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.

Stakeholders met in Kenya in 2020 for the third National Working Group Consultation, which feeds into the Eastern Africa bioeconomy strategy.

New strategy to kickstart the bioeconomy in East Africa

SEI played a leading role in a partnership to develop a Regional Bioeconomy Strategy for East Africa, the first of its kind for the continent.

Workshop participants discuss the road map over a cup of tea, Kitulu Village, Kenya

Households in Kenya empowered for clean energy shift

Yellow River mangroves, Kakadu National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Australia

The promises and pitfalls of nature-based solutions

Parliamentarians from the Nairobi City County Assembly at a workshop on air quality legislation in Mombasa, Kenya, May 2021

Legislation for clean air in Kenya

Using creative participatory approaches for inclusive climate resilient transport in Africa: Guidelines for practitioners

This guidance document summarizes key concepts around transport inclusion, participation, and climate change and provides novel tools for increasing engagement.

Magdalena, a cook using biogas on a farm near Arusha, Tanzania.

Integrated assessment of air pollution and climate change for sustainable development in Africa

Other publications
Air
Climate
17 November 2022
Africa

Kenyan woman holding a newborn baby in a blanket

Implementation of the Afya conditional cash transfer intervention to retain women in the continuum of care: a mixed-methods process evaluation

Journal articles
Health
18 October 2022
Kenya

Analysis of the plastic waste value chain in India: a scoping study

SEI reports
Economy
Governance
7 October 2022
India

All SEI Africa publications

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.