Even though Kenya, a vibrant country in East Africa, has been grappling with the challenge of a high cost of living in recent years, the situation has even become severe in the past several months and getting worse by the day. As of June 2023, according to Kenya National Bureau of Standards, Kenya’s inflation rate was at 9.4% down from 10.1% in May. The honest, sad truth is that these figures mean little to nothing t ...
The Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Tanzania is excited to announce the screening of The Last Seed, an award-winning film produced by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung. The first such screening in Tanzania and subsequent discussion about the film is schedule to take place during the forthcoming 2nd Pan African Seed Conference, from 14th – 16th August 2023 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The Conference is expected to bring togeth ...
RLS is proud to support and be part of the 2nd Pan African Seed Governance Conference to take part on 14-16 August 2023 in Dar es Salaam. CLICK ON IMAGE TO VIEW MORE DETAILS ...
RLS is proud to support and be part of the 2nd Pan African Seed Governance Conference to take part on 14-16 August 2023 in Dar es Salaam. Save the Date - 14 - 16 August 2023, Dar es Salaam ...
You may now read the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Tanzania’s Audit Report for the year ending the 31st December 2022. Click here to read full report. ...
By Joan Leon - Programme Manager, RLS East Africa Office In recent decades, climate change has increasingly had a significant impact on the livelihoods and well-being of the global human population. It is further expected that, in tropical countries, increased heat stress, drought, loss of fertility on land and soil erosion will further lower food production come 2050. The level of damage from such impacts are adv ...
On 19 June, the Kenyan government concluded and signed the EU-Kenya Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) following a series of unsuccessful attempts to persuade the rest of the East African Community (EAC) to sign onto an EPA between the EU and the EAC as a whole. This comes two years after Kenya decided to pursue the EU-EAC EPA on its own and made a request at the EAC Heads of State Summit for an exemption to implem ...
The State Matters: Government Spending on Agriculture in Tanzania and Zambia A joint report by Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, PELUM Tanzania and PELUM Zambia The agricultural sector plays an integral role in African countries, firstly by producing sufficient food and secondly as a source of livelihoods and incomes across the rural and urban divide, and ultimately contributing to poverty reduction, health and well-bei ...