Africa ECO News

20/04/2025

Any Luhya who believes that William Ruto will make Musalia Mudavadi president after 2032 is a day-dreamer who should slapped in the face to wake-up!

20/04/2025

The village mentality

28/12/2024

Major growth of clean energy limited the rise in global emissions in 2023

From 2019 to 2023, growth in clean energy was twice as large as that of fossil fuels. PHOTO/UGC/SCREENSHOT By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] Global energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions rose less strongly in 2023 than the year before even as total energy demand growth accelerated,....

28/12/2024

New study estimates 3.3 million green jobs for Africa by 2030

The renewable energy sector is expected to generate about 70% of these jobs, with approximately 1.7 million positions in solar power alone. PHOTO/FSD AFRICA By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] A new report suggests that a shift towards a greener economy could create millions of jobs in some....

28/12/2024

COMMENTARY | Recent floods havoc in East Africa, a wake-up call on climate finance and SDGs

Simon Stiell, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary, speaking during the COP28 in UAE. PHOTO/UN. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] Every year, African countries experience climate change impacts that include floods, mudslides, landslides, droughts and even lately cyclones yet they are the....

27/12/2024

Greenpeace Africa asks continent’s leaders to push for strong global treaties on plastics and oceans

African leaders told to push for laws to tackle the escalating plastic pollution crisis and overfishing in Africa’s waters. PHOTO/FILE By SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT [email protected] As African heads of states and governments gather at the 37th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on F...

27/12/2024

New study: South Africa takes lead in support of treaty to cut plastics production

The survey reveals consistent support for ambitious action on plastics across all countries. PHOTO/GREENPEACE. By SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT [email protected] Ahead of the fourth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC4) meeting for a Global Plastics Treaty to be held in Ottawa, Canada from....

27/12/2024

DP Gachagua’s bombshell on Adani Group scandals as he praises Kenyan journalists

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, addressing the media. PHOTO/UGC. By ABDULHAKIM SHERMAN [email protected] Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, has praised Kenyan journalists for exposing mega corruption in the public sector and asked them to continue speaking to power and hold the government...

27/12/2024

Environment: AfDB, Lake Chad Basin Commission sign MoU to restore Lake Chad

Ambassador Mamman Nuhu, Executive Secretary of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (seated, left) and African Development Bank VP for Regional Development, Integration and Business Delivery, Marie-Laure Akin-Olugbade (seated, right) sign MOU framework to restore the Lake Chad Basin. PHOTO/AfDB By SPECIAL...

27/12/2024

Unseen Threat: The broad-spectrum of mosquito-borne diseases

A mosquito. PHOTO/UGC. By COLLINS O. OJIEHANOR [email protected] in Lagos, Nigeria Mosquitoes are infamous for spreading malaria, but their role in transmitting other deadly diseases is less well-known. Beyond malaria, mosquitoes spread Dengue fever, Zika virus, Chikungunya, and Yellow fever...

26/12/2024

Health Alert: Concerns as climate change fuels zoonotic disease outbreaks

The spillover of viral pathogens from animals to humans has become a hot topic since the outbreak of COVID-19. IMAGE/UGC. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] Tola Barisa, a father of four from Banisa village in Tana River County, faced a dire situation after a six-month drought decimated his...