Africa · Eastern Africa
17 projects · 17 organizations
Social enterprise converting fecal sludge from Nairobi's informal settlements into organic fertilizer, insect protein and biogas.
Pioneering elephant tracking from Samburu that helps secure a future for Africa's elephants.
Solar-powered desalination in shipping containers turns seawater into affordable drinking water for coastal Kenya.
An alliance of indigenous pastoralist-led community conservancies governing millions of hectares of communally owned rangeland in northern Kenya.
Nonprofit supplying East and Southern African smallholder farmers with seed, fertilizer, training and credit to boost harvests.
Boxgirls Kenya teaches boxing and self-defence to girls in Nairobi's informal settlements, using the ring to build confidence, leadership and protection from gender-based violence.
A Nairobi factory mass-manufacturing fuel-efficient Jikokoa cookstoves that cut indoor smoke and charcoal use in African kitchens.
The world's first blue carbon project pays a Kenyan fishing community to protect and replant the mangroves of Gazi Bay.
Instead of waiting for a drought to become a crisis, Kenya Red Cross now releases cash, seeds and water repairs the moment forecasts turn ugly.
A Nairobi social enterprise carves discarded beach flip-flops into vivid sculptures, turning marine debris into income for local artisans.
A Nairobi factory melts down discarded plastic bags, sachets and bottle caps with sand to press paving bricks that outperform ordinary concrete.
East Africa's licensed e-waste recycler dismantles old phones, computers and appliances in Nairobi so toxic components never reach landfill or open dumps.
A national movement of grassroots, women-led community groups training Kenyan women to map, register and defend their names on land titles in a country where only 3% of women hold a title deed solely in their own name.
A Kenyan climate-tech company sells pay-as-you-go solar irrigation pumps that let smallholder farmers grow food year-round without diesel fuel or grid power.
Kenya's pioneering orphan-elephant rescue that raises and rewilds calves orphaned by poaching and drought.
Wangari Maathai's grassroots movement that empowers Kenyan women to restore forests.
Moving the Goalposts trains girls across Kenya's coast as football players, coaches and referees, pairing the game with reproductive health education and leadership training.