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Healing communities
Kenya’s experiment in digitised, community-led primary care is proving its worth. The harder question is who will pay for...
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Africa’s malaria fight is losing ground, and money
A generation of hard-won progress faces reversal as aid dries up and cases plateau By Our Correspondent ADDIS ABABA...
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Breaking the silence
Kenya’s campaign to dismantle mental health stigma faces formidable structural barriers By Our Staff Writer In January 2025, Kenya’s...
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The pandemic dividend
Africa’s halting progress on disease preparedness exposes the gap between rhetoric and resources By Our Staff Writer In February...
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America’s WHO exit leaves Africa exposed
The withdrawal of the United States from the World Health Organisation threatens to undermine disease surveillance and health systems...
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Small doses of daily exercise linked to mortality reduction
Two large-scale studies suggest modest increases in physical activity yield substantial health benefits By Our Reporter The notion that...
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Sick pay
Kenya’s new health insurance scheme promises universal coverage. Can it deliver? By Ethical Business Team When Janet Wanjiru’s husband...
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Digital doctors
Mobile phones are transforming healthcare delivery in Kenya, but challenges remain By Philip Mwangangi In a small clinic in...
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Data and determination
Kenya is proving that smart technology and targeted policy can save mothers’ lives—even where the challenge remains steep By...
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Health coverage for all?
Governments push new models, yet citizens remain wary of paying in. By Ethical Business Team Kenya’s quest for universal...
Tourism on holy ground
Tourism across East Africa is expanding into landscapes that indigenous communities regard as holy By Rachel Mkamburi A short distance from the beaches of Kenya’s south coast, visitors pass through a narrow path into the dense coastal woodland of Kaya Kinondo Sacred Forest. Before entering, guides ask them to...
The afterlife of clothes
Kenya stands at the centre of a textile waste crisis that is also, improbably, an opportunity. A new generation of circular business models is testing whether African fashion can close the loop — and who benefits when it does By Lisa Kimani NAIROBI –Every month, thousands of tonnes of...
Tourism on holy ground
Tourism across East Africa is expanding into landscapes that indigenous communities regard as holy By Rachel Mkamburi A short distance from the beaches of Kenya’s south coast, visitors pass through a narrow path into the dense coastal woodland of Kaya Kinondo Sacred Forest. Before entering, guides ask them to...
The afterlife of clothes
Kenya stands at the centre of a textile waste crisis that is also, improbably, an opportunity. A new generation of circular business models is testing whether African fashion can close the loop — and who benefits when it does By Lisa Kimani NAIROBI –Every month, thousands of tonnes of...
Milk with a smaller footprint
Greening East Africa’s dairy sector By Philip Mwangangi Kenya’s dairy sector is a study in competing pressures. Smallholder farmers produce 80% of the nation’s milk, typically managing between one and five cows and averaging 7.6 litres per cow per day. The sector contributes 17% to agricultural GDP and about...
Feeding hope: Wawira Njiru’s food security mission
From a Ruiru kitchen to a continental blueprint NAIROBI — On a school day in Kiambu County, some 600,000 children file past a digital scanner, tap a wristband, and collect a hot meal. The transaction takes seconds. Its origins took thirteen years. In 2012, Wawira Njiru, then a 21-year-old...
Healing communities
Kenya’s experiment in digitised, community-led primary care is proving its worth. The harder question is who will pay for...
Tourism on holy ground
Tourism across East Africa is expanding into landscapes that indigenous communities regard as holy By Rachel Mkamburi A short distance from the beaches of Kenya’s south coast, visitors pass through a narrow path into the dense coastal woodland of Kaya Kinondo Sacred Forest. Before entering, guides ask them to...
The afterlife of clothes
Kenya stands at the centre of a textile waste crisis that is also, improbably, an opportunity. A new generation of circular business models is testing whether African fashion can close the loop — and who benefits when it does By Lisa Kimani NAIROBI –Every month, thousands of tonnes of...
Milk with a smaller footprint
Greening East Africa’s dairy sector By Philip Mwangangi Kenya’s dairy sector is a study in competing pressures. Smallholder farmers...
Feeding hope: Wawira Njiru’s food security mission
From a Ruiru kitchen to a continental blueprint NAIROBI — On a school day in Kiambu County, some 600,000...
Storing the sun: Battery storage becomes Africa’s missing piece
As solar capacity races ahead, the continent’s weak grids demand a new kind of infrastructure By Our Reporter Africa’s...
Tourism on holy ground
Tourism across East Africa is expanding into landscapes that indigenous communities regard as holy By Rachel Mkamburi A short distance from the beaches of Kenya’s south coast, visitors pass through a narrow path into the dense coastal woodland of Kaya Kinondo Sacred Forest. Before entering, guides ask them to...
The afterlife of clothes
Kenya stands at the centre of a textile waste crisis that is also, improbably, an opportunity. A new generation of circular business models is testing whether African fashion can close the loop — and who benefits when it does By Lisa Kimani NAIROBI –Every month, thousands of tonnes of...
Milk with a smaller footprint
Greening East Africa’s dairy sector By Philip Mwangangi Kenya’s dairy sector is a study in competing pressures. Smallholder farmers produce 80% of the nation’s milk, typically managing between one and five cows and averaging 7.6 litres per cow per day. The sector contributes 17% to agricultural GDP and about...
Feeding hope: Wawira Njiru’s food security mission
From a Ruiru kitchen to a continental blueprint NAIROBI — On a school day in Kiambu County, some 600,000 children file past a digital scanner, tap a wristband, and collect a hot meal. The transaction takes seconds. Its origins took thirteen years. In 2012, Wawira Njiru, then a 21-year-old...
Sustainable fibres, modest gains
Rising demand for organic and recycled textiles in Africa is tempered by limited local production and higher costs. By Alice Wandia NAIROBI — Across Africa’s fashion and textile sectors, demand for eco‑friendly fabrics is rising, buoyed by consumer consciousness, export opportunities, and sustainability initiatives. But the trend remains embryonic,...
Tourism on holy ground
Tourism across East Africa is expanding into landscapes that indigenous communities regard as holy By Rachel Mkamburi A short distance from the beaches of Kenya’s south coast, visitors pass through a narrow path into the dense coastal woodland of Kaya Kinondo Sacred Forest. Before entering, guides ask them to...
The afterlife of clothes
Kenya stands at the centre of a textile waste crisis that is also, improbably, an opportunity. A new generation of circular business models is testing whether African fashion can close the loop — and who benefits when it does By Lisa Kimani NAIROBI –Every month, thousands of tonnes of...
Milk with a smaller footprint
Greening East Africa’s dairy sector By Philip Mwangangi Kenya’s dairy sector is a study in competing pressures. Smallholder farmers produce 80% of the nation’s milk, typically managing between one and five cows and averaging 7.6 litres per cow per day. The sector contributes 17% to agricultural GDP and about...
Healing communities
Kenya’s experiment in digitised, community-led primary care is proving its worth. The harder question is who will pay for it. By Miriam Kerubo In Kibra, one of Nairobi’s largest informal settlements, Irene Onkoba begins her day the way she has since the government issued her a smartphone: door to...
Tourism on holy ground
Tourism across East Africa is expanding into landscapes that indigenous communities regard as holy By Rachel Mkamburi A short distance from the beaches of Kenya’s south coast, visitors pass through a narrow path into the dense coastal woodland of Kaya Kinondo Sacred Forest. Before entering, guides ask them to...
The afterlife of clothes
Kenya stands at the centre of a textile waste crisis that is also, improbably, an opportunity. A new generation of circular business models is testing whether African fashion can close the loop — and who benefits when it does By Lisa Kimani NAIROBI –Every month, thousands of tonnes of...
WEEK SUMMARY TITLES
Greening East Africa’s dairy sector By Philip Mwangangi Kenya’s dairy sector is a study in competing pressures. Smallholder farmers...
From a Ruiru kitchen to a continental blueprint NAIROBI — On a school day in Kiambu County, some 600,000...
Kenya’s rising tide of lifestyle diseases implicates both a permissive state and an aggressive food industry. The question of...
Ethiopia’s ancient agroforestry tradition offers a rebuke to industrial monoculture, and a model under threat By Elias Getachew ADDIS...