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11 Jul 2025
Africa Joins the Fight as Global Nations Push to End Single-Use Plastics
In June 2025, global leaders from 96 countries convened in the coastal city of Nice, France, to address one of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time: plastic pollution. What emerged f...
4 Jul 2025
Climate Change in Africa: A Continent at the Brink of Transformation
Africa stands at a pivotal intersection, where it will either be swept away by climate chaos or leap ahead and lead an epic green revolution. Sadly, even though the continent contributes barely 4% of ...
27 Jun 2025
Good Governance as a Catalyst for Sustainability in Kenya and Tanzania
The acrid scent of tear gas lingering from June 25, 2025, mingled with the solemnity of flowers and flickering candles. On Wednesday, Kenyans gathered not in protest, but in commemoration. They rememb...
20 Jun 2025
Addressing the Growing Threat of Microplastics and Textile Waste
Microplastics (tiny plastic fragments) have grown into a global environmental concern. While often associated with ocean pollution from discarded plastic bottles and packaging, a significant but often...
13 Jun 2025
Momentum Builds Around Climate Action and Sustainable Development
Across East Africa, momentum is growing around sustainability as governments, businesses, and communities increasingly prioritise climate action, green innovation, and responsible resource use. The fi...
5 Jun 2025
Emerging Sustainability Regulations: A Crucial Wake-Up Call for the Banking Sector
The effects of climate change, such as prolonged dry periods and unpredictable rainfall patterns, are no longer distant warnings; they are our daily reality. In East Africa, we understand the urgency ...
23 May 2025
How to Avoid Greenwashing and Lead with Authentic ESG Impact
The integration of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) has changed from a competitive advantage to an unavoidable must in today’s corporate environment. Stakeholders, including internati...
16 May 2025
They Cut Down All the Trees Then Blamed The Cows For Farting: Unpacking Africa’s Climate Paradox
In February 2025, CNN spotlighted a novel climate solution: a vaccine targeting methane emissions from livestock. While such innovation offers hope, it also underscores a troubling irony in Africa’s...
9 May 2025
Building Homes with Sandbags: A Sustainable Housing Solution for the future
In a region where rapid urbanisation, climate change, and housing shortages are intersecting challenges, an innovative solution is gaining traction in Kenya and Tanzania: building homes using sandbags...
2 May 2025
Africa champions new model to measure green wealth and drive climate action ahead of COP30
In the lead-up to COP30 in Belém, Brazil, African leaders are pushing for a radical change in how national wealth is calculated, putting natural capital at the centre of economic calculations. Afri...
25 Apr 2025
Celebrating Earth Day: A focus on renewable energy in East Africa
On April 22, the world marked Earth Day, an initiative emphasising the importance of environmental sustainability. This year’s theme, “Our Power, Our Planet”, highlighted the urgent need to shif...
17 Apr 2025
Unlocking Africa’s potential: The immediate need for bold action and sustainable development.
The African Union, African Development Bank, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) collaborated to develop the 2024 Africa Sustainable ...
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