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Peter Gichuki NAIROBI – Kenya's move toward nuclear power has entered a more concrete phase following the government's announcement that the Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) will operate the country's first nuclear power plant. The directive by the Cabinet Secretary
Today, December 2, we join the rest of the world to celebrate a technology that can transform Africa’s energy future. With 40% of the African population currently living without access to electricity (IEA, 2024) and demand for electricity expected to triple by 2050, we cannot afford slow, unreliable, or polluting solutions. Nuclear energy
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[Kampala, Uganda] – [November 24, 2025] – Following the recent G20 Leaders’ Declaration from the South Africa Summit, wePlanet today intensified its demand that G20 nations, as primary shareholders of the World Bank, immediately remove institutional
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By Patricia Nanteza Now that it is 'alarmingly' clear that dirty cooking fuels cost lives, the G20 must use its influence to remove institutional barriers. The G20 must instruct the World Bank and other development banks to remove the de facto ban on financing LPG for clean cooking, immediately aligning
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By Patricia Nanteza The Ugandan government is placing a multi-decade bet on nuclear power to end the era of frequent blackouts - a promise anchored in the Energy Policy for Uganda 2023. According to Energy Minister
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Patricia Nanteza In Burkina Faso, the Target Malaria project, a global research consortium aiming to use genetically modified mosquitoes to combat malaria, has faced a major setback. On 18 August 2025, judicial police raided the Research Institute in Health Sciences (IRSS), a key partner in the project. This raid, which
