Dar es Salaam, 09/11/2021 According to COP26 UK Presidency, Tanzania is among the 45 countries that have pledged urgent action and investment to protect nature and shift to more sustainable farming methods. Tanzania supports Sustainable Agriculture Policy Action Agenda for the Transition to Sustainable Agriculture and Global Action Agenda for Innovation in Agriculture, alongside Australia, Uganda, Madagascar, India, Vietnam,…

Read More

NAIROBI, Kenya, November 9, 2021/ — By James Bayhack, Director for Sub-Saharan Africa at CM.com From lockdowns, third waves and vaccine rollouts to digital innovations, eCommerce booms and riot-related supply chain struggles, 2021 has been eventful – to say the least. For many Kenyan businesses, 2020 set the tone for what to expect this year, especially in terms of digital…

Read More

NAIROBI, Kenya, November 9, 2021/ — By James Bayhack, Director for Sub-Saharan Africa at CM.com From lockdowns, third waves and vaccine rollouts to digital innovations, eCommerce booms and riot-related supply chain struggles, 2021 has been eventful – to say the least. For many Kenyan businesses, 2020 set the tone for what to expect this year, especially in terms of digital…

Read More

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, November 9, 2021/ — As Africa’s economy recovers from the impact of the pandemic, how are ports keeping up? Not quickly enough — according to The Star’s (Kenyan Newspaper) report “Africa’s Ports: Rapid Transformation”. The report points to the fact that the existing infrastructure at many ports is insufficient for current demand. At the same time,…

Read More

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, November 9, 2021/ — As Africa’s economy recovers from the impact of the pandemic, how are ports keeping up? Not quickly enough — according to The Star’s (Kenyan Newspaper) report “Africa’s Ports: Rapid Transformation”. The report points to the fact that the existing infrastructure at many ports is insufficient for current demand. At the same time,…

Read More

Press release issued on behalf of the UK COP26 Presidency 45 governments pledge urgent action and investment to protect nature and shift to more sustainable ways of farming  95 high profile companies from a range of sectors commit to being ‘Nature Positive’, agreeing to work towards halting and reversing the decline of nature by 2030  Today marks end of…

Read More

Press release issued on behalf of the UK COP26 Presidency 45 governments pledge urgent action and investment to protect nature and shift to more sustainable ways of farming  95 high profile companies from a range of sectors commit to being ‘Nature Positive’, agreeing to work towards halting and reversing the decline of nature by 2030  Today marks end of…

Read More

Read More

Community-held lands sequester over 250 billion metric tonnes of carbon, and lack of secure rights threatens release of much of this carbon into the atmosphere through deforestation GLASGOW (6 November 2021) — New research released at the UNFCCC COP reveals that 958 million hectares (mha) of Indigenous and community territories contain over 250 billion metric tonnes of carbon. However, these communities only…

Read More

African leaders and experts met at the sidelines of the COP26 Climate Summit Tuesday to discuss the steps towards the achievement of AFR100, a pledge made in 2015 to restore more than 100 million hectares of degraded lands by 2030.  The AFR100 (the African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative) is a country-led effort to bring 100 million hectares of land in…

Read More