“Being a penniless single mother can be a double tragedy in a capitalist country like Kenya. My name is Mercyline Owino a mother of three boys from Ndhiwa constituency. Growing up, just like any other “normal” girl, I had big dreams. To […]

The key to ending the shortage of housing in Kenya depends, in large measure on improving access to affordable housing materials. A vast number of people find themselves priced out of Kenya’s housing mortgage market, and are forced to pay exorbitant […]

Around 14 per cent of produce world- wide is lost after harvest on farms and at the transport, storage, processing and wholesale stages, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). This amounts to more than US$ 400 billion a year. FAO […]

Researchers at Egerton University believe they have found the perfect ingredient to animal feed and way to counter malnutrition in children. Every day, thousands of pawpaw fruits are consumed in homes and fruit salad bars across Kenya. To eat a […]

In rural areas and informal settlements – mainly slums in cities and towns – people hardly seek health services. There are myriad reasons for this, including long distances to health centres, indifference to health-seeking behaviour and cost […]

The grainy black and white pictures that appeared in the morning papers of Sunday, December 6, 1987, did only partial justice to the loftiest moment Kenya football ever savoured. Some depicted the sea of humanity that packed the stands of the 60,000 […]

Alice Wanjira Munyua has relentlessly contributed to improving and sustaining Africa’s Internet community, believing that this is the key to showing the world that the continent is alive and well. When Alice Wanjira Munyua completed her bachelor’s […]