Mombasa, Kenya — What happens when the first thing a parent hears about comprehensive sexuality education is that it teaches children to have sex? Or when a faith leader encounters CSE through a social media post warning that it is foreign, anti-family, or incompatible with African values? For organisations working on sexual and reproductive health…
Multiple and often overlapping crises such as floods or drought due to climate change, violent conflict and economic instability are creating new forms of vulnerability. Collectively they’re known as a polycrisis. These have severe effects on countries in sub-Saharan Africa with high poverty levels where weak institutions and limited public resources make it harder to…
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — Evidence is growing that the people most affected by HIV are also the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Climate change is reshaping health systems and lives across the globe, but its impact on the HIV response has received far less attention than it deserves. Floods, droughts and…
The author, Change Logic’s Marchant van den Heever It is Monday morning and the programme steering committee is reviewing another transformation update. The milestones are on track, training has been completed, communications have gone out, system performance is stable and the dashboard is green. Then someone asks the question that changes the room: “Are people actually…
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — Every morning, as the Indian Ocean retreats from the reef off Zanzibar’s Jambiani village, Chiku Chande steps into the knee-deep lagoon carrying bundles of seaweed seedlings. Years of farming these waters have taught her about every channel and coral outcrop. But lately, the corals that once glowed in brown and…
Between us, we bring two perspectives to persistent illness: personal experience of long COVID, and clinical and research experience in chronic illness rehabilitation. Both have taught us the same thing: when symptoms are real, disabling and difficult to explain, patients need more than reassurance that tests are normal. They need to be believed, assessed carefully…
Climate change is transforming football, from more breaks during the game to billion-dollar cooling facilities, and it is ultimately the fans who will pay for it all. The 2026 Fifa World Cup continues to deliver drama in abundance. For South African fans, it is the rollercoaster ride of Bafana Bafana’s historic highs and devastating lows…
Emile Burger Emile Burger is stepping down as CEO of Tarsus Distribution, the company said on Wednesday. He had been in the role for 14 months. Burger, who served as chief financial officer before taking the top job, is leaving for “personal reasons” and will remain during a notice period to hand over to interim…
Nairobi — A team of universities, led by Addis Ababa University, has joined forces to implement a four-year Intra-Africa academic mobility project aimed at strengthening agroforestry research and education for climate change mitigation. The project, dubbed Strengthening Agroforestry Research and Education for Climate Change Mitigation in Africa (SERA), brings together JKUAT (Kenya) and Addis Ababa…
Climate-related disasters are becoming more frequent and more intense across sub-Saharan Africa. Floods, droughts, heatwaves and storms are no longer isolated environmental events. They increasingly shape livelihoods, inequality, public trust and the relationship between citizens and the state. Governments rely on taxes to finance schools, healthcare, infrastructure and climate adaptation policies. However, taxation depends on…
