A $10 million donation from Mastercard Foundation has been made to FAO for fighting the Desert Locust menace in East Africa that can destroy livelihoods and threaten food security FAO Director-General QU Dongyu has welcomed a $10 million donation from Mastercard Foundation to step up the fight against the Desert Locust outbreak in East Africa… Continue reading Mastercard Foundation joins FAO to fight Desert Locusts in East Africa
Tag: East Africa
New Data Platform to support governments and entrepreneurs expand clean electricity in East Africa
Using data to link growing electricity demand with clean energy supply to expand electricity services the World Resources Institute and 20 partners launched Energy Access Explorer, an open-source platform for energy planners, donors and clean energy entrepreneurs Nearly 840 million people worldwide do not have access to electricity and most of them reside in sub-Saharan Africa.… Continue reading New Data Platform to support governments and entrepreneurs expand clean electricity in East Africa
These East African countries show how teamwork and technology can thwart illegal fishing
Emma Bryce Innovation sparks success as nations collaborate to identify and take action against suspect vessels Early in December 2012, a South Korean vessel called the Premier entered the Indian Ocean to fish. In West Africa, authorities knew that the boat had been fishing illegally in Liberian waters before it made its way to Africa’s… Continue reading These East African countries show how teamwork and technology can thwart illegal fishing