Cities can’t afford to ignore informal transport. The ITF’s findings echo Trufi's experience. These networks deliver where formal systems fall short. The challenge isn’t erasing them — it’s elevating them.
via International Transport Forum
A "too good to be true" EV leasing model for Kenyan taxi drivers? Drivers bear all the risk. Tech solutions should empower, not extract.
via xitter @ChinaGSProject
I did not even know ants 
were that valuable! I wonder if #Belgium 
will petition the teens be fined & deported‽ Being jailed over ants is quite embarrassing.
Belgian teens arrested with 5,000 smuggled ants as #Kenya 
warns of changing trafficking trends https://apnews.com/article/garden-ants-kenya-smugglers-belgians-vietnamese-624f12ae80e0d66a87f03966079efbc1
Two Belgian teenagers were charged with wildlife piracy after they were found with thousands of ants packed in test tubes in what Kenyan authorities said was part of a trend in trafficking smaller and lesser known species.
@AssociatedPress reports: https://flip.it/RnLBW2
.. been thinking on how some think that appealing to an oppressor about another oppressor would make a difference..
.. some truly do fit the description of delusional because.. how now?
https://www.europesays.com/1999195/ Belgian teens arrested with 5,000 smuggled ants as Kenya warns of changing trafficking trends #AnimalPoachingAndSmuggling #animals #Ants #Climate #ClimateAndEnvironment #Crime #GeneralNews #Kenya #nairobi #News #PhilipMuruthi #science #world #WorldNews #WorldTopics
"“The thing is, when you see a healthy forest, like Ngong forest, you don’t think about what is making it healthy. It is the relationships all the way from the bacteria to the ants to the bigger things,” he said.
Muruthi warned of the risk of trafficking species and exporting diseases to the agricultural industry of the destination countries."
Mr. Wallace, our Area Manager in #Nyeri, #Kenya, supports a #woman Ann to push the boundaries of #sustainable #farming and #agriculture. To nurture her local #community, Ann wants to partner with universities for #research, and educate local farmers via farming #workshops.
#PalUpNow! #Africa #...
Ride Pal Supports Sustainable Farmer And Agriculture Leader Ann
https://palupnow.com/blogs/f/ride-pal-supports-sustainable-farmer-and-agriculture-leader-ann
A little bee-eater perched on a branch. Photographed in Kenya.
#bird #beeeater #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #perched #avian #africa #kenya #masaimara #nature #animals #artforsale #wallartforsale #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt #giftideas @joancarroll
https://joan-carroll.pixels.com/featured/little-bee-eater-kenya-joan-carroll.html
The Kenyan government, under the orders of the dictator William Ruto, has been brutalizing, abducting and killing Kenyan citizens. #RutoMustGo
In this case, and not for the first time, he's attacking children.
'Kenya police fire tear gas during school drama competition'
https://www.europesays.com/1988175/ If trade war hits China’s economy it may be devastating for Africa, experts say #Afreximbank #AGOA #angola #China #DemocraticRepublicOfCongo #DonaldTrump #Economy #ethiopia #Kenya #Lesotho #madagascar #Nigeria #SouthAfrica #TariffWar #US #ZainabUsman
In recent years, satellite cities have begun sprouting on the fringes of many African cities, promising an orderly, modern alternative to their grit and congestion. Many of the projects have flopped, but Kenya’s Tatu City is poised to be an exception. #kenya #africa #innovation #cities
Posted into WHAT JUST HAPPENED IN YOUR WORLD @what-just-happened-in-your-world-csmonitor
“Kenya's national high-school drama competition has been overshadowed by drama of its own after police fired tear gas to disperse a crowd that had gathered to watch a controversial play.
Echoes of War is set in a fictional kingdom where the youth have lost faith in their leaders.”
#Kenya police fire tear gas during a girl’s high school drama competition
Over 2 million people to face water scarcity due to shrinking glaciers
In Kenya, water levels at the Ngare Ndare River dropped by about 30 per cent in the last 10 years and that is linked to the diminishing mountain glacier
The World Food Program (WFP), which supports just under 200,000 Kakuma refugees, said they had cut rations, delivered as food and cash, to 40% of their previous level. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/09/world/politics/usaid-cuts-northern-kenya/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #kenya #us #republicans #donaldtrump #usaid
Importance Score: 70 / 100
British Family Rescued After Four Days Stranded in Kenyan Safari Park
A British family of four, including two young children, ex...
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#Child begging livestreams are actively promoted by TikTok's #algorithm and #TikTok profits from the #content despite having policies against begging
#Kenya MPs passed a law adding a 25% tax on imported electric transformers to protect local manufacturers—only to later find out that no transformers or parts are made locally.
