A perspective of Gilchrist Owuor Okuom the Kisumu County Executive Committee Member (CECM) for Agriculture, Irrigation, Livestock and Fisheries Achieving sustainable development has become a key area of focus for African cities, counties and provinces. Most governments are looking for…
No situation is permanent and indeed where there is a will, there is a way. Having come from a humble background, Dr. Catherine Nyongesa has braved the waves to become the first Radiation Oncologist in Kenya and now co-founder, Texas…
“Our human compassion binds us the one to the other – not in pity or patronizingly but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.” – Nelson Mandela Clifford Chianga Oluoch is…
They say that no one can live a positive life without failing, however many experience a fear of failure despite its inevitability in life. What would you make of a man who fails not once, not twice, but fifteen times…
The 9th edition of the Africities summit just ended and it has been an explosive summit. If I was told to describe it in two words, it would be enlightening and insightful. Africa is a very beautiful place with the…
Everyone wants to become a better version of themselves. The quest to become better than you were yesterday, finer than you were, richer than you were, more knowledgeable, more efficient feels like it never ends. Oftentimes, this quest feels like…
Pitting biotechnology against agroecology—as has been the case in a long-running debate around food and agriculture— is a fundamental error. Biotechnology is a set of tools that can be used to improve crops and animals, while agroecology is an approach…
Africa has a more urgent need than the rest of the world to adopt genetically modified organisms for agricultural improvement, says Prof. Eric Yirenkyi Danquah, founding director of the West Africa Centre for Crop Improvement(WACCI) at the University of Ghana.…
The 9th Africities Summit started in earnest on Tuesday 17th May 2022. Here is a look at some of the key takeaways from day one of the Africities Summit. “Africa is becoming increasingly urbanized. The traditional rural focus within development…
By Sylvester Oluoch The 8th edition of the Africities summit held in Johannesburg, South Africa themed “Overcoming the Loss of Urban Green and Public Spaces in Africa” centered around the impact urbanization was having on the climate and the best…