My story Quest for sand: Turning farmlands into harvesting sites in Homa Bay just won an award #AJEA2024 in the agriculture and food security category.
Thank you @erc_earth for your support.
➡️https://t.co/93SmyYpJsG
Discussions on matters agriculture for sufficient food commodities and financial inclusion for farmers are ongoing at the World Farmers Organisation Annual meeting #WFO2026@MeshaScience@kenaff_farmers@worldfarmersorg
East Africa's fisheries are on the brink! Illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing across Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, and DRC is depleting shared waters like Lake Victoria.
#IllegalFishing
Read here 👇
https://t.co/01lcI4yUTw
Episode 3 is now live.
@MsSharonAtieno of @ScienceAfrica5 (Kenya) and Afeez Bolaji of @daily_trust take us inside the reporting behind Africa’s malaria vaccine rollout, revealing the realities, gaps, and stories that shape public understanding.
Listen to the full conversation: https://t.co/Y2HM7pVNwD
#BreakItDownPodcast
The malaria vaccine marks a major shift for Africa, but access, trust, and logistics will define its success.
How are African journalists telling this story beyond the headlines? Episode 3 of our Journal Conversation featuring @MsSharonAtieno & Afeez Bolaji.
tells the #WholeStory. Watch this space as it drops next tomorrow.
Modern contraceptive uptake remains low among Kenyan Somali women due to trust, cultural beliefs, and misinformation.
In this month’s #NHWTorchlightAfrica, Sharon Atieno highlights how Community Health Promoters are building trust, dispelling misinformation, and supporting women to make informed reproductive choices.
Read the piece: https://t.co/GeuFVcBasE
My latest piece focuses on the slow but steady rise of contraceptive use among the Somali community in Kenya. It focuses on the work community health promoters are doing to break barriers on this issue...https://t.co/Kr0kg74WQG
@nighealthwatch
Don’t miss @IFAJ 2025 Congress—world-class research, world-class farming and the world’s most exciting wildlife! Nairobi, Kenya October 15-18, 2025. Register today! https://t.co/HVQbECb9ZF
Lake Victoria continues to suffer due to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. Despite many people depending on the Lake, some have opted for dubious means which are endangering the fish species, we will be discussing this and more...
@infoNILE@ScienceAfrica5
In my latest piece, I venture into mistreatment and abuse among teen mothers in Kenya and how adolescent-friendly health services can lead to better outcomes for them...https://t.co/50zha0ytm4
@ScienceAfrica5@aphrc@theawjp@MeshaScience
I will be participating in the launch of this cross-border investigation supported by @infoNILE and @Pulitzer on the state of fish in Lake Victoria. Join us https://t.co/euBsHcT2vB
Fish stocks are plummeting in East Africa's vital water bodies like Lake Victoria! @infoNILE’s cross-border investigation, Caught in Crisis, uncovers the devastating impact of illegal fishing across 5 countries
July 2nd, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EAT
Sign up: 🔗https://t.co/PB9Q3X8sDs
We are launching the long awaited multimedia cross border story; #CaughtinCrisis ⬇️
An investigative peace into illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing along critical Eastern African waterways—
Are you ready 😏
🚀 Sign up: 🔗https://t.co/FvyTBGszZh
@pulitzercenter
I wrote about #Polio focusing on the Kenya-Uganda border. Free of wild polio but highly vigilant against the disease. Talked to polio survivors, health providers and polio technical experts.
@NDauterive#UNFoundation#WHO#Gavi
https://t.co/vexZhDFIgV
15% of Kenyan girls aged 15–19 have begun childbearing — KDHS 2023.
Root causes include poverty, child marriage, limited access to contraceptives, sexual violence & survival-based transactional sex.
It's time to prioritize adolescent SRHR.