In a country plagued by corruption, how can you prevent another toxic mining spill? Is it possible to reduce malnutrition without listening to both food consumers and producers? Or, advance women’s economic development when their needs are mere footnotes in energy policy planning? For this, you need to partner with courageous and determined civil society […]
By Sally Akinyi and Churchill Ongere As Ugandans headed to the polls yesterday, the country and the East African region at large was deeply worried by an election cycle marked by prolonged periods of protest, police brutality, and undue restrictions of civil liberties like free expression, association, and access to information. Close to one hundred […]
The largest coffee companies in the world are failing to report transparently on their 2020 commitments, and doing too little to ensure sustainability for farming and farmers. These are among the findings of the new Coffee Barometer – the latest report from a collective of organizations in the sustainability field; Conservation International, Hivos, Oxfam Belgium […]
This article is a summary of the original report by Onai Stanely Mushava for ThisisAfrica.me. African Crossroads’ third edition, held on December 10 and 11 2020, revolved around its crowdsourced theme: “Reimagining the Pan-African Dream – Reflecting on the past, experiencing the present and imagining the future.” Other themes included mental health in the creative […]
In male-dominated societies in Africa and Asia, we’ve been helping thousands of women entrepreneurs start their own environmentally-friendly business. They are leading the way for other women and girls to become independent like them, while at the same time fighting climate change. But then corona hit. Diarriétou and Everlyne are just two of the nearly […]
2020 marks the last year of the Green and Inclusive Energy program, a five-year-long lobby and advocacy program of Hivos, ENERGIA and IIED in partnership with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Under the ministry’s Dialogue and Dissent program, alliances were forged with civil society organizations in Indonesia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Nepal, Myanmar, Central […]
This year we, in partnership with Climate Tracker, launched an exciting media fellowship about sustainable energy in Africa. The fellowship aimed to empower journalists across Africa in telling in-depth stories focusing on a key Sustainable energy challenge facing their country. The fellowship received an overwhelming amount of applications which showed the great interest among journalists […]
Creative and cultural goods are not only important footprints in bolstering socio-economic growth but in spurring expression and innovation, which are critical in democratic societies. The nature of the COVID-19 pandemic has been ravishing socially and economically with the creative sector amongst the sectors having been hardest hit. This effect has been witnessed globally, with […]
The Voices and Actions for Accountability in Malawi (VAAM) project was officially launched in Lilongwe, Malawi on Friday 27 November 2020 to curb corruption in the country. With support from the European Union (EU), Hivos in collaboration with the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace Archdiocese of Lilongwe (CCJP) is implementing the three-year VAAM program […]
With the Paris Agreement celebrating its fifth anniversary this week, all eyes are on the world’s governments to urgently scale-up climate action. In a renewed call to action, over 100 leading renewable energy players, as members of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Coalition for Action, urge governments to correct course. By placing a renewables-based […]
Forest fires, illegal logging, and pollution from oil extraction: the Amazon is under serious threat. The Indigenous inhabitants of the Amazon rainforest are fighting to preserve their habitat. This is important to all of us, because if we lose the Amazon, we will lose the battle against climate change. In the All Eyes on the […]
The media has been urged to take an interest in public procurement processes to ensure that they understand open contracting procedures for transparency and accountability in public expenditure.