Environment & Science

When President William Ruto announced in May 2024 that Kenya would host a $1 billion geothermal-powered data center backed by Microsoft and Abu Dhabi’s G42, the project was hailed as a symbol of East Africa’s emergence as a tech hub. Less than two years later, that vision has collapsed — not because of geopolitics or […]

Kenya has shelved a $1 billion data center project backed by Microsoft and G42 over power constraints.

\n France Looks East as West African Alliances Crumble \n\n France is rewriting its African playbook. After a decade of military withdrawals, diplomatic humiliations, and growing resentment across the Sahel, President Emmanuel Macron is steering France toward Nairobi — literally. France is co-hosting a major Africa summit in the Kenyan capital, marking the first time

More than 320 million tapentadol pills – a synthetic opioid that is not approved for medical use in West Africa – have been exported from India to the region over the past three years, according to an investigative report published by Bellingcat on April 17, 2026, and corroborated by France24 reporting in early May 2026.

South Africa’s private sector expanded at its fastest pace in nearly four years in April 2026, defying expectations of a slowdown and offering a rare bright spot in an economy buffeted by currency weakness, energy price shocks, and global geopolitical turbulence. The S&P Global South Africa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose to 51.6 in April

In the hills of Tokai Park, within the sprawling Table Mountain National Park that sweeps along the Cape Peninsula, a small pink flower is staging a remarkable comeback. Erica verticillata — once extinct in the wild — now blooms in abundance, the result of a decades-long conservation effort that is being celebrated as a model

Waste pickers at Nairobi’s Dandora dumpsite are learning circular economy principles and business skills through a custom-designed board game.

Four mountain bongos — one of Africa’s most endangered antelope species — have been repatriated to Kenya after years in captivity at a Czech zoo, marking a landmark moment for conservation efforts that have been decades in the making. The animals arrived at an undisclosed Kenyan nature reserve in late April 2026, greeted by wildlife

Heavy rainfall triggers flash floods across Nairobi and northern Kenya, prompting emergency deployments by the Kenya Red Cross as residents in vulnerable areas face growing risk.