Poor waste management is a major challenge across East Africa, leading to polluted environments, disease outbreaks, and degraded land. However, this discarded material is not trash; it is a misplaced resource. By shifting our perspective and adopting a Circular Economy mindset, communities can transform this environmental problem into a significant source of income and empowerment. […]

Climate change is no longer a distant threat; it’s a reality affecting farmers across East Africa. Erratic rainfall, prolonged dry spells, and pest outbreaks are challenging traditional farming methods and threatening food security. The answer is Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA): an approach that aims to sustainably increase productivity, enhance resilience (adaptation) to climate change, and, where

For decades, many Ugandan farmers have relied on rain-fed mono-cropping, growing a single staple crop like maize or beans season after season.1 While this feeds families, it leaves farmers dangerously exposed to two major threats: exhausted soils and the erratic impacts of climate change (droughts and floods). The solution lies not in abandoning tradition, but