Youth, ICT And the Future of Work
Introduction to ICT, youth and the future of workJune 4, 2022The government’s development agenda for the next three years is built on the four pillars of Food Security, Manufacturing, Affordable Housing, and Universal Health Coverage. Together, these make up the Big 4 Agenda of the Kenya Vision 2030. The […]
Affordable Housing
Now biogas sheds the light: To waste is to wantApril 8, 2022Biogas is an environmentally conscious renewable source, produced through anaerobic digestion, rather than via geological processes. Environmentally friendly: Bio-digester technology is environmentally friendly, maintenance free and efficient and […]
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
In Tharaka Nithi they love her mangoes sweet and dryApril 28, 2022Adding value to mangoes by drying them created a new line of revenue for Mercy Mwende and her husband Mageria. It seems like the middle of nowhere for first-time visitors. But Kamutiria village, deep inside Tharaka Nithi County, hosts a gem that is […]
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
Mahmoud Abbas and the talking therapyMay 12, 2022We are on the top floor of Uniafric House along Koinange Street, Nairobi, in a sports club called Presha Engineering Company Gymnasium. It is late afternoon, 1986. Here, young men and women – and some not so young – work out with weights […]
Journey Of Women Trailblazers
Sarah Sarai Jommo – The long serving political detaineeMay 7, 2022Sarah Sarai Jommo achieved many firsts in her lifetime. She was the first African woman allowed to perform nursing duties at the Aga Khan Hospital, which was then a clinic. She was also the first African woman to serve on the Nairobi African […]