Youth, ICT And the Future of Work
- Micro Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) EconomySeptember 4, 2024Micro enterprises are firms with annual turnovers of up to Sh50,000 and have not more than nine. The law caps the total assets and financial investments, or the registered capital, of a micro enterprise at Sh10 million in the manufacturing sector […]
Affordable Housing
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
Why grain-rich diet isn’t that great for your cowsApril 22, 2022High-yielding animals require a lot of energy to sustain their bodies and produce at the desired level. Many farmers, resort to providing carbohydrate-rich feeds, especially maize, barley, wheat, and oats. In appropriate quantities, grains enhance […]
Universal Health Coverage
Reforms in KEMSA 2008-2013: Capacity building and coping with devolutionApril 30, 2022Between 2000 and 2008, the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency was going through tough times, coupled with challenges such as: inadequate funding from the government; overall lack of confidence in transparency, accountability and performance at KEMSA; […]
Kick-Off
Shama Shama! Music to AFC fans’ earsMay 11, 2022One relaxed mid-morning at the office, my secretary asked me a question completely unrelated to the task at hand: “Did you at one time write about Shama Shama, the former footballer?” It had been years since I left the Sports Desk. I was not even […]
Journey Of Women Trailblazers
Susan Wood – The art lover whose legacy of giving back lives onApril 22, 2022From nurse to artist, Lady Susan Wood is remembered for doing good everywhere she went. A perennial experimenter, many of her trial projects brought a new lease of life to their beneficiaries. She was awarded an MBE from the Queen of England for her […]