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Jan 8, 20202 min read
A year in review
Another busy 12 months have passed by at WRENmedia and we are excited to have begun working with some new clients. The team also...
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sreeve3
Dec 20, 20194 min read
Showcasing a different image of African agriculture
To help young agripreneurs and start-ups attract funding and scale-up their innovations, Inoussa Maiga set up the online video platform...
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sreeve3
Dec 11, 20193 min read
From Suffolk to South Africa with solar irrigation
Toby Hammond, managing director of award-winning start-up Futurepump, speaks on how the company has found its market niche by keeping it...
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sreeve3
Nov 27, 20193 min read
Meeting Malawi’s agri-information gap
Charles Mkoka is an environment and development journalist, and long-standing correspondent for WRENmedia based in Malawi. Here, he...
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sreeve3
Nov 13, 20194 min read
Champions to end global hunger
At the recent World Food Prize event held in Iowa in the US, Spore correspondent Emmanuel Maduka was selected as a Fellow of the Borlaug...
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sreeve3
Oct 16, 20194 min read
Not your usual climate conference
Earlier this month, Sophie attended the 5th Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture, held in Bali in Indonesia. Chatting...
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sreeve3
Oct 4, 20193 min read
A fellowship to champion climate research
To help smallholder farmers in Eastern and Southern Africa access advice to mitigate the effects of climate change, a US$20 million...
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sreeve3
Sep 23, 20194 min read
Dynamic agri-entrepreneurs shine at the Grow Digital AGRF
Earlier this month, Susanna attended the Africa Green Revolution Forum, held in Accra in Ghana, with the theme Grow Digital: Leveraging...
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sreeve3
Aug 30, 20194 min read
Closing the gap between research and practice
Award-winning journalist and principal information and communications officer at the Zambia Environmental Management Agency, Friday...
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sreeve3
Aug 20, 20193 min read
Why research is impotent without communication
Dr Jemimah Njuki writes on what she has learned about communication through her work with WRENmedia, and the importance of effectively...
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sreeve3
Aug 9, 20194 min read
Tech4Agri: Getting agri-journalism off the ground
Keron Bascombe is an agricultural journalist and social entrepreneur in Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. In 2011, he started...
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sreeve3
Jul 29, 20194 min read
Loss of a friend and respected researcher: recollections of Ephraim Chirwa
After the sad loss of Malawian colleague, Ephraim Chirwa, Susanna and Beatrice Ouma – who both worked together with Ephraim in recent...
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sreeve3
Jul 10, 20193 min read
Women lead the charge for food security
Award-winning journalist, James Karuga, has written numerous articles for Spore magazine about the women agri-entrepreneurs who are...
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sreeve3
Jul 1, 20194 min read
“You can get value from whatever you are doing, you just have to put your heart into it”
With extensive expertise in agribusiness development, Salome Asena currently works as a research officer for the United States...
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sreeve3
Jun 19, 20193 min read
A life devoted to change
Senior Programme Specialist at Canada's International Development Research Centre, Dr Jemimah Njuki, has carried out gender research and...
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sreeve3
Jun 12, 20194 min read
Breaking down research to build connections
Beatrice Ouma is the senior communications manager at the Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicines (GALVmed), a non-profit...
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sreeve3
May 28, 20194 min read
The climate generation: turning the tide on climate breakdown perceptions
With rising public awareness and understanding about climate crisis in recent months in the UK, James reflects on the factors that may...
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sreeve3
May 8, 20193 min read
Coming full circle: From agriculture to oil and gas, and back again
As the economic costs of climate change and food insecurity continue to rise in Trinidad and Tobago, this is a pivotal time to build...
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sreeve3
Apr 29, 20194 min read
“Knowledge is power and information grows through sharing”
Multi award-winning Kenyan journalist Bob Koigi knew he wanted to write from a young age to bring about positive change in people’s...
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sreeve3
Apr 17, 20193 min read
The power of visual storytelling
Georgina Smith is a photographer and journalist working in East Africa, and a former WRENmedia staff member. In this blog, she explains...
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