Youth, ICT And the Future of Work
Crystal Norman – Your go-to virtual marketing coordinatorJune 3, 2022She’s a student at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology pursuing a BSc. Degree in Strategic Management. She has trained in Digital Marketing and Virtual Assistance under the Ajira Digital Curriculum in 2020. Currently, Crystal is a […]
Affordable Housing
Indoor environmental qualityApril 14, 2022Indoor quality arises because structures and the buildings have to take into account the health of the dwellers and avoid Sick Buildings, even as the key focus remains cost-cutting in mass affordable housing. Kenya’s urban population was by 2018 […]
Manufacturing
Iron and steelApril 1, 2022The local steel industry remains heavily dependent on imported raw materials, as no local sources have been developed to date making the manufacture of steel locally quite expensive. Reducing this high import bill is possible if high quality steel […]
Towards Food Security
Introduction to Towards Food Security 2020 PublicationApril 14, 2022Although less than eight per cent of land in Kenya is under cultivation, agriculture remains the country’s most important economic activity. Only about 20 percent of Kenya’s land is suitable for farming, of which just 12 percent is classified as […]
Universal Health Coverage
‘Hailing boda bodas’ to get pregnant mothers to hospital fastApril 30, 2022As then Health Cabinet Secretary Sicily Kariuki noted at the 6th Diaspora Homecoming Convention, 2019, one of the lessons the ministry has learned from the UHC pilot programme is that to succeed, there must be adoption of technology, specifically […]
Kick-Off
1971: The league that beat its bossesMay 11, 2022Ben Ashihundu’s labours to organise the 1971 Kenya national football league, resembled the career of Sisyphus the King of Ephyra in Greek mythology, who was cursed to push a rock up a hill with the goal of placing it at the summit. But each […]
Journey Of Women Trailblazers
Olive Mugenda – Visionary scholar with entrepreneurial midas touchApril 27, 2022Professor Olive Mugenda made history by becoming the first woman in Kenya to head a public university. The renowned educator, researcher and administrator is best known for the expanded programmes and physical transformation she brought to Kenyatta […]