The recently formed consortium aimed at fostering partnerships on legume breeding will focus on collaboration and investment, a leading expert has said
Joy in western Kenya as farmers abandon tobacco for beans
For decades, tobacco farming was the primary source of livelihood for many a family in Kenya’s Busia County, despite the various health risks it posed. But tunes are fast changing, with farmers in Changara Division of Teso North sub-County now abandoning the leafy crop for beans.
Find security solutions amid increasing cybercrime threats driven by AI, experts caution
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Kenya: MESHA set to host global agriculture journalists forum in 2025
MESHA joins Centre for Science and Environment to launch The State of Africa’s Environment report. MESHA prides itself in the great partnerships with its global stakeholders. By Chemtai Kirui I phillykirui@gmail.comNairobi — Kenya is set to welcome journalists from around the world for the prestigious Internation ...
How Kenyan women are breaking taboos and thriving in the fishing industry
Agnes Machache displays her octopus catch By Jasmine Atieno@sparkleMineFor decades, women at the Kenyan coast have kept away from the deep waters. Taboos, both cultural and religious, banned them from fishing, forcing them to wait at the shores to buy fish, both raw and processed for resale at the markets.“There u ...
Uphold accuracy in post-pandemic reporting for better public understanding, journalists told
Members of MESHA take notes at a Science Café on health reporting, held in Nairobi on February 9, 2024. Photo Credit I Chemtai Kirui By Chemtai Kirui | phillykirui@gmail.com Journalists have been urged to strengthen accuracy in post-pandemic reporting by relying on credible sources and contribute to a better-informed public. The call was ...
Collaboration the next frontier in science journalism – Editor
Nation Media Sustainability editor Zeynab Wandati makes a presentation during the trainig supported by JRS Biodiversity Foundation held by MESHA last week in Nairobi By Clifford Akumu I akumu.clifford@gmail.com Science journalists need to embrace collaboration in telling Africa’s science story at this time when the media is struggling with prof ...
Kenya’s Fight to Save the Sea Turtles bears fruit
By Francis Mureithi
|mureithifrancis1964@gmail.com
As Atty Pye steps into one of the beachfront hotels on the South Coast in Mombasa, one may easily mistake him for an international tourist.
He heads to the reception and tells the receptionist, “I’m here to collect trash.”