To address the growing challenge of dementia across Sub-Saharan Africa, the Brain and Mind Institute at Aga Khan University and the FINGERS Brain Health Institute have launched the Africa FINGERS ...

In this in-depth Q&A, Daniel Otunge sat down with Dr. Enock Chikava, Director of Agricultural Delivery Systems at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to seek his insights into the impact of climate ...

QualiBasic Seed Company (QBS) has appointed Paul Kapapula as the new Managing Director effective December 1, 2024. QBS is a leading provider of Foundation Seed, serving seed companies across East and ...

Ugandan musician Philly Bongoley Lutaya sang in 1998, his soulful voice defying the tribulations that came his way as one of the first public figures in the East African country to publicly disclose ...

Changing people’s views and interactions with the natural world is crucial to halting and reversing biodiversity loss and safeguarding life on Earth. This is according to a new report by the ...

Polio, a disease that can cause irreversible paralysis, is nearing global eradication thanks to vaccination efforts. Yet, in Kenya, vaccine-derived polio strains persist. According to Dr. Christine ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has deployed experts to support health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to determine the cause of an unknown infectious disease reported in ...

As droughts fuelled by human destruction of the environment are projected to affect three in four people by 2050, investing in sustainable land and water management is essential to reduce their costs, ...

Countries have committed to prioritizing land restoration and drought resilience in national policies and international cooperation as an essential strategy for food security and climate adaptation.

The expansion of JBS, one of the world’s largest food companies, into Nigeria has been met with mixed reactions. Animal welfare activists have expressed concern over potential environmental and animal ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has endorsed a new test for tuberculosis (TB) that uses molecular analysis to detect the genetic markers of the bacterium that causes the disease in the saliva of ...

To restore over one billion hectares of degraded land and build resilience to drought, at least USD 2.6 trillion in total investments are needed by 2030. This is according to estimates by the United ...