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Launch of Africa Climate Smart Agriculture (ACSAA) Forum

The vulnerability of Africa to climate change and it’s interlinkages to poverty and food in-security are well documented. Africa’s growing population and a declining agricultural productivity, presents a major challenge to the continent’s development propects. There is a need to develop strategies that can support sustainable increase in agricultural productivity to generate wealth and build […]

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May 17, 2015/0 Comments/by Mao Amis
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Green growth in the Lake Victoria River Basin

On 13th October 2014, Africege delivered a keynote presentation on implementing green growth approaches in Mt Elgon ecosystem, Lake Victoria river basin. This meeting which was organised by the Lake Victoria River Basin Commission (LVRB), brought together key stakeholders both from Kenya and Uganda and included government officials, private sector and farmers. Lake Victoria is the […]

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October 25, 2014/0 Comments/by Mao Amis
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Africege authors report on climate change adaptation in Southern Africa

On the 1st of October 2014, a report by AFRICEGE on climate change adaptation in southern Africa was launched by His Royal Highness, Prince Seeiso Bereng Seeiso of the Kingdom of Lesotho. The launch too place during the 2014 FANRPAN Annual High Level Food and Nutrition Security Multi-stakeholder Dialogue which was held from the 29th […]

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October 10, 2014/0 Comments/by Mao Amis
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Inclusive green economy requires bottom-up approach

THE risk of climate change is all around us and it is quite apparent that the most vulnerable in society are bearing the brunt of this risk. Whether you speak to smallholder farmers in the rolling slopes of the Rwenzori mountains in Uganda, where rainfall has dropped by more than 20% or you speak to […]

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June 23, 2014/0 Comments/by Mao Amis
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“Pitch For Nature” – Business & the value of nature

Pitch For Nature” – Business & the value of nature

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March 21, 2014/0 Comments/by Mao Amis
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Energy access a key priority for Africa in South-South cooperation***

Most people who have lived in sub-Saharan Africa have a personal tale about access to electricity or lack thereof. Whether it is ‘blackouts’ that last several days or having to put up with noisy diesel powered generators in the neighbourhood, Africa’s struggle for reliable power supply is all too evident. My own experience is no […]

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March 18, 2014/0 Comments/by Mao Amis
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Happy New Year from Africege

As we usher in the New Year, we would like to thank many individuals and organizations that have supported us in the past year. Since the launch of Africege in March 2013, we have made significant progress and have laid a very strong foundation to move us forward. We are very excited about the prospects […]

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January 1, 2014/0 Comments/by Mao Amis
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Thank you Madiba

As the world descends on South Africa to pay their tributes to Nelson Mandela, the African Centre for a Green Economy (Africege) would like to echo all the voices that are celebrating one of the most iconic figures of our lifetime. Mandela was not only a statesman but also an embodiment of what the human […]

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December 10, 2013/0 Comments/by Mao Amis
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South Africa shows leadership in the transition to a green economy

In 2008 South Africans had a first hand experience of lack of energy insecurity, as a result of massive power cuts across the country with major implications on the economy. Even though energy access remains elusive to sections of South African society, especially the poor and rural dwellers in general the government of South Africa […]

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November 4, 2013/0 Comments/by Mao Amis
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AFRICEGE Board Member co-authors a book

We are proud to announce that one of our board members and co-founder of Africege, Dr Sepo Hachigonta has co-authored a book on climate change and agriculture in Southern Africa, entitled Southern African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis. The book was recently launched at the high level regional dialogue on climate smart agriculture. […]

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September 19, 2013/0 Comments/by Mao Amis
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