John Mukum Mbaku, Weber State University - Raila Amolo Odinga, who died on 15 October 2025, aged 80, ran five times for the Kenyan presidency but didn’t win. Yet he became a statesman...
Misheck Mutize, University of Cape Town - Rating agency Fitch recently warned that the rapid spread of the mpox virus in sub-Saharan Africa could add to the fiscal pressures many countries in the...
Odongo Kodongo, University of the Witwatersrand - The proposal submitted early this year by Indian conglomerate Adani Group to Kenya Airports Authority to develop...
Heike Baumüller, University of Bonn and Bezawit Beyene Chichaibelu, University of Bonn
Across Africa, agricultural producers are turning to digital solutions to get information about farming methods, market access or financial services. By 2022, there were 666 of these solutions operating on the continent, the highest number among all low- and medium-income regions.
Advances in digital devices, such as smartphones, sensors and satellites, connected through the internet and combined with big data analytics, enable solution providers to collect and analyse large amounts of farm data. This is data related to the farmer, the farming site, operations and commercial transactions.
This has raised the possibility that service providers or other third parties could...
Olivier Sterck, University of Oxford; Julia R Pozuelo, Harvard University; Maria Flinder Stierna, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, and Raphael Bradenbrink, University of Oxford
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Awino Okech, SOAS, University of London
On 25 June 2024, a youth-led protest primarily composed of Gen Zs, as they are popularly referred to, stormed Kenya’s parliament. Legislators voted to pass the Finance Bill 2024...
In the bustling streets of Nairobi, the scent of roasted meat drifts from roadside grills, mingling with the sharp bite of chili and the earthy sweetness of simmering stews. Food in Kenya is never only food—it is history, geography, and community layered on the plate. A blend of indigenous traditions, regional adaptations, and influences carried by centuries of trade, the country’s cuisine reveals a...
Mario Schmidt, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology and Miriam Maina, University of Manchester
Within sight of Kenya’s main international airport in Nairobi’s east, Pipeline residential estate stands out like a sore thumb. Composed...
Mario Schmidt, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology and Miriam Maina, University of Manchester
Within sight of Kenya’s main international airport in Nairobi’s east, Pipeline residential estate stands out like a sore thumb. Composed...
On a crowded Nairobi street, the aroma of grilled meat rises into the evening air, mingling with the spice of fresh chilies and the earthiness of simmering stews. Kenyan cuisine is not a...
Odongo Kodongo, University of the Witwatersrand - The proposal submitted early this year by Indian conglomerate Adani Group to Kenya Airports Authority to develop and renovate parts of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport has...
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