Youth, ICT And the Future of Work
Your questions on Ajira Digital answeredJune 3, 2022What is Ajira digital programme? It is a government initiative driven by the Ministry of ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs to empower young Kenyans to access digital and digitally-enabled job opportunities. And what are the activities of Ajira? […]
Affordable Housing
Now biogas sheds the light: To waste is to wantApril 8, 2022Biogas is an environmentally conscious renewable source, produced through anaerobic digestion, rather than via geological processes. Environmentally friendly: Bio-digester technology is environmentally friendly, maintenance free and efficient and […]
Manufacturing
Cotton processing and ginningApril 1, 2022The Cotton, Textile and Apparel (CTA) industry remains largely labor intensive and employs both semi-skilled and un-skilled workers and hence a key contributor to rural livelihoods. Specifically, about 200,000 households and an estimated 40,000 […]
Towards Food Security
Farmer shares secret to raising pigs for marketApril 28, 2022Michael Wanyoike took up pig farming as a last resort, but through trial and error and his sheer determination to learn, Kongoni Pig Farm is a key supplier to leading meat processor Farmers Choice. He was a greenhorn then. Today, however, he is a […]
Universal Health Coverage
KEMSA in a devolved healthcare system – ongoing legal reformsApril 28, 2022The Kenya Medical Supplies Authority went through tough times between 2000 through to 2008. The Kenya Medical Supplies Agency was established through Legal Notice No. 20 of 2000 with the hope of curing the challenges that its predecessor, the […]
Kick-Off
Beginnings: The Gossage cupMay 10, 2022The description of Uganda’s fourth goal during the1945 Gossage Cup match with Kenya dug up long forgotten childhood memories of tactical instructions issued to players when I went to school in the 1960s.I do not remember the coach, usually […]
Journey Of Women Trailblazers
Mary MwangiApril 27, 2022Mary Mwangi is the founder and managing director of Double M public service vehicles under Express Connections Limited. Born in 1961, the entrepreneur resigned from her job as a clerk at the National Hospital Insurance Fund, opting to go into […]