Work by SEI Africa

EU market access for East African Agro-based SMEs

Project / This project explores access to EU markets for East African small-medium enterprises in the agriculture sector and the effect of EU sustainability standards

2022 - 2023 / About Bioeconomy, Business and Food and agriculture

OpeN source Nexus modelling tools for Planning Sustainable Energy Transition in Africa (ONEPlanET)

Project / The project supports African governments in the definition of effective energy policy choices and provides them with the necessary scientific knowledge

2022 - 2025 / About Fossil fuels and Planning and modelling

Screening cassava for time of maturity to respond to various market needs: Case study in African sub-tropical zones

Journal article / The objectives of this study were to screen cassava varieties and early generation clones for time of maturity to identify genotypes for different market uses.

17 November 2021 / About Food and agriculture

SEI Currents 2022

Feature / The world is in transition. What trends are emerging in 2022?

20 December 2021 / About Behaviour and choice, Bioeconomy, Climate policy, Climate services, Finance, Food and agriculture, Fossil fuels, Geopolitics, Innovation, Mitigation, Pollution, Public policy, Sustainable Development Goals, Transport, Water resources and Wellbeing

A man walks through Nyayo Gardens in Nakuru, Kenya

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

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

17 December 2021 / About Cities, Land use, Participation, Pollution, Public policy and Wellbeing

Ecological and urban garden, Barcelona, Spain

Local2030 Coalition for the Decade of Action

SEI report / This report launches the Local2030 Coalition, a UN-led support platform and network to accelerate local-level action on the Sustainable Development Goals.

1 December 2021 / About Sustainable Development Goals

COP26 President Alok Sharma at the Exploring Loss and Damage event at COP26

COP26: what it delivered and what’s next

Feature / The COP26 outcomes have sunk in and it is time to take stock of what happened on fossil fuels, loss and damage and other questions and look ahead.

13 December 2021 / About Adaptation, Finance and Mitigation

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

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

19 November 2021 / About Cities, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

Nyayo Gardens Park, Nakuru, Kenya provides shade and respite to workers and local residents

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

Journal article / This article describes a mixed methods approach to understand inequalities in urban wellbeing in two rapidly changing cities in Kenya and Thailand.

10 November 2021 / About Cities, Participation, Pollution, Public policy and Wellbeing

African woman washing clothes in the yard next to the washing line were few blankets are drying

Quality of Government and Access to Clean Water and Sanitation: A New International Network and Research Agenda

Past event / Welcome to a virtual session on quality of government and access to clean water and sanitation, as part of the AfricaSan 6 conference.

24 November 2021 / About Cities, Participation, Public policy, Sanitation and Water resources

Farmer wearing traditional dress holding crop in hand, Tanzania

Local food security impacts of biofuel crop production in southern Africa

Journal article / This study assesses the local food security impacts of engagement in biofuel crop production in southern Africa.

15 November 2021 / About Bioeconomy and Food and agriculture

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

A look into Eastern Africa’s bioeconomy strategy

Perspective / Since 2018, seven countries in Eastern Africa have worked on developing a regional bioeconomy strategy, culminating in the presentation of a draft summary.

14 November 2021 / About Bioeconomy, Climate policy, Ecosystems, Finance, Geopolitics and Public policy