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Browsing: Floods in Kenya
- Torrential rains have caused terrible floods in Kenya, causing the death toll to reach more than 200, and more than 280,000 people affected.
- Over the years, both governments in Kenya and Tanzania have struggled to finance disaster management systems.
- Tanzania’s commercial pulse, Dar es Salaam’s economy, and infrastructure suffer from frequent and severe flooding, and the situation will worsen without major interventions.
“Tomorrow I am turning 24, and in 2030, I will be 30; seeing all these situations (floods) puts me in a scary position for my future,” Jeffrey Mboya, a Kenyan climate activist, told CNN International correspondent Larry Madowo, as flooding destroys his community.
Lost lives, destructed communities, stranded tourists, broken bridges, and closed-off roads are currently becoming the new normal in Kenya and Tanzania as the two neighboring nations experience floods and cyclones.
Torrential rains have caused terrible floods in Kenya, causing the death toll to reach more …
- The creative economy is one of the world’s fastest-growing sectors, creating employment and income for millions globally.
- Africa is beginning to see promising potential for its creative economy, flourishing in film, arts and crafts, fashion, design, video, photography, music, and more.
- The East African Community bloc generates $2 billion annually from the creative industry.
Whether it is Tanzania’s signature genre Bongo Fleva king Diamond Platnumz, Nigeria’s Afro-pop, Kenya’s hilarious talent, Eric Omondi or South Africa’s newly crowned Grammy winner, Tyla, African creatives are taking the global creative economy by storm.
Two decades ago, the orange economy or what we famously refer to today as the creative economy, would not have been considered a transformative sector propelling growth in Africa. However, according to the United Nations Conference of Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the creative economy is one of the world’s fastest-growing sectors, creating employment and income for millions globally.
According to …