While technological advancement continues to reshape agriculture globally, its potential in the African context is both profound and complex. Given that the agricultural sector is largely composed of resource-poor smallholders, the integration of technology faces inherent limitations, often operating at a more foundational and fragmented level.
In Kenya’s informal settlements, electricity access remains a persistent socio-technical challenge shaped by the tension between the national utility’s push for formal connections and the entrenched presence of informal electricity providers, often called cartels.
Across much of sub-Saharan Africa, cooking is still very much a smoky affair for both rural and urban households. Despite decades of policy ambition and investment, biomass remains a dominant player in the cooking landscape.
Written by Nuvoni Post Date October 18, 2024 Category News Disaster Risk in a discursive African-Afropean-Afropolitan space Introduction In June 25-28th 2025 Beatrice Hati, Mark Ojal, and
We are pleased to share the final outputs from our project, “The Nairobi River as a Driver for Circular Communities”
The adverse impacts of climate change seem to be ramping up. These effects are more exacerbated in developing countries where most economies are reliant on the agricultural sector, leaving them exposed to the ravaging effects of extreme weather patterns, water scarcity and soil degradation, which have led to reduced productivity