World Government’s Delegates convene in Nairobi for Biosafety Negotiations
World governments met in Nairobi Kenya from June 20-26, 2022 for the 4th meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity [...]
Kenyan Government banks on Biotech to address Feed Shortage in the Country
The Government of Kenya has given the clearest indication yet that it will soon lift a ban on importation of genetically modified foods as it seeks to [...]
OFAB Kenya Prepares Youth for Part II of the UN Biodiversity Conference
OFAB Kenya continues to mentor early career professionals to participate in discussions and negotiations under the United Nations Convention on Biological [...]
Kenya Deploys Striga-Smart Sorghum
Kenya has taken lead in providing sorghum farmers with a technology-based solution to the Striga menace. In a media science café hosted by OFAB Kenya, [...]
AfriCenter Contributes towards Strengthening Soft Skills of Next-Generation Livestock [...]
ISAAA AfriCenter participated in ILRI’s CapDev Grand Challenge research pitching contest that took place on 13th April, 2022. The Center had a sit on [...]
AfriCenter Joins Efforts Towards Capacitating One Health in Eastern and Southern Africa
ISAAA AfriCenter has joined a consortium of partners comprising of ILRI and CIRAD in a four-year project dubbed Capacitating One Health in Eastern and [...]
Kenya Publishes Genome Editing Regulations becoming Second African Country to do so
Kenya’s National Biosafety Authority (NBA) has published Genome Editing Guidelines, marking an important step towards development of a genome editing [...]
Stakeholders Call for Africanization of Genome Editing in Agriculture
Genome editing stakeholders in Africa have called for africanization of genome editing, an approach which they say will uniquely address agricultural [...]
Nigeria Approves Genetically Modified TELA Maize for Open Cultivation
The Federal Government of Nigeria has granted environmental approval for evaluation and open cultivation of TELA Maize, a new maize variety genetically [...]
Kenya’s Health Minister Warns Misinformation Threatens Gains made against NCDs
Health stakeholders from across Africa have lamented the impact of mis/disinformation in the fight against COVID-19 and non-communicable diseases. Speaking [...]