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21 Black Rhinos Successfully Moved to New Kenya Home With Space to Breed–Hailing Return of Species After 50 yrs

The Kenya Wildlife Service celebrated the successful transfer of 21 eastern black rhinos to establish a new viable breeding population for the species that...

Kenyans Flock to Fields and Parks to Ring in 3-Day Weekend for New National Tree-Planting Holiday

Kenyans have a new holiday on their working calendar—something like a Kenyan Arbor Day when citizens are encouraged to go plant two tree seedlings. It's...

Little Boy Lost for 6 Days in Harsh Kenyan Wilderness is Rescued: ‘An Amazing Moment’

Kenya's vast Tsavo East National Park is no place for the solitary. It's easy to get lost in the dense bush, a fact 4-year-old...

Kenyan Physics Teacher Powers E-Motorbikes With Old Laptop Batteries

A Kenyan high school teacher is using your old laptop batteries to turn petrol-powered bikes into electric ones. There's no shortage of MacGyver-like innovations in...

Earliest Evidence of Ancestors Using Tools Up to Three Million Years Ago Unearthed in Kenya

The earliest evidence of human ancestors using tools up to three million years ago has been unearthed in Kenya. They were employing some of the...

This Startup Captures CO2 by Injecting it Straight into Volcanic Rock–Plentiful in Barren Part of Kenya

A startup in Kenya is growing minerals by capturing CO2 from the air and storing it deep underground in volcanic basalt. Far from the fertile...

Herd of Elephants to be Moved from UK to Kenya in Rewilding ‘World First’

Elephants are famous for their migrations—long marches across savannahs and deserts done entirely from memory, but for 13 captive elephants in Kent, their journey...

Zero Rhinos Poached in Kenya Last Year – Better Policing is One of the Keys

2020 was remarkable year for rhino protection in Kenya where not one single rhino lost its horn or lost its life last year—a feat...

Kenyan Woman’s Startup Recycles Plastic Waste into Bricks That Are 5x Stronger Than Concrete

An absolutely brilliant young woman in Kenya has started a company manufacturing bricks from recycled plastic. Nzambi Matee says she was "tired of being on...

Man Returns From Safari And Finds New Purpose By Sending Thousands of Books to Rural Kenyan Schools

Since starting his labor of love in 2018, this South Carolina man has managed to send dozens of book shipments to rural African schools.

There’s an Elephant Baby Boom in Kenya: Thanks to Rainfall, a Record Number Born Including Rare Twins

The combination of interruptions in international travel and periods of heavy rainfall has led to Kenyan wildlife officials reporting a recent elephant baby boom. In...

Giant Floating Balloons Will Bring Internet Access to 20,000 Square Miles in Remote Kenya

Large solar-powered balloons will beam 4G LTE internet onto remote parts of Kenya, as Telkom Kenya and Google partner to bring Loon Project to Africa.

9-Year-Old Kenyan Boy is Honored for Inventing Handwashing Machine That Prevents COVID-19 Spread

Stephen Wamukota was recently awarded the Presidential Order of Service Uzalendo Award in recognition for his hands-free sanitation station design.

Breakthrough For Kenyan Scientists Who Discover Natural Microbe That Completely Stops Malaria in Mosquitoes

Kenyan scientists discovered a microbe–Microsporidia MB–inside some mosquitoes that completely protects them from malaria infection which spreads to humans.

After Five Years of Drought, Kenyan Region Finally Gets Clean Water Thanks to Solar-Powered Saltwater Plant

The plant can produce enough water for 35,000 people every day—which means that villagers will no longer have to drink dirty saltwater.

When Kenyan Team is at Disadvantage Because of Their Shoes, Israeli Squad Buys Them All New Cleats

When the Israeli women's lacrosse team noticed their Kenyan counterparts were playing without proper footwear, they returned the next day bearing gifts.

Kenya Attacks Plastic Bag Problem With Toughest Ban in the World

After 10 years of debate and delay, Kenya has finally approved the world's strictest plastic bag ban. Th ban punishes the import, manufacturing, or selling...

Kenyan Schoolgirls Invent App to Stop Female Genital Mutilation

These Kenyan students are the embodiment of “girl power”. Five teens who call themselves “The Restorers” are taking a stand to end female genital mutilation...

Instead of Sending Holiday Cards to Customers, Business Buys Renewable Energy for Kenyans

This company divested the funds that they would usually be spending on holiday cards to make a difference in the world instead. Qmarkets, a global provider of...

Mobile Money Has Lifted 200,000 Kenyan Families Out of Poverty

2% of Kenyan households have been lifted out of poverty thanks to a payment and money transfer system that works on old phones, with SMS text messaging.