Kenyan agtech Shamba Pride raises $3.7M to grow its merchant network
Shamba Pride has since 2016 worked to enhance last-mile distribution for farm inputs and tackle price exploitation and quality issues for farmers through its merchant network dubbed digishops. The agtech has, so far, built a network of merchants (agro-dealers) extending across 24 counties in…#shambapride #kenya #tanzania #uganda #zambia #sav #graymatterscapital #samuelmunguti #techcruch #buynowpaylater (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Kenya: Kenyan Health Workers On Alert Over U.S. Funding for HIV/Aids Fight
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] When Minne Gachau's husband died from AIDS-related complications in 2006, she was still in denial about being HIV-positive herself - too scared to confide in friends and relatives in her home in Nakuru, a city in Kenya's Rift Valley. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - January 22, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV-Aids and STDs East Africa Health and Medicine Kenya Source Type: news
Africa in debt spiral as restructuring efforts drag on
While the explosion of debt is throwing a shadow over global economic growth, experts warn that Sub-Saharan Africa, where several countries are already in default, is experiencing its worst-ever crisis. The rise in interest rates and over-indebtedness is already crimping the ability of countries…#africa #african #worldeconomicforum #davos #globalsouth #kenyan #attiyawaris #unitednations #worldbank #ghana (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Kenya Barris ’ Richard Pryor Biopic Is a 10-Episode Series; New ‘Wizard of Oz’ Is Set in Inglewood and ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ Remake Has POC Lead: ‘I’m Still…
Richard Pryor joined the Variety Studio presented by Audible at the Sundance Film Festival and provided some new updates on three of his most high-profile new projects. It was announced back in 2020 that Barris was set to direct a biopic on Richard Pryor, one of the most influential comedians of…#richardpryor #varietystudio #sundancefilmfestival #barris #ho #davechappelle #wizardofoz #itsawonderfullife #bottoms #inglewood (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Rhinos at risk as temperatures set to become deadly
As temperatures rise amid climate change, the world's remaining rhinos may not be able to withstand the sweltering weather. Both black and white rhinos across southern Africa are expected to be severely impacted by the climate change-driven increasing temperatures facing national parks, where a…#africa #biodiversity #rhinos #hlelowenkhosismamba #african #southafrica #namibia #zimbabwe #kenya #botswana (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Kenya begins relocating 21 black rhinos to save them from extinction
Semafor Signals With insights from Mongabay, Phys.org, and The New York Times The News The Kenyan government began an extensive rhino relocation project this week, and plans to move 21 of the critically endangered species to a new home in Central Kenya. The nation’s rhino population is slowly…#mongabay #physorg #news #kenyan #centralkenya #kenya #mohamedawer #rhinos #voa #jamesmwenda (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tanzania blocks Kenyan Airways passenger flights in response to Kenya blocking its cargo flights
Tanzania on Monday announced it had withdrawn approval for neighboring Kenya's flagship carrier Kenya Airways to operate a passenger service between the countries beginning next week. A statement from the Tanzanian Civil Aviation authority said the move was in response to Kenya Civil Aviation…#tanzania #kenya #kenyaairways #airtanzania #tanzanian #kenyan #eastafrican #uganda #landlockeduganda #ugandanationaloilco (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Flooding in the urban fringes: analysis of flood inundation and hazard levels within the informal settlement of Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya - Juma B, Olang LO, Hassan MA, Chasia S, Mulligan J, Shiundu PM.
Overlapping conditions of rapid urbanisation and climate change across developing countries are threatening the capacity of cities to manage climate risks, especially in the flood-exposed low-income peripheral areas. Limited studies have applied hydrodynam... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news
Web3 in Africa: Regulatory Challenges Impede Potential Transformation
As Africa‘s Web3 landscape gains momentum, it faces significant regulatory hurdles that threaten to stifle its transformative potential. Jathin Jagannath, a developer advocate for Cartesi, a Web3 rollup protocol, has pinpointed regulatory uncertainties as a major obstacle in Africa’s Web3 journey.…#jathinjagannath #africa #africans #emurgoafrica #kenya #nigeria #southafrica #israelayodeji #african #oxfordbusinessschool (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Economic ornithology
But a hundred years ago, birds were seen as the best remedy for the weeds and insect pests that threatened the country’s food supply and cost farmers hundreds of millions of dollars every year. And in order to identify the precise impact that birds had on agriculture, a field called economic…#gilberttrafton #substack #robertfrancis #viaphilipwallach #economist #tatucity #kenya #perudepartmentofuhoh (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Trump's history of launching " birther " conspiracy theories against rivals
Former President Trump resumed old tricks this week against a new target — fellow Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley. The big picture: Trump has a history of launching racist "birther" conspiracies against opponents, particularly to discredit those he sees as a direct threat to him.…#nikkihaley #trump #newhampshire #gatewaypundit #haley #12thamendment #hawaii #kenya #tedcruz #kamalaharris (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Kenya: Food for Education Expands School Feeding Program in 5 Counties
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Food for Education has expanded its school feeding program in five counties, including Nairobi, Kiambu, Muranga, Mombasa, and Kisumu. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 11, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Education Health and Medicine Kenya Nutrition Source Type: news
Kenya: Girl, 15, Launches Vaccination Campaign for Dogs and Cats to Protect Nairobi Residents Against Rabies
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Nina Ng'ang'a, a fifteen-year-old and the creative mind behind the acclaimed children's book "Nina and Rocksoft Adventures: The Helpless Zebra" is spearheading a vaccination campaign aimed at eliminating rabies, a viral disease transmitted through animal bites, within Nairobi County. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 11, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Kenya Source Type: news
SAP to pay $222 million to settle US bribery charges
SAP, the German software company, agreed to pay about $222 million to resolve investigations into bribery schemes in seven countries, U.S. authorities said on Wednesday. The U.S. Department of Justice said SAP has entered a three-year deferred prosecution agreement to resolve criminal charges that…#sap #indonesia #southafrica #azerbaijan #ghana #kenya #tanzania #jessicaaber #easterndistrict #virginia (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Consumer group sues Starbucks over ‘ethical’ sourcing claims
A U.S. consumer group sued Starbucks SBUX-Q on Wednesday, accusing the Seattle-based coffee chain of falsely advertising its tea and coffee as “ethically” sourced while obtaining it from farms plagued by human rights abuses in Kenya, Brazil and Guatemala. The National Consumers League said in a…#starbuckssbuxq #seattle #kenya #brazil #guatemala #starbucks #cooperatives #brazilian #unitedkingdoms #districtofcolumbias (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
