Dr Geoffrey Wango, a counselling psychologist says depression is higher among first-year students who take time to adjust from childhood to adulthood. At this stage, Wango says the young scholars who used to entirely depend on parents and teachers for survival are introduced to a whole new world where they are required to live independent lives. The transition from secondary school to university, he says, should be well planned and that teachers, parents and society should endeavour to prepare them for the next stage of life.

Experts are warning that livelihoods in Africa will be sensitive to future climate change and any increase in climate variability. This is particularly true in semi-arid regions, where precipitation is scanty and further warming will likely be devastating to livelihoods. In the absence of appropriate adaptation measures, productivity of these regions will drastically fall. The basic technology currently being used, as well as low incomes, means inhabitants of semi-arid regions will have few options to adapt.