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Nairobi River Cleanup: Reclaiming Our City, One Stretch at a Time📸 A still image. Gloves. Trash bags. Bulldozers. Youth ...
26/10/2025

Nairobi River Cleanup: Reclaiming Our City, One Stretch at a Time

📸 A still image. Gloves. Trash bags. Bulldozers. Youth teams. The Nairobi River is being reshaped—stone by stone, stretch by stretch.

From Lucky Summer to City Cotton, crews are clearing waste paths, laying sewer lines, and restoring riverbanks. In Korogocho, the Dandora dumpsite is being stabilized to protect the waterway. In Buruburu, river training works are deepening and widening the channel.

Near Globe Roundabout, 2.7 tons of waste were cleared in a single morning. No fanfare. Just action.

This is civic infrastructure in motion. It’s about reclaiming public space, restoring dignity, and building a cleaner, safer Nairobi.

💬 Would you join a cleanup?



IMAGE: DW

🚧 Cities Are Rewriting the Rules of the RoadFrom Barcelona’s “superblocks” to Nairobi’s Luthuli Avenue, global cities ar...
26/10/2025

🚧 Cities Are Rewriting the Rules of the Road

From Barcelona’s “superblocks” to Nairobi’s Luthuli Avenue, global cities are reclaiming up to 70% of street space from cars—prioritizing people, not traffic.

Why it matters:
• 🛍️ Pedestrian zones earn $300–$400 more per m² in retail revenue
• 🌍 Street redesign cuts transport emissions—no EVs required
• 📈 Walkable streets boost property values 4–8% faster

With $4.3T in global infrastructure decisions ahead, the future of urban mobility is on the line.

📍If you could redesign one street in your city, what would you prioritize—throughput, safety, or economic activation?

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IMAGE: Luthuli Avenue, Nairobi (C40 Cities)

Why African Indigenous Land Management Is Drawing BillionsWhen Kenya’s Northern Rangelands Trust won £41m (KSh 6.9b) fro...
25/10/2025

Why African Indigenous Land Management Is Drawing Billions

When Kenya’s Northern Rangelands Trust won £41m (KSh 6.9b) from the Green Climate Fund, it marked a shift: traditional land systems are now seen as credible climate solutions.

Across sub-Saharan Africa, community-led conservation investment rose 340% (2020–2024). In Zambia’s Kafue landscape, village cooperatives managing one million hectares cut deforestation from 2.1% to 0.4%, selling carbon credits to Microsoft and Shell.

Research by the World Resources Institute shows traditional tenure achieves conservation at 30–50% lower cost than state-run models. Pastoralist rangelands in East Africa store 15–20 tonnes of carbon per hectare, similar to forests but cheaper.

Land degradation costs Africa $68b (KSh 8.8t) annually (AfDB). Yet indigenous models generate both revenue and resilience. South Africa’s Kruger to Canyons Biosphere has earned $4.3m (KSh 555m) in carbon revenue and $12m (KSh 1.5b) in tourism since 2019.

Challenges persist: 90% of rural Africa lacks secure land rights, and intermediaries take up to 30% of carbon revenue. Still, projects like West Pokot’s conservancies — launched with **£2.4m (KSh 402m) — now yield 11% annual returns and a 22% rise in wildlife.

Africa needs $277b (KSh 35.8t) a year for climate adaptation. Indigenous land management won’t solve everything — but it’s proving cost-effective, scalable, and profitable.

👉 Read more on Ethical Business Africa


IMAGE: North Rangelands

Kenya Is Redefining Wellness: From Luxury to Local ImpactAcross Kenya, wellness is evolving. Not as imported indulgence,...
23/10/2025

Kenya Is Redefining Wellness: From Luxury to Local Impact

Across Kenya, wellness is evolving. Not as imported indulgence, but as something rooted in culture, community, and sustainability.

🌍 In Nairobi, WellNia Global designs wellness tools in Swahili and English, tailored to Kenyan women’s lives.
🏢 Wellness Initiatives Consulting helps companies improve employee health through data-driven programmes.
🌿 At Mukima Manor, wellness meets conservation—every stay supports rewilding and rural livelihoods.

This is wellness that works: in offices, on farms, in forests, and in everyday routines.

It’s time to build wellness that reflects Kenyan realities, not foreign templates.

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Kenya’s Biomethane Dream Is Slipping AwayKenya has the feedstock, the technical know-how, and the climate goals. So why ...
23/10/2025

Kenya’s Biomethane Dream Is Slipping Away

Kenya has the feedstock, the technical know-how, and the climate goals. So why is its biomethane sector struggling?

Despite abundant agricultural waste and a fossil fuel import bill of KSh 930 billion ($6B), local biogas producers are being squeezed out by cheap, imported biofuels—some of questionable origin.

🚜 Farmers like Risper Bett in Kericho are proving the potential:
✅ Clean cooking from biogas
✅ Biofertilizer that boosts crop yields
✅ Reduced reliance on firewood and chemical inputs

But the system isn’t working.
📉 Only 2.8 MW of agricultural biogas capacity exists.
📉 Imported fuels receive bonus credits, collapsing local prices.
📉 Government tenders prioritize cost over sustainability.

Meanwhile, countries like South Africa and Morocco are scaling up biomethane with smart policies and verified markets.

🔍 Kenya’s 2020–2027 Bioenergy Strategy set bold goals:
➡️ Universal clean cooking by 2028
➡️ Biomethane for transport and industry
➡️ 32% emissions cut by 2030

But without market protections, financing tools, and verified sustainability standards, the promise remains unfulfilled.

💡 It’s time to move from strategy to action.
💬 Follow us for more insights on Africa’s energy transition.
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Kenya invests Ksh 37.8B to close green skills gap and unlock clean energy jobsKenya is leading Africa’s energy transitio...
22/10/2025

Kenya invests Ksh 37.8B to close green skills gap and unlock clean energy jobs

Kenya is leading Africa’s energy transition — but a shortage of skilled workers threatens to stall progress. With 90% of its electricity already renewable, the country is scaling up geothermal, solar and wind projects. The challenge? Not enough technicians, engineers, or project managers to deploy and maintain the infrastructure.

To fix this, Kenya has launched a Ksh 10.9B ($70M) workforce development plan, expected to unlock Ksh 37.8B ($243M) in public and private investment. Training centres like KenGen’s Geothermal Training Centre and the Geothermal Development Company’s Centre of Excellence are retraining professionals from oil, gas and mining. Private firms are building their own bootcamps and apprenticeships to fill the gap faster.

🌍 This isn’t just Kenya’s story — it’s Africa’s. The continent must quadruple renewable capacity by 2030, and that means millions of new jobs. But only if the workforce is ready.

📢 Follow Ethical Business Africa for more updates — and read the full analysis at [www.ethicalbusiness.africa](http://www.ethicalbusiness.africa)

💬 What does this mean for Africa’s energy future, education systems and youth employment? Let us know in the comments.

Africa’s Climate Transition: The Clock Is TickingIn April 2025, floods tore through Kenya’s Rift Valley—displacing thous...
21/10/2025

Africa’s Climate Transition: The Clock Is Ticking

In April 2025, floods tore through Kenya’s Rift Valley—displacing thousands and destroying infrastructure worth over Ksh 13.5 billion (US$90 million). It wasn’t just a natural disaster. It was a wake-up call.

Across the continent, businesses are being forced to confront a new reality: climate change is no longer a distant threat. It’s here—and it’s reshaping everything from banking to education to insurance.

💡 What’s changing:
• Kenya Commercial Bank and Access Bank Plc are shifting billions into green finance—but SMEs still struggle to access affordable capital.
• University of Nairobi and Strathmore University are turning campuses into climate labs—but lack the funding tools of their global peers.
• Jubilee Insurance is pricing climate risk into premiums—but coverage remains out of reach for many who need it most.

Africa contributes less than 4% of global emissions, yet faces some of the harshest climate impacts. The question isn’t whether to act—it’s whether corporate leadership can scale fast enough to matter.

📖 Read the full analysis via our website

💬 What role should business play in Africa’s climate future? Let us know in the comments.

East Africa’s Carbon Market: Opportunity or Fragmentation?East Africa could unlock $6 billion a year in carbon revenues ...
11/10/2025

East Africa’s Carbon Market: Opportunity or Fragmentation?

East Africa could unlock $6 billion a year in carbon revenues and create 30 million green jobs by 2030. But a patchwork of regulations is threatening to derail the region’s climate finance ambitions.

🇰🇪 Kenya leads with bold benefit-sharing rules—up to 40% of earnings go to local communities. But a recent court ruling shows that without clear consent procedures, even the best frameworks can collapse.

🇷🇼 Rwanda is betting on digital precision and high-integrity credits. Its carbon registry and Green Taxonomy are attracting global partners—but its reluctance to coordinate regionally could backfire.

🇹🇿🇺🇬 Tanzania and Uganda have strong laws on paper, but weak implementation. Projects are stalled, revenues unrealized, and investor confidence shaken.

🇪🇹 Ethiopia has the most ambitious strategy—$1B+ in bilateral deals, 9M carbon units issued—but it’s still building the legal and administrative muscle to deliver.

⚠️ Without regional harmonisation, East Africa risks regulatory arbitrage, fragmented markets, and missed opportunities.

✅ The path forward: clear laws, strong institutions, and cross-border collaboration.

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🇷🇼✈️ Rwanda didn’t just let drones fly. It rewrote the rules of the sky.In 2018, while Silicon Valley debated how to reg...
11/10/2025

🇷🇼✈️ Rwanda didn’t just let drones fly. It rewrote the rules of the sky.

In 2018, while Silicon Valley debated how to regulate unmanned aircraft, Rwanda did something radical: it stopped prescribing how drones should fly, and started defining what safe flying looks like.

The result?
🚁 75%+ of blood deliveries outside Kigali now use drones
⏱️ Delivery times dropped from 139 mins (road) to 41 mins (air)
❤️ Maternal deaths from postpartum hemorrhage fell by 51%
📦 Blood wastage dropped by 67%

Rwanda’s secret? Performance-based regulation.
Instead of telling operators how to meet safety standards, it asked them to *prove* they could. That shift turned Rwanda into a global sandbox for drone innovation—attracting $150M+ in tech investment and inspiring regulators from Kenya to South Africa.

This was regulatory courage.

Now Rwanda is applying the same model to autonomous air taxis. And the world is watching.

💡 What if Africa wrote its own tech ethics playbook?
💬 What other sectors could benefit from outcome-based regulation?

👇 Drop your thoughts. Tag a policymaker. Let’s rethink the rules of innovation.



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Will Kenya’s housing levy ever house those who fund it?Kenyans have contributed Ksh 46 billion (US$355 million) through ...
10/10/2025

Will Kenya’s housing levy ever house those who fund it?

Kenyans have contributed Ksh 46 billion (US$355 million) through the Affordable Housing Levy, yet by April 2025 fewer than 140,000 homes had been completed or were under construction — far from the 500,000 promised.

The Mortgage Refinance Company (KMRC) was created to make home loans affordable, but Kenya still has under 30,000 active mortgages. High land costs and weak oversight keep “affordable” units out of reach for many.

Projects like the Affordable Housing Project, supported by wa Wanavijiji, -Kenya, and Mashinani Trust, show that community-led planning can work. Sanitation coverage in Mukuru improved from 47% to 100%, proving inclusion delivers results — though many residents still cannot afford to return.

Kenya’s housing future depends on fairness, transparency, and financial innovation.

👉 Read the full investigation on Business Africa website and join the discussion on how Africa can build housing systems that are inclusive and genuinely affordable.



Image: Boma Yetu/King's Orchids/Thika Affordable Housing Project

Kenya’s Corporate Climate Action Gains GroundKenya’s largest firms are making bold climate commitments — but are they ma...
08/10/2025

Kenya’s Corporate Climate Action Gains Ground

Kenya’s largest firms are making bold climate commitments — but are they matching words with measurable impact? Our latest Corporate Impact special report analyses how leading companies are integrating sustainability into their core strategies.

From Safaricom PLC’s green supply chain investments and KCB Group PLC’s sustainable finance portfolio, to Ololo Farm’s regenerative agriculture model and Mukuru Clean Stoves’ clean cooking innovations, we unpack who’s walking the talk.

Also featured: Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) policies steering green finance, Lake Turkana Wind Power’s renewable footprint, and Masinga Dam’s hydropower story.

Read more in the full report and discover how corporate Kenya is shaping a more sustainable economy. 🌍

👉 [Read the full story on Ethical Business Africa]( #)

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Africa’s Cities are Going Digital. But Who Gains?From the dusty plains of Machakos County, Kenya is building Konza Techn...
02/10/2025

Africa’s Cities are Going Digital. But Who Gains?

From the dusty plains of Machakos County, Kenya is building Konza Technopolis, a $14.5 billion “Silicon Savannah” with smart grids, IoT sensors and a renewable-powered data centre. In Rwanda, the $300 million Kigali Innovation City aims to create over 50,000 jobs and turn the country into a regional tech hub.

These mega-projects show ambition, but the real breakthroughs may be smaller. In Kigali, low-cost sensors are already helping to track pollution hotspots. In Nairobi, simple SMS tools are giving commuters better traffic data. These affordable fixes are improving lives today.

📊 Why it matters:
✔️ Africa’s cities will be home to 1.5 billion people by 2050 (UN).
✔️ Infrastructure gaps already cost economies up to 4% of GDP (AfDB).
✔️ The smart city market in Africa is expected to hit $2.36 billion by 2029.

The real challenge is not just building “smart” cities, but making sure they are inclusive, affordable and people-centred. Technology must work for everyone, not just investors.

💬 What do you think? Should Africa focus more on building new mega smart cities, or on upgrading existing ones with practical tools like sensors and mobile platforms?

👉 Read the full analysis on Ethical Business Africa.

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