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
The construction advantages of versatile engineered woodApril 14, 2022Engineered wood is relatively affordable and easily available, it is derived from, among others, by-products and remains of wood held together by a bonding agent or adhesive, as well as chemicals and intense heat. In a recent survey, the […]
Manufacturing
Agro-processing: Tea sub-sectorJuly 1, 2022The legal framework for value addition in the Tea sector is provided for in The Crops (Tea Industry) Regulations, 2020 under the Crops Act 2013 Tea is a major cash crop in Kenya and the single leading foreign exchange earner for the country. The Tea […]
Towards Food Security
Sudan grass boosts supply of livestock fodder in arid zonesApril 28, 2022Pastoralists in faraway Mandera County in the north-east of the country have never been happier. Tales of drought, starvation and official neglect are gradually giving way to prosperity. And believe it or not, what is changing the fortunes of the […]
Universal Health Coverage
Resource pooling through health insurance schemesApril 30, 2022President Uhuru Kenyatta has made achieving Universal Health Coverage by 2022 a major part of his second term agenda. He indicated in his inauguration speech that this would be achieved by expanding coverage under NHIF. The World Bank estimates that […]
Kick-Off
Jamhuri Day horror showMay 11, 2022In an idle moment at the Sports Desk, while working for the Standard Newspapers in 1977, a senior colleague, Hezekiah Wepukhulu, said to me: “There is a story I would like you to do. It is about the worst defeat Kenya has ever suffered in […]
Journey Of Women Trailblazers
Priscilla Nangurai – Warrior who snatched child brides from the clutches of moransMay 7, 2022Being ostracised by her deeply cultural Maasai community did not deter Priscilla Nangurai from her quest to rescue child brides from the jaws of early marriage. She helped establish the AIC Girls Rescue Centre in Kajiado County, which provides a […]