Global South countries have been told to harmonize their regulatory approaches for biotechnology and new breeding techniques.Kenya’s National Biosafety Authority (NBA) chief executive, Dr Roy Mugiira, said many countries in the Global North have adopted a common approach to regulating these new technologies. The Global South should learn from them and follow suit.“The United Kingdom, for example, enacted legislation based on the approaches that we have taken,” said Mugiira.
East African Community member states should harmonize their policies on waste management because there is more value in tackling the problem together as a region.This emerged on the second day of the Africa Waste is Wealth Series (AWWS) Conference in Nairobi. The conference was organized by the non-profit Taka Taka Ni Mali in partnership with Alliance for Science and East African Business Council (EABC).On the second day of the three-day conference that ran from June 6 to 8, 2023, Taka Taka Ni Mali patron Mary Ngechu said Africans need to adopt local solutions in terms of policy and innovations and learn from each other before they can check what the Global North is doing.“ Research has shown that EAC countries have solid waste in unsustainable landfills or dumpsites and what remains is thrown in inappropriate places.” “Kenya, for example, can emulate what Uganda is doing before they adopt policies from the Global North. So, as we start where we are and with what we h