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By Patricia Nanteza We are back from Siaya, and what a week that was!! From the enthusiasm of the students at JOOUST, the engaging callers on Nam Lolwe FM, Lwasi FM, Ramogi FM and TV, to the excitement of riding into town with a mobile caravan bearing information about nuclear
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WePlanet Africa, together with partners including Kenyan Young Generation in Nuclear, East African Association for Radiation Protection, Stand Up for Nuclear, and Nuclear Society of Kenya, took the nuclear energy conversation on the road in Siaya. We shared information with students, communities in marketplaces and along the shores of Lake
By Patricia Nanteza When we convened
By Peter GichukiNairobi, Kenya The International Conference on Nuclear Energy (ICONE) at the KICC in Nairobi brought together experts to discuss technical plans for Africa’s sustainable development. The momentum for these plans was solidified by President William Ruto,
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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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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
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Tuesday June 24, 2025 – WePlanet has launched its "Just Stop Cooking" campaign, a satirical yet urgent call demanding the World Bank lift unjust restrictions on financing for clean cooking solutions. The campaign highlights the devastating human and environmental costs of current climate finance policies hindering Africa's transition from harmful
