In Africa, poverty and environmental degradation are inextricably linked. If we want to talk about long-term sustainable solutions, we cannot address one without the other. I live in an area of rural Kenya where people cut down indigenous trees to process and sell as cooking charcoal. Every morning, I see men riding into town on […]
Author Archives: Tevis Howard
Tevis Howard is the founder and executive director of KOMAZA, a nonprofit social enterprise established in 2006 and based in Kenya. In 2008, Tevis was awarded the prestigious Draper Richards Fellowship for Social Entrepreneurship. Tevis has also been awarded the Rainer Arnhold Fellowship and the Pop!Tech Social Innovation Fellowship for his vision and work with KOMAZA.