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 Nairobi, Kenya
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Eastern Africa horticulture industry launches platform to foster seamless trade africasciencenews.org/easter… via @afriscience

Eastern Africa horticulture industry launches platform to foster seamless trade

By Africa Science News Horticulture industry players drawn from nine Eastern African Countries on Tuesday, September.22 launched a platform to promote seamless trade in floriculture across the...

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Africa urged to integrate care for #TBSurvivors as lung disease persists after treatment africasciencenews.org/africa… via @afriscience

Africa urged to integrate care for TB survivors as lung disease persists after treatment

By Henry Neondo Scientists and health stakeholders are calling for African health systems to move beyond TB treatment and provide integrated long-term care for survivors facing post-tuberculosis lung...

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Africa already has answers to its #health challenges africasciencenews.org/africa… via @afriscience

Africa already has answers to its health challenges

By Phenyo Mokgothu Africa does not have to look beyond its borders for every answer to its health challenges. Much of the knowledge, expertise and data needed to find solutions already exist on the...

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Kenya’s Lung Health Services Face Major Gaps Beyond #Tuberculosis africasciencenews.org/kenyas… via @afriscience #TB #Health #TLH @KEMRI_Kenya @MOH_Kenya @LungHealthFdn

Kenya’s Lung Health Services Face Major Gaps Beyond Tuberculosis

By Henry Neondo NAIROBI, Kenya: Kenya’s efforts to tackle respiratory diseases need to move beyond tuberculosis (TB), with a new assessment revealing significant gaps in the availability of equipme...

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Sick and Jobless: Kenya’s Hidden Struggles of #SickleCell Survivors africasciencenews.org/sick-a… via @afriscience @MOH_Kenya #Health @LenahBosibori

Sick and Jobless: Kenya’s Hidden Struggles of Sickle Cell Survivors

By Lenah Bosibori NAIROBI, Kenya — For many young Kenyans, finding a job after college or university is difficult. For people living with sickle cell disease, however, getting a job can be only the...

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Horticulture Stakeholders to Meet in Nairobi to Tackle Regional Trade Hurdles africasciencenews.org/hortic… via @afriscience

Horticulture Stakeholders to Meet in Nairobi to Tackle Regional Trade Hurdles

By Lenah Bosibori NAIROBI, Kenya — For farmers growing fruits, vegetables and flowers across Eastern Africa, getting their produce to market can be as challenging as growing it. High freight costs,...

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After USAID Pullback, African Pension Funds Eye Healthcare as an Investment Opportunity africasciencenews.org/after-… via @afriscience @USAID #Pension @HealthCapAfrica #Health

After USAID Pullback, African Pension Funds Eye Healthcare as an Investment Opportunity

By Africa Scienc News With international donor funding for healthcare becoming increasingly uncertain following the pullback of USAID and other foreign assistance programmes, African financial...

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Kenya Urged to Build Stronger Pathway for Traditional Medicine africasciencenews.org/kenya-… via @afriscience #TraditionalMedicine #Health @MOH_Kenya @LenahBosibori

Kenya Urged to Build Stronger Pathway for Traditional Medicine

By Lenah Bosibori Kenya must develop a stronger pathway for integrating traditional medicine into the formal health system while ensuring safety, scientific evidence, and protection of indigenous...

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African Agricultural Universities Face Sustainability Test as TAGDev 2.0 Seeks to Transform Youth Skills and Food Systems #Agriculture #Universities africasciencenews.org/africa… via @afriscience

African Agricultural Universities Face Sustainability Test as TAGDev 2.0 Seeks to Transform Youth...

By Henry Neondo Africa’s efforts to transform its agricultural sector could increasingly depend on whether universities and technical institutions can move beyond traditional classroom-based training...

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El Niño returns, Africa’s food systems need better intelligence africasciencenews.org/s-el-n… via @afriscience

El Niño returns, Africa’s food systems need better intelligence

By Zoë Karl-Waithaka, Managing Director and Partner, BCG Kenya As warnings about a strengthening El Niño mount, governments, agribusinesses and farmers across Africa are once again preparing for...

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Kenyatta University hosts the African Universities #ClimateWeek2026 africasciencenews.org/africa… #AUCW2026 #ClimateChange @kunec250 @KenyattaUni
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One Problem, Seven Job Titles, and the Capital Trap Beneath Them All africasciencenews.org/one-pr… via @afriscience

One Problem, Seven Job Titles, and the Capital Trap Beneath Them All

Across African cross-border payments, seven different executives believe they are fighting seven different problems. They are wrong. They are fighting the same enemy, and it is sitting on their...

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SAA convenes high-level dialogue at Africa Agricultural Science Week, calls for paradigm shift in scaling proven innovations africasciencenews.org/saa-co… via @afriscience @SAA_africa

SAA convenes high-level dialogue at Africa Agricultural Science Week, calls for paradigm shift in...

Africa’s leading agricultural development organizations have called for a fundamental shift in how agricultural innovations are scaled, arguing that the continent’s greatest challenge is no longer...

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Kenya, Beginnings Fund Launch KSh10.4 Billion Initiative to Cut Maternal and Newborn Deaths #MNCH #Health africasciencenews.org/kenya-… via @afriscience

Kenya, Beginnings Fund Launch KSh10.4 Billion Initiative to Cut Maternal and Newborn Deaths

The Government of Kenya and the Beginnings Fund have signed a five-year cooperative agreement backed by USD 80 million (approximately KSh10.4 billion) to expand access to quality maternal and newborn...

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Funding Cuts Threaten HIV Gains as New Prevention and Treatment Breakthroughs Take Centre Stage at #AIDS2026 @iasociety africasciencenews.org/fundin… via @afriscience

Funding Cuts Threaten HIV Gains as New Prevention and Treatment Breakthroughs Take Centre Stage at...

By Henry Neondo RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Scientists gathering for the 26th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2026) have issued a stark warning that disruptions to the United States President’s...

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Kenyan Professor Kenneth Ngure Elected President of the International #AIDS Society in Brazil @iasociety #HIV africasciencenews.org/kenyan… via @afriscience

Kenyan Professor Kenneth Ngure Elected President of the International AIDS Society in Brazil

By Henry Neondo Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Kenya has secured a major milestone in global health leadership following the election of renowned HIV prevention scientist Professor Kenneth Ngure as...

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Cross-Border Cooperation Key in Fight Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease africasciencenews.org/cross-… via @afriscience #FMD

Cross-Border Cooperation Key in Fight Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease

Efforts to contain the spread of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) along the South Africa-Botswana border are gaining momentum as authorities intensify vaccination campaigns and strengthen regional...

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Africa Urged to Move Climate Adaptation from Promises to Action africasciencenews.org/africa… via @afriscience @AGNESAfrica1 #AfricaGroupofNegotiators #ClimateChange

Africa Urged to Move Climate Adaptation from Promises to Action

By Henry Neondo The Chair of the African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change (AGN), Nana Dr. Antwi-Boasiako Amoah, has called for urgent and practical action to strengthen climate adaptation...

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