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Derrick Wachaya

Globe Theatre, Nairobi

Writer at Thred

God's son | Automated To New Adventures | Writer @ThredMag | Climate Activist @re1initiative | Comms Specialist

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  • 1 week ago | thred.com | Derrick Wachaya

    According to the International Labour Organization and UNICEF’s 2024 Global Estimates on Child Labour, about 138 million children are forced into labour all over the world, Africa accounting for 63%. The report indicates that sub-Saharan Africa has 87 million of the more than 100 million child workers that live in the region. It is home to nearly two-thirds of the world’s child laborers.

  • 2 weeks ago | thred.com | Derrick Wachaya

    Greenpeace Africa has raised the alarm on deadly air pollution causing many early deaths of more than 42,000 South Africans every year. In 2023, an estimated 16,000 people died in Gauteng due to toxic air. That represents approximately 44 deaths daily, all attributed to the air people breathe in South Africa.

  • 3 weeks ago | thred.com | Derrick Wachaya

    ‘Climate change is no longer a distant threat. It is here. It is now,’ says Dr. Tunde Alade, a climate scientist and disaster preparedness expert based in Abuja. ‘What we’re witnessing are the compounding effects of poor drainage infrastructure, deforestation, and erratic weather patterns driven by global warming.’Nigeria’s national flood emergency agency says over two million people were displaced by floods in 2022 alone.

  • 4 weeks ago | thred.com | Derrick Wachaya

    South Africa is dealing with a GBV crisis that has reached epidemic levels. The South African Police Service (SAPS) reports that from July to September 2024 more than 3 children and 10 women lost their lives each day. What’s more, 490 children were targets of attempted murder in this time frame, which shows a 35.7% rise compared to the year before. A nationwide study revealed that physical violence affected 33.1% of South African women aged 18 and above.

  • 1 month ago | thred.com | Derrick Wachaya

    At Caleb University in Lagos, Nigeria, three students are tackling one of agriculture’s oldest and most overlooked problems, determining fruit ripeness. The trio has developed an AI-powered app that can instantly assess whether a mango is ripe, underripe, or rotten, a breakthrough that could drastically cut post-harvest losses and transform fruit quality assessment in Africa.

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