Homes, infrastructure and farmland have also been damaged. Massive floods are sweeping through countries across East Africa, with the El Nino weather phenomenon partly to blame. Tanzania’s government said 400 rescue workers have been sent to the northern Hanang district. However, rescuers are operating under challenging conditions, such as defective telecommunications and blocked, damaged roads, […]
1.8 million hectares of national parks will be covered in the proposed carbon project developed by TANAPA and Carbon Tanzania The collaboration will enable the creation of an internationally recognized Carbon Project – paving the way for sustainable conservation funding Carbon Tanzania are attending COP28 to promote the importance of public-private partnerships to scale nature-based […]
Communities around the world face increasingly severe and frequent impacts from climate change. They are on the “frontlines” of droughts, flooding, desertification and sea level rise. International climate finance is supposed to help. In the 2015 Paris Agreement, the world’s wealthiest countries pledged US$50 billion annually to support climate adaptation among those “particularly vulnerable” to climate change. Climate adaptation is the […]
Hydropower generation likely to be affected by climate change – African countries must be prepared Hydropower provides clean electricity to millions in Africa. It’s the largest source of renewable energy on the continent and accounts for nearly one quarter of total electricity generation in sub-Saharan Africa. Some countries, however, have a much heavier reliance on it than others. For […]
The President of the United Republic of Tanzania, H.E. Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan, and her guest, the President of Romania, H.E. Klaus Iohannis, witnessed the signing of cooperation agreements, including an agreement signed by the Vice Chancellor of Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Prof. Raphael Chibunda, and the Minister of State for Global Affairs and […]
Vaileth Chiwango, a student from Katavi Campus at Sokoine University of Agriculture, received three awards, including the Best Female Student and the Best Third-Year Student in the course of Beekeeping and its Resource Management. She plans to use these awards to bring change to the community, especially those who practice traditional beekeeping, by introducing […]
The distribution of awards to students who perform well in their studies and employees at the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) has been a motivation to continue performing well and giving the university a good reputation both inside and outside the university, making it a catalyst for other universities in the country. The distribution of […]
Hydropower provides clean electricity to millions in Africa. It’s the largest source of renewable energy on the continent and accounts for nearly one quarter of total electricity generation in sub-Saharan Africa. Some countries, however, have a much heavier reliance on it than others. For instance, hydropower accounts for at least 80% of electricity generation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, […]
Indigenous knowledge and traditional practices have played a critical role in development all over the world. For centuries, various disciplines ranging from medicine to biodiversity conservation have drawn on these resources. On the African continent, societies have been guided by a wide range of beliefs, norms, customs and procedures in managing their ecological and social systems. For […]
Sub-Saharan African countries strongly rely on the agricultural and forestry sectors. Agriculture contributes up to 60% of some countries’ gross domestic product. But the sector is highly vulnerable to climate change because it relies heavily on climatic factors. This vulnerability is particularly marked in the region because of its slow rate of technological advancement. As economists we […]