Youth, ICT And the Future of Work
Kenya ICT infrastructureJune 3, 2022Constant investments in information and communication technology infrastructure by the government and private sector have over the years narrowed the digital divide and placed Kenya miles ahead of its East African neighbours with regard to 3rd […]
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
Heavy industriesMarch 3, 2022This is the first in a four-book mini-series by the Kenya Yearbook Editorial Board (KYEB), capturing key interventi ons by the National Government in Manufacturing, which is the first Pillar of the Big 4 Agenda and the Third Medium-Term Plan (MTP […]
Towards Food Security
Solar-powered system to boost food productionMay 2, 2022It is a lab in a container that uses solar energy and grows a large amount of seedlings, 25 per cent faster. It tests soil and seeds for disease and acts as a weather station Recently, about 100 farmers gathered around a container in a small town in […]
Universal Health Coverage
Proposed lower cost of medicines and quality assurance; essential medicines list, including those for non-communicable diseasesApril 30, 2022Lowering the cost of medicines in Kenya has been an uphill task, thus becoming one of the stumbling blocks to achieving UHC. According to WHO, 100 million people across the world fall into poverty because of out-of-pocket payments for medicines and […]
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
Wairimu NyoikeMay 7, 2022Wairimu Nyoike is a pioneer of many first in Kenya’s nursing industry. She is the first African (Black) registered nurse in Kenya, and also the first African matron of Kenyatta National Hospital. She also helped numerous nurses excel in their […]