Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.
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In many ways US-Kenya relations is in uncharted territory.
A major cause of flooding in Nairobi is inappropriate building on riparian land.
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Riparian zones are meant to be a vital part of Nairobi’s drainage system, but they’ve been built on.
About 250,000 people live in Kibera slum in Nairobi.
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Kenya needs to complete its national digital land registry to increase transparency and efficiency of the city’s land.
Afternoon traffic into Nairobi’s CBD.
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Research shows that cities benefit from car-free days in many ways.
About 40% of Nairobi’s water supply gets lost on the way to consumers.
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The beauty of rainwater harvesting is that anybody can do it.
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Shared toilets have been shown to be linked to poor health outcomes.
Slums like Mathare in Nairobi are particularly prone to flooding.
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The health challenges that Nairobi can expect in the wake of heavy rains are largely preventable.
Nairobi’s current waste disposal system is fraught with major problems.
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Nairobi’s new governor should learn from the mistakes of the past
A Turkana woman buys food from a refugee woman in Kakuma camp in north western Kenya.
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Refugee policy may well be a humanitarian issue. But it is also a development issue.
Cheap private schools in low and middle income countries have increased dramatically.
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Research explores why parents in Nairobi actively choose to send their children to private schools, despite the financial constraints.
Nairobi’s Dandora waste dumpsite – still in use after being declared a health hazard in 2001.
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Only a quarter of Nairobi’s solid waste reaches the main dumpsite east of the city. Piles of uncollected garbage are a common sight across the capital.
The Oluwole Urban Market near Marina in Lagos. Being middle class is more than just being a consumer.
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Scholars have started to investigate what it really means to be middle class in Africa.
Inmates at a Kenyan prison wearing bracelets symbolising their new mindful leader identities.
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A new programme in Kenya’s largest maximum prison is teaching inmates how to become mindful leaders by harnessing their thoughts and emotions, and living in the power of now.
If not treated properly, hypertension can lead to strokes, heart attacks or kidney failure.
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Although hypertension can easily be detected in Africa, up to half of the population are unaware of their condition.
Matatu or minibuses in a downtown Nairobi park. Good information about transport is critical for citizens in any place.
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Involving the public in data collection - through crowd sourcing - to produce critical public services such as maps and transit apps helps build new conversations on how the system can be improved.
Researchers at several institutions are searching for microbial solutions for Africa’s low-performing staple crops.
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Microbial-based solutions are perhaps the best-kept secret in agricultural innovation.
Local residents walk past a collapsed building in Huruma, Nairobi. Many of the city’s current problems emerged at its birth as a colonial town.
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Building better, inclusive cities involves enabling the wise use of public land and taxes to ensure that high-quality housing and amenities are provided for all at a lower cost.
The mane event.
Varun Aditya
Forget fences and international agreements. This five-year study in the Serengeti has found the way forward.
Women’s ability to work is severely constrained by the lack of child care facilities in urban slums.
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For most women, participating in the labour force is dependent on whether they have adequate child care they can rely on.
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Residents in Nairobi’s urban slums are opting for fast food rather than the healthy alternatives, which is increasing their risk of developing diabetes.