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Urgent Overhaul Needed: Africa’s Food Systems at Crossroads in 2025

Dakar, Senegal Sept. 1, 2025 — Africa must overhaul its food systems urgently or risk sliding into a hunger crisis within the next decade. That was th...

1 year ago · By Switch TV Reporter

Africa

Africa’s Next Transformation Must Be Built on Agriculture and Agro-Processing

In every African market, from Dakar to Dar es Salaam, the sounds and smells of trade tell a story that is bigger than food. They are the pulse of Afri...

1 year ago · By Anthony Makokha

Kenya

Ruto Urges Japan to Back Africa’s Push for Fair Trade, Healthcare and Climate Justice

YOKOHAMA, Japan — President William Ruto of Kenya used his platform at the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) to call for a...

1 year ago · By Eugene Were

Africa

Time to Co-Create Innovative Solutions for Africa’s Agri-Food Systems

As the world gathers in Yokohama for the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 9), Africa arrives not with empty hands bu...

1 year ago · By Alice Ruhweza

Kenya

President Ruto inks bilateral agreements with President Yoweri Museveni

President William Ruto on Wednesday signed eight bilateral agreements with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in Nairobi, affirming Kenya’s commitment...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

Climate

UN Chief declares fossil fuel era “flailing” as clean energy shift irreversible

UNITED NATIONS —United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has declared the global energy shift irreversible, stating that fossil fuels are “fl...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

Climate

UN report warns global drought crisis hits record levels

A new global report has confirmed that the world is experiencing the most destructive droughts ever recorded. The United Nations Convention to Combat...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

Agriculture

Korean Ksh 645M investment to address rice production shortfall

MWEA — Kenya has secured Ksh 645 million ($5 million) in funding from the Republic of Korea to strengthen its rice production and reduce its dependenc...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

Business

Menengai Geothermal nears completion setting precedence for cheaper power

Kenyans are on the verge of paying lower electricity bills as the Menengai Geothermal Project nears full implementation. According to the Geothermal D...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

Agriculture

Kenya unveils sweeping tea reforms to boost farmer earnings and exports

NAIROBI —In the rolling hills of Murang’a, where tea bushes stretch across the highlands, Kenya is betting big on a sector it considers vital to its e...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

Health

India’s quiet health revolution the world’s pharmacy is redefining global care

NEW DELHI —India, long dubbed the “pharmacy of the world,” is making that title count in ways that now shape global health. With affordable medicines,...

1 year ago · By Nixon Ngari

News

Tanzania Lowers Fuel Price Contrary to Kenya

Uproar among Kenyans rise after Tanzania announces a decrease in the cost of fuel prices in their country. Kenya on the other hand, has seen a continu...

3 years ago · By Mercy Vugutsa