Cities can’t afford to ignore informal transport. The ITF’s findings echo Trufi's experience. These networks deliver where formal systems fall short. The challenge isn’t erasing them — it’s elevating them.
via International Transport Forum
#Belgian teens among four charged in #Kenya over #trafficking of rare #ants
The Anthropocene Illusion, Kenya: Zed Nelson
In Maasai Mara, tourists engage in colonial fantasies, re-enacting the picnic scene in Out of Africa’
Two technology companies have joined forces to deploy powerful supercomputer graphics processing units (GPUs ) across #SouthAfrica, #Egypt, #Kenya, #Morocco, and #Nigeria.
https://www.okayafrica.com/africa-ai-expansion/
Can't wait for the bubble to explode...
A "too good to be true" EV leasing model for Kenyan taxi drivers? Drivers bear all the risk. Tech solutions should empower, not extract.
via xitter @ChinaGSProject
I did not even know ants were that valuable! I wonder if #Belgium
will petition the teens be fined & deported‽ Being jailed over ants
is quite embarrassing.
Belgian teens arrested with 5,000 smuggled ants as #Kenya
warns of changing trafficking trends https://apnews.com/article/garden-ants-kenya-smugglers-belgians-vietnamese-624f12ae80e0d66a87f03966079efbc1
Kenyan court tries Belgian teens on ant smuggling charges
The Kenyan Wildlife Service said the case was a shift from smuggling larger mammals to "ecologically critical species." The two Belgian teens pleaded guilty but said they were collecting the ants for fun.
Kenya: quatre personnes arrêtées pour trafic de fourmis
Quatre personnes ont été arrêtées pour avoir tenté d’exporter illégalement plusieurs milliers de fourmis vivantes pour les vendre à des collectionneurs en Europe ou Asie.
https://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20250416-kenya-quatre-personnes-arr%C3%AAt%C3%A9es-pour-trafic-de-fourmis
Two Belgian teenagers were charged with wildlife piracy after they were found with thousands of ants packed in test tubes in what Kenyan authorities said was part of a trend in trafficking smaller and lesser known species.
@AssociatedPress reports: https://flip.it/RnLBW2
.. been thinking on how some think that appealing to an oppressor about another oppressor would make a difference..
.. some truly do fit the description of delusional because.. how now?
"“The thing is, when you see a healthy forest, like Ngong forest, you don’t think about what is making it healthy. It is the relationships all the way from the bacteria to the ants to the bigger things,” he said.
Muruthi warned of the risk of trafficking species and exporting diseases to the agricultural industry of the destination countries."
Mr. Wallace, our Area Manager in #Nyeri, #Kenya, supports a #woman Ann to push the boundaries of #sustainable #farming and #agriculture. To nurture her local #community, Ann wants to partner with universities for #research, and educate local farmers via farming #workshops.
#PalUpNow! #Africa #...Ride Pal Supports Sustainable Farmer And Agriculture Leader Ann
https://palupnow.com/blogs/f/ride-pal-supports-sustainable-farmer-and-agriculture-leader-ann