Dubbed a 'national treasure' in Kenya, Big Tim died in a national park from natural causes, wildlife officials say.
One of Africa's last remaining giant "tusker" elephants has died in Kenya aged 50…
There's growing alarm in East Africa about huge swarms of desert locusts which are spreading across the region.
The swarms have been destroying vegetation, forcing farmers into desperate measures.…
NAIROBI - Kenya said on Saturday it had started aerial spraying in three counties in the country’s north to try to head off a locust invasion which has already caused extensive damage to farmland in…
Uhuru dam in Ruiru burst its banks early Thursday morning following heavy rainfall.
Residents of Varsityville estate in Kamakis are affected amid reports of flooded homes.
The water reservoir,…
Kenya's successful conservation model - which has protected wildlife for decades - may be on the verge of crumbling.
Nairobi, Kenya - The giraffes peeked out from above the trees, perhaps curious to…
Kenya: Site of GivePower’s Solar Water Farm
Kiunga, Kenya is a small fishing community of about 3500 people located just a few miles south of the Somalian border. The village is situated along the…
Inaugural World Poverty Forum – dubbed ‘Davos with the poor’ – to take place in Kenya’s Kibera to ensure voices of poorest are heard.
A global conference on poverty is to take place in Africa’s…
In 2016, entrepreneur Ritesh Doshi was burnt out and uncertain of what he wanted to do next. For the previous five years, he had devoted himself to running the Naked Pizza franchise in Kenya. The…
Kenya recently launched the Lake Turkana Wind Power project, Africa’s largest wind energy project and the biggest public-private investment in Kenyan history. The wind farm will produce 300MW of low-…
This invasive plant was reviled for clogging rivers but now it’s helping provide cleaner energy and protect health.
It is 9am on the shores of Lake Victoria’s Winam Gulf in Kenya’s Kisumu county.…
In Kenya, over 70 universities are being called on by the UN Environment Programme and the Kenyan Government to work together and transform their campuses to be the “greenest in the world”. This…
Lake Turkana in northern Kenya is now home to over 300 wind turbines, launching Africa's largest wind power project.
Friday saw the launch of Africa's largest wind power project to date. Set on the…
The Chinese government takes a rather blunderbus approach to renewable energy policy. For years, it offered generous subsidies for renewables and saw installed capacity for wind and solar soar. But…
With the start of operation of the first unit of the new Olkaria V geothermal power plant by Kenya Electricity Generation Company (KenGen), we reported earlier today, Kenya has overtaken Iceland in…
The rise of decentralized renewable energy as a solution to electrification rates across Africa—the slowest growing globally—is also bringing with it a solution to high unemployment.
As startups in…
Kenya is celebrating the launch of Africa’s largest wind power farm, after the 310 MWLake Turkana Wind Power project was inaugurated last Friday by the country’s President, Uhuru Kenyatta.
“Today,…
The Geothermal Development Cooperation (GDC) has trained 20 geologists from four African countries on collection of geosciences data and information in a move aimed at unlocking the continent’s…
President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday commissioned the Lake Turkana Wind Power farm, Africa’s largest wind power project, with an installed capacity of 310 megawatts of clean, reliable and low cost…
Kenya has been urged to halt construction of the country’s first ever coal-powered plant near the coastal town of Lamu, until an assessment is made of its environmental and cultural impact, in the…
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