SEI Africa

SEI Africa supports close collaboration with African organisations and networks on key environmental and development issues. It is based in Nairobi, Kenya, and has employees active across South, East and West Africa.

A man walks through Nyayo Gardens in Nakuru, Kenya

A tale of two cities: inequalities in urban wellbeing in the Global South

City planning needs to consider livability and resident well-being alongside equality of environmental and economic development.

Rural farm in a village in Kenya with green grass and trees in foreground

A look into Eastern Africa’s bioeconomy strategy

View of jungle river crossing by barge, Central African Republic, 2000

Financing source-to-sea action for a sustainable blue economy: Q&A

Different modes of transport in Kampala, Uganda

How can we build inclusive and climate-resilient transport services in Africa?

Two people on Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Research areas

SEI Africa's work focuses on three key areas: energy and climate change, natural resources and ecosystems, and sustainable urbanization.

Using a co-created transdisciplinary approach to explore the complexity of air pollution in informal settlements

Novel co-created transdisciplinary research uses arts and humanities methods to explore air pollution in an informal settlement (Mukuru) in Nairobi, Kenya.

Farmer wearing traditional dress holding crop in hand, Tanzania

Local food security impacts of biofuel crop production in southern Africa

Journal articles
Land
Economy
15 November 2021
Africa

Assessing inequalities in wellbeing at a neighbourhood scale in low-middle-income-country secondary cities and their implications for long-term livability

Burkinabé woman carrying goods on her head wearing blue dress and carrying a black bag on countryside path surrounded by green grass and trees in background, Bobo-Dioulasso Department, Houet Province, southwestern Burkina Faso

Effectiveness of climate change adaptation interventions in sub-Saharan Africa and the impact of funding modalities: a mixed methods systematic review protocol

All SEI Africa publications