Environment

Erica Vogel akipiga picha. Picha kwa hisani ya Erica Vogel Siku ya Pamba Duniani inapokaribia tarehe 7 Oktoba, Afrika ina fursa ya kutafakari jinsi sekta yake ya pamba inavyoweza kuchangia zaidi maendeleo ya kilimo, ajira […]

Dr David Kabata , holding cotton in the Bt seed production demo farm at Kirinyaga University, Kirinyaga County. Photo Milliam Murigi, bird story agency At Kirinyaga University, researchers are testing whether Kenya can produce quality […]

Erica Vogel posing for a picture. Photo Courtesy: Erica Vogel As World Cotton Day approaches on 7 October, Africa has an opportunity to consider how its cotton industry can contribute more to agricultural development, employment […]

PHOTO: bird story agency Africa grows plenty of cotton. It just does not make much of it into clothes. A new $5 billion plan aims to change that, turning a scattered collection of cotton producers […]

Sidonie Sawadogo en train de tisser à son poste de travail. Photo : Oumarou Konate, bird story agency Le Faso Dan Fani, pagne tissé emblématique du Burkina Faso, évolue avec l’essor du coton biologique, la […]

748 Air Services Head of Flight Operations, Captain Ayub Gitau during an Interview with bird story agency. Photo: Conrad Onyango, bird story agency Africa is moving away from old colonial-era air routes built to link […]

Sidonie Sawadogo weaving at her work station. Photo: Oumarou Konate, bird story agency Faso Dan Fani, Burkina Faso’s distinctive woven cloth, is evolving with the growth of organic cotton, efforts to combat counterfeiting and improvements […]

Ruth Njeri Kabiru posing for a picture in her farm in Nakuru County, Kenya on September 3, 2026. Photo: Stacey Kakea, bird story agency After the corporate job she had dreamed of did not materialise, […]