Kenya is producing its first electric buses
Established in May 2021, BasiGo has now announced a partnership with Associated Vehicle Assemblers to assemble the first 1,000 electric buses in Mombasa, Kenya, over the next three years.
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Kenya Electricity Generating Company to install 3000 MW of additional renewables over the next 10 years
The move will see Kenya’s installed generation capacity doubling to 6,000 MW and strongly contribute to the county’s target of generating electricity from 100% renewables by 2030.
Kenya Power to phase out fossil fuel vehicles
Kenya Power intends to substantially reduce its footprint by phasing out gas-powered vehicles and replacing them withelectric vehicles in the “near future.”
Adopt-a-Forest climate project in Kenya pays locals to keep trees alive until they mature
The program was started to address the lack of after-care, a major flaw in many forest-planting projects in Kenya and beyond.
Kenya’s Kuruwitu corals make remarkable recovery, thanks to local conservation drive
In 2005, residents of the area took the unprecedented step of setting aside a 30-hectare Marine Protected Area (MPA). Seventeen years on, the area has made a remarkable recovery.
Kenya’s coastal communities launch groundbreaking programs offering carbon credits for mangrove conservation
Launched two years ago, this first-of-its-kind initiative, known as Mikoko Pamoja (‘Mangroves Together’), raises money for its mangrove conservation by selling carbon credits to people and organizations eager to shrink their carbon footprint.
Kenyan engineer invents method to turn plastic waste into sturdy construction bricks
Nzambi Matee’s Nairobi-based company, Gjenge Makers, produces a variety of different paving stones, which are already being put to use to line sidewalks, driveways, and roads.
African court rules in favor of Indigenous land titles, reparations from the Kenyan government
The African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights has ruled that the Kenyan government must pay reparations for repeatedly evicting Indigenous Ogiek people from ancestral lands in the Mau Forest.
The Flipflopi Project empowers local communities in Kenya to upcycle plastic waste into boats
The Flipflopi team intends to set up a Material Recovery Center for plastics, which will be the first of its kind in the Lamu archipelago and will serve over 140,000 people.
Nearly 200 countries pass historic resolutions linking animal welfare and the environmental crisis
The crucial resolution will help develop a better understanding of the relationship between improving animal welfare and tackling the drivers of wildlife loss, climate change, pollution and pandemic diseases.