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A year in review
Another busy 12 months have passed by at WRENmedia and we are excited to have begun working with some new clients. The team also...
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Jan 8, 20202 min read
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Showcasing a different image of African agriculture
To help young agripreneurs and start-ups attract funding and scale-up their innovations, Inoussa Maiga set up the online video platform...
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Dec 20, 20194 min read
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From Suffolk to South Africa with solar irrigation
Toby Hammond, managing director of award-winning start-up Futurepump, speaks on how the company has found its market niche by keeping it...
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Dec 11, 20193 min read
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Meeting Malawi’s agri-information gap
Charles Mkoka is an environment and development journalist, and long-standing correspondent for WRENmedia based in Malawi. Here, he...
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Nov 27, 20193 min read
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Champions to end global hunger
At the recent World Food Prize event held in Iowa in the US, Spore correspondent Emmanuel Maduka was selected as a Fellow of the Borlaug...
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Nov 13, 20194 min read
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Not your usual climate conference
Earlier this month, Sophie attended the 5th Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture, held in Bali in Indonesia. Chatting...
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Oct 16, 20194 min read
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A fellowship to champion climate research
To help smallholder farmers in Eastern and Southern Africa access advice to mitigate the effects of climate change, a US$20 million...
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Oct 4, 20193 min read
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Dynamic agri-entrepreneurs shine at the Grow Digital AGRF
Earlier this month, Susanna attended the Africa Green Revolution Forum, held in Accra in Ghana, with the theme Grow Digital: Leveraging...
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Sep 23, 20194 min read
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Closing the gap between research and practice
Award-winning journalist and principal information and communications officer at the Zambia Environmental Management Agency, Friday...
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Aug 30, 20194 min read
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Why research is impotent without communication
Dr Jemimah Njuki writes on what she has learned about communication through her work with WRENmedia, and the importance of effectively...
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Aug 20, 20193 min read
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Tech4Agri: Getting agri-journalism off the ground
Keron Bascombe is an agricultural journalist and social entrepreneur in Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. In 2011, he started...
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Aug 9, 20194 min read
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Loss of a friend and respected researcher: recollections of Ephraim Chirwa
After the sad loss of Malawian colleague, Ephraim Chirwa, Susanna and Beatrice Ouma – who both worked together with Ephraim in recent...
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Jul 29, 20194 min read
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Women lead the charge for food security
Award-winning journalist, James Karuga, has written numerous articles for Spore magazine about the women agri-entrepreneurs who are...
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Jul 10, 20193 min read
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“You can get value from whatever you are doing, you just have to put your heart into it”
With extensive expertise in agribusiness development, Salome Asena currently works as a research officer for the United States...
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Jul 1, 20194 min read
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A life devoted to change
Senior Programme Specialist at Canada's International Development Research Centre, Dr Jemimah Njuki, has carried out gender research and...
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Jun 19, 20193 min read
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Breaking down research to build connections
Beatrice Ouma is the senior communications manager at the Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicines (GALVmed), a non-profit...
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Jun 12, 20194 min read
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The climate generation: turning the tide on climate breakdown perceptions
With rising public awareness and understanding about climate crisis in recent months in the UK, James reflects on the factors that may...
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May 28, 20194 min read
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Coming full circle: From agriculture to oil and gas, and back again
As the economic costs of climate change and food insecurity continue to rise in Trinidad and Tobago, this is a pivotal time to build...
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May 8, 20193 min read
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“Knowledge is power and information grows through sharing”
Multi award-winning Kenyan journalist Bob Koigi knew he wanted to write from a young age to bring about positive change in people’s...
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Apr 29, 20194 min read
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The power of visual storytelling
Georgina Smith is a photographer and journalist working in East Africa, and a former WRENmedia staff member. In this blog, she explains...
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Apr 17, 20193 min read
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