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AI: Sustainability’s Greatest Ally, or a Step Back?

Whether it is predicting extreme weather events, improving healthcare, enhancing education or optimising business operations, artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized the way solutions are developed. It has become a powerful tool that enables people to work more efficiently, innovate more rapidly and access knowledge more easily than ever before. From generating vast amounts of information […]...

Beyond Diversity: How Gender-Smart Capital Is Redefining Sustainable Finance

The defining economic challenge of this decade is no longer simply financing development; it is financing resilience. Climate change, widening inequality, geopolitical fragmentation and mounting sover...

3 Jul 2026

The Tiny Superheroes Saving the Planet, One Flower at a Time

Imagine a world without coffee. Now imagine that same world without strawberries, chocolate, almonds, or tomatoes. Sounds like a dystopian nightmare, right? If we don’t appreciate bees, that�...

26 Jun 2026

How Seaweed Could Be Our Next Sustainability Success Story

For decades, conversations about Africa’s green economy have revolved around solar power, electric mobility and carbon markets. Yet, just beneath the surface of the Indian Ocean lies one of th...

19 Jun 2026

Sustainability in Today’s Economy: Can Anyone Afford It?

In the current economy, most people are trying to save every coin they can. But with the prices of essential commodities continuing to rise, can you afford to live a sustainable lifestyle? Sustainab...

12 Jun 2026

Why EA Countries Must Integrate Carbon Credits into Sovereign and Corporate Finance

Carbon markets are market-based systems designed to address environmental challenges by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and creating financial incentives for businesses and other entities to lower t...

5 Jun 2026

World Environment Day 2026: Why Waste May Be One of Our Greatest Sustainability Opportunities

Every year on June 5, the world comes together to mark World Environment Day, the United Nations’ flagship platform for environmental awareness and action. Established in 1972, the day has grown...

29 May 2026

How AI-Powered Climate Forecasting Could Revolutionise East Africa’s Fight Against Climate Disasters

For years, climate conversations in our region have focused on drought, floods, food insecurity, and the growing economic cost of unpredictable weather. Yet one of the region’s biggest challenges ha...

22 May 2026

Beyond the Fuel Crisis: East Africa’s Renewable Energy Pass

For years, fuel prices in East Africa have risen and fallen like waves. But we have never seen a spike like the current one. One month, transport fares are manageable. Next, food prices creep up, busi...

15 May 2026

Part II: Engineering East Africa’s Sustainable Infrastructure Boom

In Part I of Engineering East Africa’s Sustainable Infrastructure Boom, we explored the projects enabling cross-border electricity trade while strengthening regional energy resilience. We also exam...

8 May 2026

Part I: Engineering East Africa’s Sustainable Infrastructure Boom

East Africa is no longer building infrastructure as a collection of isolated national ambitions. In 2026, the region is engineering something far more consequential: an interconnected economic corrido...

1 May 2026

East Africa’s Role in the Global Green Energy Shift

The global race to achieve net-zero emissions by mid-century is a profound economic and environmental imperative. At the heart of this transition lies a new class of strategic resources: critical mine...

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