How solar energy restored survival hope in remote village in Zimbabwe as partnership with China powers agriculture in ‘forgotten’ region
Zindi Village, located in northern Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland Central Province, has witnessed a rapid transformation in agricultural development and the livelihoods of its residents in recent years as China-Zimbabwe agricultural cooperation prospers.
Report: Africa losing plant genetic diversity at pace that threatens food security, nutrition and resilience of agrifood systems
Despite the risks, the Third Report also identifies opportunities. Fourteen African countries report that 44 per cent of their seed collections have been studied and described, exceeding the global average, while 21 countries are actively breeding improved varieties of 81 crop species, including underutilised crops such as African eggplant, amaranth, moringa and indigenous vegetables.
China Focus: Year of the Horse’s Spring Festival Gala brings to fore China’s technological drift to robotics
Leading the charge was Unitree Robotics located in Hangzhou in east China, a returning performer that commanded attention on Monday night. Moving beyond the somewhat stiff dance routines of 2025, its new robots took centre stage in a martial arts spectacle, wielding swords and nunchucks alongside human masters from a renowned kung-fu school.
Kenya’s digital regulator Communication Authority launches sound broadcasting trial
With the new deployment, the Communication Authority said that Kenya joins a growing community of countries adopting or conducting digital radio trials as the next frontier in sound broadcasting.
Experts meet in Kenya to boost fintech solutions for cross-border trade in Africa
Vincent Ochieng, chief executive officer (CEO) of Yogupay, a pan-African fintech, observed that most intra-Africa trade is conducted in foreign currency such as the US dollars which exposes traders to volatile foreign exchange markets.
New files show fallen rapist Epstein pitched JPMorgan Chase on plan to get Bill Gates ‘more money for vaccines’
The pandemic preparedness infrastructure built in the years before the pandemic helped lead to this simulation, Ji wrote. According to The Hill, members of the US Congress began reviewing un-redacted versions of the documents on Monday.
‘Nature’ report shows serial sex paedophile Epstein’s ties with scientists were ‘deeper than previously known
Citing newly released documents from the US Department of Justice, the Nature report revealed that Epstein invested millions of US dollars in science projects and “maintained a list of nearly 30 top scientists”.
Covid: New evidence reveals US Defence Intelligence Agency suspected lab leak scenario in March 2020
The new material also shows the DIA’s detailed early assessment circulated through the agency’s top ranks just weeks into the pandemic, but the DIA’s official position remained that the virus’s origins were “unknown.”
Kenya unveils plan to shift fully to ‘green drive’, cut fossil-fuel imports and carbon footprint
Rising transport emissions also threaten climate resilience. The sector accounted for 13 per cent of national greenhouse gas emissions in 2015, projected to rise to 17 per cent by 2030 without corrective action. Between 2009 and 2019, domestic transport emissions rose by 59 per cent, largely due to road transport.
How vicious wars with new office over lucrative contracts, pressure for new voter register pushed IEBC chief executive out
Even more intriguing is the politics of the day. With Mt Kenya seemingly out of reach of President William Ruto – at last for the time being – the staffer explained that the commission is under pressure to register more voters in Rift Valley, western Kenya, Nyanza and north-eastern Kenya to make up for the deficit caused by Mt Kenya walkout.
