Growing up on a farm in South Africa’s Free State, the idea of transforming the world into something more sustainable, more equitable, consumed my thoughts. But when those ideas met the real world, ...

Fifty years ago this April, Dr Johnstone Muthiora, who, barely six months earlier, had taken on one of the most powerful men in Kenya at the ballot box and won, died mysteriously. His death, coming as ...

Decarbonization is a major response to climate change mitigation in the 21st century. However, our research in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) shows that the pursuit of decarbonization is ...

On the Gates Foundation website, Ghanaian programmer Darlington Akogo talks about his mission to reduce the number of deaths in the West African nation, where there’s one doctor per 10,000 patients.

The streets of Nairobi’s Central Business District are heavy with the smell of tear gas. It is July 11, 2024, and the youth are protesting against corruption and poor governance, the tail end of the ...

By now, many Kenyans, especially Nairobians, have returned from their annual pilgrimage to Mombasa. The coastal city renowned for its rich history and vibrant Swahili culture is more than just a ...

The United Nations declared 2024 the International Year of Camelids to celebrate the contribution of camelids to food security, nutrition, economic growth, and the Sustainable Development Goals. Over ...

The issues surrounding the Adani Group and its deals in Kenya may be briefly absent from the front pages, but you can rest assured that they are not over. The Adani saga may look like the story of an ...

Five months since the leaderless, anti-tax, pro-good-governance “Gen Z” protests roiled Kenya in June and July 2024, their vanguardism inspiring young people in other African countries to stage their ...

As the dust seemingly settles from the demographic whirlwind of the Kenyan tax revolt, the scramble to understand the new context as a pathway to prosperity following a recognition of the shifting ...

Watching the anti-finance bill-turned-anti-government protests unfold in Kenya, I could not help but wonder what I could offer from my own experiences of analysing and contributing, however modestly, ...

Over a thousand years ago, the ancient Greeks laid the foundation for what would become the most iconic sporting event in human history: the Olympic Games. Back then, in the revered sanctuary of ...