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Lagos slum evictions don’t work: 6 ways city planners can actually help the poor

Oluwaseyi Omowunmi Popogbe, Crawford University - Millions...

Ghana needs to stop households from using firewood: what must be done

Kwame Adjei-Mantey, University of Pretoria and Roula...

Kenya

Rating agencies and Africa: the absence of people on the ground contributes to bias against the continent – analyst

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...

Child malnutrition in Kenya: AI model can forecast rates six months before they become critical

Laura Ferguson, University of Southern California and Bistra Dilkina, University of Southern California Globally, nearly half of the deaths of children under five years are linked to malnutrition. In Kenya, it’s the leading cause...

Kenya’s Kitchen: Bold Flavors, Deep Traditions

On a crowded Nairobi street, the aroma of grilled meat rises into the evening air, mingling with the spice of fresh chilies and the...

Data protection is poor for African farmers who use digital services: Kenya and Ghana cases highlight gaps

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...

Jomo Kenyatta, father of the nation? Kenya’s first president built up a myth which masked his faults

Stephen Mutie, Kenyatta University - Kenya’s legacy as a state is deeply intertwined with Jomo Kenyatta’s influence on the nation. Kenya’s founding president died...

Child malnutrition in Kenya: AI model can forecast rates six months before they become critical

Laura Ferguson, University of Southern California and Bistra Dilkina, University of Southern California Globally, nearly half of the deaths of children under five years are linked to malnutrition. In Kenya, it’s the leading cause of...

Jomo Kenyatta, father of the nation? Kenya’s first president built up a myth which masked his faults

Stephen Mutie, Kenyatta University - Kenya’s legacy as a state is deeply intertwined with Jomo Kenyatta’s influence on the nation. Kenya’s founding president died on 22 August 1978 in his sleep at State House, Mombasa. Kenyatta is generally typecast as the “father of the nation”, guiding the newly independent Kenya onto the path of independence and development. It is an image he carefully crafted. Jomo Kenyatta was...

Rating agencies and Africa: the absence of people on the ground contributes to bias against the continent – analyst

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...

Refugees in east Africa suffer from high levels of depression, making it harder to rebuild lives – new study

Olivier Sterck, University of Oxford; Julia R Pozuelo, Harvard University; Maria Flinder Stierna, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, and Raphael Bradenbrink, University of Oxford By the end of 2023, more than 100 million people...

Kenya’s Dance Traditions: Movement as Memory and Identity

In the humid air of Mombasa’s coastal evenings, the strains of taarab music drift across courtyards, carrying poetry and...

Child malnutrition in Kenya: AI model can forecast rates six months before they become critical

Laura Ferguson, University of Southern California and Bistra Dilkina, University of Southern California Globally, nearly half of the deaths of children under five years are linked to malnutrition. In Kenya, it’s the leading cause...

Kenyans stand to lose from Adani airport deal: finance guru explains why

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...