African farmers are seeding prosperity. Just ask the woman they call "Marie Nerica" who is sowing a new breed of Nerica rice in Sierra Leone. She now produces enough to sell the surplus in local markets and to the government. Her success sprang from the government's renewed commitment to agriculture, sealed when it recently signed a compact known as the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development ...
Two development organisations in Africa have come up with a new partnership to promote smallholder farmers, increase food production and achieve food security in Africa. According to a recent press release from Abuja, Nigeria, (dated November 9) the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (Agra) and the New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad) have formed a partnership that will link ...
If farmers want to cope with the changing climatic conditions especially droughts, they should adopt irrigation. Irrigating crops during droughts, even for scientifically improved crops, is important in case farmers want to achieve good yields.
President Museveni this week returned from the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Sharm el Sheik, Egypt, full of praises for the rising power in the East. The summit will have been watched very closely by other western powers which have traditionally enjoyed the most lucrative trade deals with the continent as well as the political and security deals that underline the trade.
Privatisation of Mombasa port has been put on hold as the government seeks to convince critics about its viability.
Nigeria qualified for the World Cup in a tense Group Two photo finish after beating brave Kenya 3-2 at Moi International Sports Centre on Saturday. The results pushed the Super Eagles to top position in the group with 12 points after long time table leaders Tunisia were beaten 1-0 by Mozambique in Maputo to remain with 11 points.
Courts have trouble convicting corrupt bureaucrats because colleagues help destroy incriminating evidence in a "scratch my back, I will scratch yours" syndicate, a minister has said.
Public debate on the new constitution starts on Tuesday after the Committee of Experts formally publishes its draft at KICC, Nairobi.
Kenyans' quest for a new constitution edged closer to reality after the harmonised draft constitution was published on Tuesday.
The United States has piled more pressure on Kenya to hunt down and handover Felicien Kabuga, the most wanted genocide fugitive believed to be hiding in Kenya.
Rwanda's application to join the Commonwealth is set to be approved at the summit of heads of state and government scheduled for Trinidad and Tobago later this month.
Zain Uganda is reported to have injected close to $2.5m in the R. Kelly "I believe" concert that will rock the whole of East Africa come 29, January 2009 at the Kampala's Lugogo indoor stadium.
Power in Kenya will be divided between a president and a prime minister under the new constitution. The draft, unlike the current law, is clear on the authority of the President and the PM.
Women are the most affected by the effects of climate change, the latest United Nations Population report has revealed.
African farmers are seeding prosperity. Just ask the woman they call 'Marie Nerica' who is sowing a new breed of Nerica rice in Sierra Leone. She now produces enough to sell the surplus in local markets and to the government.
