Explorers in Africa

Follow Our Travels in Africa

As part of our Feeding The Planet initiative, we sent a team from The George Washington University abroad. Dr. Imani Cheers and two Planet Forward Explorer Fellows, Sara Snyder and Gabrielle Demczuk, traveled through Kenya and Tanzania looking for important stories and interesting people working in the food and agriculture space to get a firsthand view of what it's going to take to feed the planet.

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Women Working Together for Fair Farms
Gabriella Demczuk
NAIROBI, Kenya – Three Kenyan women saw a problem in their country: payment delays and unfair practices in the largest industry around, agriculture. They came together to find a solution: M-Farm.
Fair Water, Safe Water
Imani Cheers
Director of Academic Adventures, Planet Forward
NAIROBI, Kenya - Clean water is a given in most of the US, but in Kenya fair access needs a machine like Quench.
Cheaper, Safer Cooking with Biomass Briquettes
Imani Cheers
Director of Academic Adventures, Planet Forward
KIBERA, Kenya – In the largest slum in Kenya, even if families can get food they might not have the tools to cook it safely. Meet Mary Njenga, a Kenyan scientist developing a cleaner, cheaper cooking fuel.
Learning to Farm for the Future
Imani Cheers
Director of Academic Adventures, Planet Forward
Who's going to grow all the food we'll need in 2050? With less young people looking at farming as a career, 4-H is trying to turn it around and put farming into African schools.
Kenyan App Gets Farmers Paid
Sara Snyder
Planet Forward/GWU
If you've got crops to sell in Africa, the trouble may be getting paid - unless you've got Agrimangr, a phone app that gives you all the info you need to get a fair deal.
The Only Greenhouse in Zanzibar
Sara Snyder
Planet Forward/GWU
ZANZIBAR, Tanzania – Zanzibar has one greenhouse. Only one. And this simple technology could be the key to helping the island feed itself.
Simple Innovations Revolutionize Farming in Zanzibar
Sara Snyder
Planet Forward/GWU
ZANZIBAR, Tanzania - Meet the farmers of Umwamwema, a subsistence farming collective that is using simple innovations to change their fortunes.
I Wish I Had More Time
Gabriella Demczuk
Gabriella Demcszuk reflects on Explorers in Africa.
Karibu Sana, You Are Most Welcome!
Sara Snyder
Planet Forward/GWU
Sara Snyder reflects on Explorers in Africa.
Persistence is Key!
Imani Cheers
Director of Academic Adventures, Planet Forward
An app for Kenyan dairy farmers maximizes their livestock investments by tracking optimum animal nutrition, feed production, and prevention of cure and milk related diseases.

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