Mozambique: Pregnant Students, Adolescent Mothers Leave School
Instruct Educators on Obligations, Improve Reproductive Health Services Pregnant or parenting adolescent girls and women drop out of school in Mozambique because they don’t get adequate support from schools. Girls who become parents often experience discrimination, stigma, and a lack of support and accommodation that makes juggling school and childcare responsibilities impossible. The lack of […]
Shaping The Narrative In The African And Asian Super-Electoral Year
In 2024, about half of the world’s adult population (4.2 billion people) will cast a vote. In 65 countries, the citizens will participate in this electoral ritual, which is meant to renew our faith in the democratic process. As some have called it, 2024 is the year of the vote. Africa and Asia will have their fair share […]
TDB And World Bank To Accelerate Access To Sustainable And Clean Energy In Africa
The World Bank extends close to USD 300 million to TDB to support distributed renewable energy and clean cooking private sector projects in the region served by TDB The World Bank has extended a facility of close to USD 300 million to the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB), to support distributed renewable […]
Energy Infrastructure Becomes A Competitive Advantage To Resources Companies
By Theuns Ehlers – Head: Resources & Project Finance and Bhavtik Vallabhjee – Head: Power and Renewables at Absa CIB African-based mining and resource companies which have invested in renewable energy infrastructure over the last few years are not only reaping the benefits through access to cheaper power but also achieving sustainability goals identified […]
African Agriculture Inc. Is Recognized With The Prestigious Prix Walo Citizen Excellence Award For Community Impact
African Agriculture, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAGR), a pioneering company operating a commercial-scale alfalfa farm in Senegal and dedicated to food security for the coming century announced that its alfalfa farm (Les Fermes de la Teranga) has been honored with the Prix Walo Citizen Excellence award. The Walo Digital Group gave the Excellence Award on January 19, 2024. […]
Eradicating Cervical Cancer In Africa – Yes, It Can Be Done
By Taofik Oloruko-Oba, Head of East Africa Network at Roche Diagnostic, Kenya. In 2022, Kenya’s population was 49.4 million of whom 16.8 million were women aged 15 years and above and at high risk of developing cervical cancer. Every year over 5000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer, and more than 3000 die from the […]
Making Fermented Milks in Kenya Safer—the Result of Local Research
NAIROBI, Kenya, 13 February 2024, /African Media Agency/- Milk fermented in traditional ways is a popular part of the day-to-day diet of many Kenyan communities. From Mursik, popular with the Kalenjin, to Amabere amaruranu and Kule naoto, consumed by the Kisii andMaasai communities respectively, fermented milk is a key source of nutrition. Often, however, the way these variations of fermented milk […]
