Kenya: Kenya's Decision to Make Maths Optional in High School Is a Bad Idea - What Should Happen Instead

Kenya's education ministry announced in March 2025 that mathematics would be an optional subject in senior secondary school, which begins in grade 10. Most students in this grade… Read more »

Senegal: Fighting Fake News - How Media in Kenya and Senegal Check Facts

Misinformation has accelerated in recent years, in speed and volume. Studies show that Africans are exposed to misinformation and disinformation on a regular basis. Read more »

Kenya: Kenya's Goal to Plant 15 Billion Trees Should Include Farmers - Study Shows They Are Keen

Many African governments have set ambitious goals to plant trees as a way to combat climate change, restore degraded landscapes and improve livelihoods. The Kenyan government has… Read more »

Kenya: Entrepreneurship As a Way Out of Poverty? Study in Rural Kenya Shows Why It Doesn't Always Work

International development agencies and non-governmental organisations often seek to advance community development by fostering entrepreneurship. The premise is that poor people can… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya Relies On USAID Famine Warning System - What Happens Now That It's Gone?

Famine Early Warning Systems Network (Fews Net), a web-based platform for predicting famine, went offline on 30 January 2025. The system had provided up-to-date data to predict and… Read more »

Kenya: Femicide in Kenya - William Ruto Has Set Up a Task Force - Feminist Scholar Explains Its Flaws

Gender-based violence is a major challenge in Kenya, which has recorded a significant rise in deaths of women and girls in recent years. Read more »

Kenya: Kenya's Farmers Have Lots of Digital Tools to Help Boost Productivity - How They Can Be Made More Effective

Digital agriculture is often hailed as an almost magical trigger for promoting successful farming, even among smallholder farmers in the developing world. Read more »

Africa: African Countries Need More PhD Graduates but Students Are Held Back By a Lack of Money and Support

Over the past 15 years there's been an increasing demand from within and outside the higher education sector for African countries to produce more PhD graduates. For this to… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya Abductions - the Powerful Legal Shields Citizens and Courts Can Use - Expert

Kenya's national human rights commission recorded 82 abductions or enforced disappearances between June and December 2024. Many of the people reported missing after the country's… Read more »

Kenya: 'My Father Insisted That I Have the Baby, but Not in His House' - Kenya's Teen Mums Lack Support

Kenya's pregnant teenagers aren't getting the support they need. These young women face massive hurdles, like access to healthcare, and social and economic challenges. Importantly,… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya Has Moved People Out of the Country Illegally - What the Law Says About Extraordinary Rendition

Kenya has been accused by various non-state and state actors of supporting extraordinary rendition, which refers to the secret transfer of people from one country to another… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya's Wailing Warriors - How Women in Pentecostal Churches Claim Their Power

As a scholar and researcher of Pentecostalism, I attended a monthly church gathering, known as Daughters of Zion, in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi where women around me were… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya's Forgotten Mau Mau Freedom Fighters and the Impeached Deputy President That Stood Up for Them

Kenya's ousted deputy president, Rigathi Gachagua, who was impeached in October 2024, established his name early enough as a forceful politician unafraid to take a stand. These… Read more »

Kenya: What Does It Take to Build a Peaceful Society? the 3 Golden Rules That Make a Difference

What is a peaceful society? When peacebuilders or policymakers think about peace, they have to decide what they mean by it - what kind of society they are trying to build. Read more »

Africa: 'Forever Chemicals' Are Polluting African Waters - Lake Victoria, South Africa's Vaal and Kenya's Nairobi Rivers Are Hotspots

Every week seems to bring a new report about where "forever chemicals" have been found: in soil, drinking water, our bodies and marine animals. Their proper scientific name is… Read more »

Kenya: State Surveillance - Kenyans Have a Right to Privacy - Does the Government Respect It?

The Kenyan government is using technology to improve governance, service delivery and national security. The progress, while welcome, has brought with it concerns about state… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya's Churches Have a Powerful Political Voice - They Fill a Vacuum Left By Politicians

Kenyan religious institutions have become strongly critical of President William Ruto's government for months now. The criticism grew stronger still recently when the assembly of… Read more »

Kenya: Why President Ruto's Plan to Loan Money to Entrepreneurs Hasn't Worked

It's two years since Kenyan president William Ruto, in what seemed like a political gamble, rolled out a government-run microcredit scheme popularised as the Hustler Fund. Worth 50… Read more »

Kenya: Plastic-Eating Insect Discovered in Kenya

There's been an exciting new discovery in the fight against plastic pollution: mealworm larvae that are capable of consuming polystyrene. They join the ranks of a small group of… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya's Female Freedom Fighters Were the Silent Heroes of the Anti-Colonial Movement - Here Are Some of Their Stories

Each year in Kenya, familiar faces are feted at the national remembrance of the country's heroes and heroines. Dedan Kimathi is arguably the most commemorated of figures. As one of… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya's Presidents Have a Long History of Falling Out With Their Deputies

The process of removing Kenya's deputy president Rigathi Gachagua is part of a long history, dating back to independence, of fallouts between the president and his deputy. The… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya Is Overhauling Its National Healthcare Scheme After 58 Years - What Would Make the Transition Less Painful

Kenya's pursuit of universal health coverage has evolved over three decades through incremental reforms. But by far the boldest step taken so far was in 2022 when the government… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya's Laws Make It a Crime to Attempt Suicide - This Hurts Vulnerable People

One in every 100 deaths globally is by suicide. Each year, more than 700,000 people die by suicide. A staggering 77% of suicides occur in low- and middle-income countries, with the… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Famous Serengeti and Maasai Mara Are Being Hit By Climate Change

The Mara-Serengeti ecosystem, which includes Kenya's Maasai Mara and Tanzania's Serengeti National Park, is one of the most famous and wildlife-rich areas in Africa. Read more »

Kenya: Kenyans Stand to Lose From Adani Airport Deal - Finance Guru Explains Why

The proposal submitted early this year by Indian conglomerate Adani Group to Kenya Airports Authority to develop and renovate parts of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport has… Read more »