The rental housing market in Nairobi’s informal settlements offers its tenant households a perverse market outcome of higher prices for lower quality products
Heavy rainfall recently devastated large swathes of Kerala, India.
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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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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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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.