The Director of Coast Women in Fisheries Enterprises (CWIFE) Mercy Mghanga facilitating at the training on financial management for women in fisheries from Kwale and Taita Taveta Counties in Msambweni. The training organized by CANCO brought trainers from Equity Bank Group through the Equity Foundation |Photo by Mazera Ndurya Once perceived as a preserve for…
Nancy Chege, SGP GEF National Coordinator being assisted by a member of the Shimoni Turtle Watch to dive in Shimoni during a monitoring tour of the Shimoni-Vanga Seascape|Photo by Mazera Ndurya A dive into the turquoise waters of the ocean in Jimbo at the border between Kenya and Tanzania was pure bliss watching and marveling…
Sote Hub Co-founder David Ogiga addresses delegates on summit impact The third Blue Economy, Innovation and Investment Summit opened today at the Pride Inn Resort in the Port city of Mombasa bringing together delegates from across the globe. The first day of the three -day event themed Powering Africa’s Blue Growth saw a robust presentation…
Fishing vessels at the Liwatoni fishing port in Mombasa|Photo Mazera Ndurya With no fully operational fishing port currently, Kenya is losing billions to other countries within the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region that have invested heavily in fishing infrastructure. Countries like Mauritius and Seychelles are reaping big from millions of tons of fish caught in…
Cutting the cake to commemorate one year of Media For Nature during the Media Dialogue at the Blue Radio Hub in Mombasa What started from a casual chitchat about a year and a half ago to come up with a platform to augment many years of writing about science is today providing the direction in…
Seagrass Expert, Dr Jaqueline Uku, from the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) explaining the difference between seagrass and algae during the World Seagrass Day| Photo Mazera Ndurya As the world marked World Seagrass Day 2025, on 1 March, Kenya stood alongside the global community to highlight the crucial role of seagrass ecosystems in…
Mreroni women are at the forefront in the restoration and conservation of mangroves within the Tudor Creek |Photo Mazera Ndurya For Mreroni residents in Jomvu Kuu ward, Mombasa County, fighting illicit brewers to safeguard the mangroves within the Tudor Creek has not been an easy task. The wanton cutting of mangroves for firewood and charcoal…
Century-old mature mangrove trees are the pride of Uyombo, a melting pot of critical marine and terrestrial ecosystems. Proposals for establishing a nuclear power plant have met strong resistance from residents and environmentalists |Photo by Mazera Ndurya Kenya still stands at a crossroads in its energy journey that started several decades ago, specifically before independence…
Students from Bandari Maritime Academy demonstrating how a prototype they developed to fight illegal fishing called Smart Selective Fishing Box works during the Kenya Blue Economy Debate at the Technical University of Mombasa (TUM)| Photo Mazera Ndurya About 20 years ago, while on a tour of duty in Lamu, I met a man who at…
Gerald Gambo, Kaya Kinondo Forest Conservation Group Project Coordinator displaying some of the artefacts made by women at the group’s showroom/Photo by Mazera Ndurya Tourism has always been the economic mainstay of the coast region with stories of the once vibrant industry still being told albeit not with the enthusiasm of yesteryears. Gone are the…
