Sand dams empowering communities in Kenya’s Makueni County
By Njeri Murigi | healthjournalist3@gmail.com Every morning before sunrise, Diana Nduku Mutua would begin the long, exhausting walk to fetch water for her family. During the dry months, the journey…
Kitchen gardens improving community’s food security
By Agatha Ngotho | angotho@gmail.com In Doldol, Laikipia County, climate change is no longer a topic of discussion in policy rooms. It is felt in the scorching sun, shrinking pasturelands…
Weak policy delivery leaves millions at risk of hunger in Africa
By Cece Siago | siagocece@gmail.com Senior government officials have warned that weak implementation of farming policies is leaving millions vulnerable to hunger, calling for a shift from policy design to…
Innovations that spur fruit farming in eastern Kenya
By Christine Ochogo | christawine@yahoo.com In the semi-arid lands of Makueni County which lies roughly 100-150 km South-East of Nairobi, Kenya, fruit farming is a key source of livelihood. The…
Scaling science journalism at Maseno University
By Bernard Morara | morara@meshascience.org Maseno University journalism students on February 20, 2026 gained skills on gender and climate reporting from experts and practitioners. Through a Science Media Cafe organised…
MESHA 2025 Annual Report: Celebrating science journalism across Africa
By Bernard Morara | morara@meshascience.org The Media for Environment, Science, Health and Agriculture in Kenya (MESHA) has published its 2025 Annual Report that has been hailed as a true testimony…
Sayansi Magazine – Edition 43
Explore how climate change is reshaping public health across Africa in this issue of Sayansi Magazine. From rising heat and disease outbreaks to community resilience and innovation, these stories bring…
Stories about rising heat, disease outbreaks and shifting health systems
By Violet Otindo | violet@meshascience.org Stories of men and women tilling land and working on their farms for months only to be rewarded with crop failure or the entire farms…
Drought pushes women to climate-smart goat farming in Eastern Kenya
By Agatha Ngotho I angotho@gmail.com When the rains began to fail more often than they came, Doris Kanario knew she needed an income source that could survive drought as reliably…
Mongabay calls for more collaboration as it launches Swahili platform
By Beryl Bridgit Odhiambo | berylbridgitodhiambo@gmail.com Conservation news outlet Mongabay will on Tuesday March 10, 2026 launch its Swahili platform; which will serve the more than 200 million Swahili speakers…
