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Nov 11, 2024 | 
news.scienceafrica.co.ke | Duncan Mboyah |Science Africa
By Duncan MboyahAfrican countries should integrate bioeconomy in their plans to achieve economic development and environmental sustainability. Eng. Festus Ng’eno, Kenyan Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Forestry said during the launch of the 2024 State of the Bioeconomy in Eastern Africa in Nairobi, Kenya. According to Eng.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
news.scienceafrica.co.ke | Duncan Mboyah |Science Africa
By Duncan MboyahThe Horn of Africa, an arid and semi-arid region (ASAL) used to have heavy rains and floods in the past but has since been replaced with prolonged drought. The region that includes North and Eastern Kenya has experienced below-average rainfall for three consecutive years hence affecting both long and short rains causing deaths of livestock, crop failure and human deaths due to lack of food.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
news.scienceafrica.co.ke | Duncan Mboyah |Science Africa
By Duncan MboyahKenyan climate change researchers call for regional monitoring and protection of surface and groundwater quality in Eastern Africa. The researchers say that water in arid and semi-arid areas can only be managed well through continuous monitoring in order to secure groundwater resources and their safety. Prof.
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May 15, 2024 | 
shorturl.at | Duncan Mboyah |Science Africa
By Duncan MboyahThe lack of dedicated science advisory systems is responsible for the slow adoption of science in policy, scientists and policy makers say at the 5th International Network for Governmental Science Advice (INGSA) conference in Kigali, Rwanda. The delegates said that scientific advice is essential to debate, scrutiny, and law-making in all legislatures, yet most countries do not have effective advisory systems.
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May 15, 2024 | 
shorturl.at | Duncan Mboyah |Science Africa
By Duncan MboyahThe International Network for Governmental Science Advice (INGSA) has established a regional hub in Rwanda to promote scientific advice in Africa. Prof. Remi Quirion, President of INGSA said that the focus is to build the capacity of scientists in Africa, noting that five scientists who will be in charge of this task are currently undergoing training.
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May 8, 2024 | 
shorturl.at | Duncan Mboyah |Science Africa
By Duncan MboyahScientists have called upon African governments to embrace disruptive technologies including Artificial Intelligence (AI), quantum computing and astronomy. They were speaking during the 5th International Network for Governmental Science Advice (INGSA) conference in Kigali, Rwanda. The scientists observed that the private sector, with large resources, is developing the next generation of disruptive technologies at an unprecedented rate.
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May 7, 2024 | 
shorturl.at | Duncan Mboyah |Science Africa
By Duncan MboyahScientists have called on policy makers to adopt transformative and inclusive public policy responses to address global challenges. The scientists note that science is a key global public good that calls for inclusion in policy and budget decisions in all countries. All policy and budget decisions, they said, have to be backed by science and expertise since science supports foresight and a better understanding of the socio-economic drivers of sustainable transformations.
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Apr 22, 2024 | 
dialogue.earth | Kebba Jeffang |Sally Nyakanyanga |Duncan Mboyah
Across Sub-Saharan Africa, countries are struggling to achieve universal energy access and clean-energy transitions. More than 600 million Africans cannot access electricity, and a lack of reliable energy continues to hurt socio-economic development in the region. With just six years to meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 7 of “access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all”, addressing this particular energy crisis could not be more urgent.
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Apr 10, 2024 | 
shorturl.at | Duncan Mboyah |Science Africa
By Duncan Mboyah The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), National Olympic Committee of Kenya (NOC-K), Athletics Kenya and Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) Africa centre has launched an initiative that integrates environmental conservation and social responsibility in sports.
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Apr 3, 2024 | 
shorturl.at | Duncan Mboyah |Science Africa
By Duncan MboyahA rare constitutional action in Kenya that created community lands and allowed indigenous communities to own land and become members of the land committee management has lit up Masaai women’s faces and ushered in a brighter future. The enactment of the Community Land Act in 2016 in Kenya marked a significant milestone in the pursuit of tenure security for Kenya’s indigenous communities, the Masaai included.
