Sub-Saharan Africa

Aerial view of wind turbines dotting a rugged brown hillside along the coast in Chile at sunset.

The Implementation Gap: anticipating missed renewable energy targets through media-sentiment and social resistance index

Other publication / This research highlights the need to treat social viability as a core part of renewable energy planning, investment and implementation.

3 September 2026 / About Participation and Renewables

SDG Synergies for Malawi’s food systems transformation

Feature / SEI collaborated with Sustainable Food Systems Ireland to develop the Malawi Food Systems Transformation Tool using the SDG Synergies platform.

21 August 2026 / About Food and agriculture and Sustainable Development Goals

A man walking through a sorghum field on a sunny day against a blue sky with sparse white clouds

Rooted in practice: 17 success stories of science making a difference (2018–2024)

Other publication / The synthesis of narratives from AgriFoSe2030 project reports and program evaluation documents was led by Selorm Kugbega, Brenda Ochola and Lovisa Hast.

5 August 2026 / About Food and agriculture

Coffee drying station with long rows of raised beds covered in yellow and black tarpaulins, leading up to corrugated-roof warehouses and a forested hillside.

New digital Nature Tool for effective agricultural sourcing co-developed by Clarmondial and SEI

Press release / Development is underway for a digital version of the Nature Tool, designed to assess nature-related risks and opportunities across agricultural sourcing.

4 June 2026 / About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture and Water resources

How Kenya can escape from the grip of global oil disruption and shocks

Media coverage / SEI’s Alphayo Lutta emphasizes that one way Kenya can reduce its vulnerability to global oil disruptions is to give greater attention to its bioeconomy.

4 May 2026 / About Bioeconomy

In South Africa, two Shangaan women cook around a fire.

Impacts of improved cookstove interventions on personal exposure to carbon monoxide and particulate matter in Zambia

Journal article / This journal article explores the effects of different cooking fuels, stoves and greater environment on users' air pollution exposure.

21 September 2025 / About Energy access, Household energy, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

Different kinds of wooden pellets in flames.

Biomass cookstove emissions—a systematic review on aerosol and particle properties of relevance for health, climate, and the environment

Journal article / Biomass cookstoves remain a major source of harmful air pollution. This article analyses the research and policy landscape on these cookstoves' emissions.

11 April 2025 / About Household energy, Pollution, Short lived climate pollutants and Sustainable lifestyles

ground-mounted solar panels installed in a grassy field under a clear sky

Why cheap renewable power is still expensive in Kenya

Media coverage / In a Daily Nation Opinion, SEI Researcher Cassilde Muhoza explains why Kenya’s expansion of renewable energy has not automatically translated into lower tariffs

5 March 2026 / About Climate policy, Energy access and Renewables

Aerial view of oil production and shipping facilities on a riverbank in Nigeria

Nigeria, South Africa on course to break climate pledges with fossil fuel production plans

Media coverage / Emily Ghosh and Derik Broekhoff spotlight Nigeria and South Africa's fossil fuel production plans in The Conversation, based on the 2025 Production Gap Report.

11 January 2026 / About Climate policy and Fossil fuels