solar capacity races ahead, the continent’s weak grids demand a new kind of infrastructure By Our Reporter Africa’s...
Grounds for concern: Climate change is burning through the world’s coffee supply
Smallholder farmers bear the cost of warming they did little to cause By Our Staff Writer THE MORNING ritual of several billion people depends on a narrow band of tropical and subtropical terrain where temperatures are mild, rainfall predictable, and altitude sufficient to slow the ripening of the coffee...
Green shoots, carbon credits
KenGen’s fertiliser gamble bets on clean ammonia and climate finance By Our Staff Writer Kenya’s electricity market has long been the preserve of geothermal steam and hydroelectric turbines. Now KenGen, the state-controlled generator that supplies roughly 70% of the country’s power, is attempting something rather different: turning surplus renewable...
Feeding minds
How school meals are changing futures in Kenya By Philip Mwangangi In February 2025, Nairobi’s Dishi na County programme crossed a milestone: 37 million meals served since launch. Each day, trucks fan across the capital, delivering hot food to 250,000 children. The operation relies on wristbands with near-field communication...
Shared waters, shared stakes
Seychelles and Kenya deepen tourism and maritime cooperation as competition intensifies across the Indian Ocean By Our Reporter Air connectivity has long determined the fate of island economies. For Seychelles, an archipelago of 115 islands scattered across 1.4m square kilometres of the Indian Ocean, aviation routes are not merely...
Heritage on the Ledger
Maasai beadwork enterprises in Kenya are preserving culture and creating incomes, but the business model remains narrow and fragile By Christopher Oltome In workshops scattered across Kenya’s Maasai Mara, 468 women thread Czech glass beads onto leather and recycled materials, producing jewellery that sustains a centuries-old cultural practice and...
Grounds for concern: Climate change is burning through the world’s coffee supply
Smallholder farmers bear the cost of warming they did little to cause By Our Staff Writer THE MORNING ritual of several billion people depends on a narrow band of tropical and subtropical terrain where temperatures are mild, rainfall predictable, and altitude sufficient to slow the ripening of the coffee...
Green shoots, carbon credits
KenGen’s fertiliser gamble bets on clean ammonia and climate finance By Our Staff Writer Kenya’s electricity market has long been the preserve of geothermal steam and hydroelectric turbines. Now KenGen, the state-controlled generator that supplies roughly 70% of the country’s power, is attempting something rather different: turning surplus renewable...
Feeding minds
How school meals are changing futures in Kenya By Philip Mwangangi In February 2025, Nairobi’s Dishi na County programme crossed a milestone: 37 million meals served since launch. Each day, trucks fan across the capital, delivering hot food to 250,000 children. The operation relies on wristbands with near-field communication...
Africa’s malaria fight is losing ground, and money
A generation of hard-won progress faces reversal as aid dries up and cases plateau By Our Correspondent ADDIS ABABA – At the 39th African Union Summit in Ethiopia, the data presented to assembled heads of state carried a familiar warning rendered newly urgent by circumstance. In 2024, African Union...
Breaking the silence
Kenya’s campaign to dismantle mental health stigma faces formidable structural barriers By Our Staff Writer In January 2025, Kenya’s High Court delivered a landmark judgment declaring the criminalization of attempted suicide unconstitutional. Justice Lawrence Mugambi ruled that Section 226 of the Penal Code, which treated suicide attempts as a...
Shared waters, shared stakes
Seychelles and Kenya deepen tourism and maritime cooperation as competition intensifies across the Indian Ocean By Our Reporter Air connectivity has long determined the fate of island economies. For Seychelles, an archipelago of 115 islands scattered across 1.4m square kilometres of the Indian Ocean, aviation routes are not merely...
WEEK SUMMARY TITLES
Smallholder farmers bear the cost of warming they did little to cause By Our Staff Writer THE MORNING ritual...
KenGen’s fertiliser gamble bets on clean ammonia and climate finance By Our Staff Writer Kenya’s electricity market has long...
How school meals are changing futures in Kenya By Philip Mwangangi In February 2025, Nairobi’s Dishi na County programme...
Trade wars between major powers threaten Africa’s fragile food security By Philip Mwangangi NAIROBI – When American and Chinese...