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Mental health professionals and humanitarian partners from Kenya and the U.S. gathered in Kitale for a multi-day mission centered on training, trauma-informed care, and community outreach.

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Kenya’s move from NHIF to the Social Health Authority is forcing hospitals to update equipment, digital systems and procurement plans on a tighter schedule.

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GAAPP and 22 member groups from 10 African countries have formed AMEA to push awareness, earlier diagnosis and better treatment for respiratory and allergic diseases.

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Kenyan social innovator Wawira Njiru has received the German Africa Prize 2026 for turning school feeding into a model for jobs, local food systems and economic development.

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AIOTF Software acquired Brampton-based CPAT Technologies to combine AI inferencing with GS1-aligned pharmaceutical traceability tools.

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Alabaster International will hold ETCHED on Sept. 12 at Serendipity Labs Costa Mesa to raise money for its enset program and spotlight women smallholder farmers in Ethiopia and Kenya.

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WHX will return to Nairobi from Sept. 16-18, 2026, at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre for its 10th edition, drawing more than 5,500 attendees and 200-plus exhibitors from over 30 countries.

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Denver thoracic surgeon and humanitarian Dr. Pius Kamau has published a new memoir with Koehler Books about his path from a village in colonial Kenya to medicine in the United States.

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Equality Now and CTWOO are urging Kenya’s Parliament to pass the Widowed Persons Protection Bill, 2026, before the current session ends.

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Agricultural leaders, ministers and innovators are meeting in Nairobi this week for DialogueNEXT in Africa, a World Food Prize Foundation event focused on agri-tech, regulation and food systems.

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A new report says Kenya’s nicotine pouch regulations could influence tobacco harm-reduction policy across East Africa and beyond.

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Africa PPP 2026 will return to Nairobi in November with a push to turn infrastructure plans into financeable projects and delivery partnerships.

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Global Citizen and the Waislitz Foundation announced three recipients of the 2026 Global Citizen Waislitz Awards in Johannesburg on Aug. 18, with each winner set to receive $100,000. The grants will support climate-smart food production, waterless…

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Bower, a Gold Coast startup, raised AUD $2 million in pre-seed funding to build AI that captures and structures scientific work at the bench.

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Workable Nairobi has become the first shared workspace operator in Africa to earn the WELL Coworking Rating, a milestone that adds third-party validation to its wellness-led positioning.

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William N. Martin, founder of Think Tank Project and SAFR, was featured on Close Up Radio in an August 12 interview about decision making, workplace culture and performance under pressure.

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Helpster Charity says it has saved more than 5,000 lives by mid-2026, doubling the patient impact it recorded in all of 2025. The health-tech charity now aims to reach 10,000 lives saved by Dec. 31 through faster verification, more hospital…

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Varda Foundation has made its SoilHive soil data platform open source, aiming to help governments, researchers and industry securely share soil information while keeping national control of the data.

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Godfrey Atsing’a was appointed a World Civility Ambassador at a public ceremony in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, on July 27, 2026. The honor from iChange Nations™ recognizes his journalism and humanitarian work across Africa and puts him in a network…

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Ahmad Tea hosted Manchester City striker Antoine Semenyo in Hong Kong on Aug. 2 for a tea tasting tied to its global “Preparation Is Everything” campaign.