Nairobi and the Doha Development Agenda negotiations
The Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations are about to commemorate their 14th “birthday” without an end in sight.…
Making trade happen in Nairobi
The World Trade Organisation begins its first ministerial conference in sub-Saharan Africa today in Nairobi.…
South Africa’s dirty water crisis
South Africa’s clean water shortage is serious and it’s getting worse.…
Sustainable Development Goals: Global or not?
The implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals has been celebrated as marking out a roadmap for global prosperity to be achieved by the year 2030.…
Inside Kenya’s silent tech revolution
A crop of innovative startup entrepreneurs is filling up Nairobi’s tech space.…
Cop21: Africa lays cards on table
Tucked away in Paris’s northern suburbs, the commune of Le Bourget is not usually associated with events of historical significance.…
Kigali architects design sustainable future
In 2010 the number of people living in urban spaces exceeding the global rural population for the first time.…
Africa adopts dirt bricks for cleaner construction
On a sunny hill overlooking a valley of shrubs, yellow grass and maize, Deodat Madembwe watches a team of masons make bricks for an elementary school he’s building.…
When money grows on trees
The nuts from the croton trees used to fade back into the earth in northern Kenya, while their branches were the favoured firewood for small farming communities.…