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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...
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Building healthcare excellence in Rwanda: The vision of Dr. Suzan Homeida
A clinical haematologist is transforming medical education and diagnostics in East Africa through strategic partnerships and a commitment to...
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Climate-proofing primary care clinics
How design and energy upgrades can keep Africa’s health systems running when the weather turns deadly The clinic in...
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Designing wellness the Kenyan way
How Kenyan innovators are reshaping luxury wellness into inclusive, ethical wellbeing Across the world, luxury wellness is evolving. Once...
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From clinics to communities: How firms are redefining workplace health
When a Nairobi call centre closed its phones for a “wellness hour”, staff did not just breathe easier, the...
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Kenya’s health reform at a crossroads
OPINION Kenya set out to end a long domestic quarrel by replacing a battered national insurer with a single...
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The county cure: How Kenya’s county govts can deliver Universal Health Coverage
When Mama Grace walks into Makueni County Hospital with her newborn, she expects care without catastrophe. Her confidence stems...
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Death by premiums: How Kenya’s health insurance dream became a nightmare
By Analysis Desk Anna Cheptonui could only weep outside Nakuru’s maternity wing as her newly delivered daughter was detained...
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The diseased metropolis and its reluctant physicians
By Analysis Desk Nairobi’s air exacts a measurable toll: studies suggest particulate pollution, routinely exceeding safe limits by fourfold,...
Threads of memory
The role of storytelling in African fashion By Isaiah Mwangala In a small atelier outside Dakar, Senegal, roughly fifty Manjack master craftsmen weave organic cotton and raffia into fabrics bearing distinctly African motifs. The work is painstaking, often taking weeks or months to complete a single piece. Yet for...
From dump to gallery
Kenya’s junk sculptor makes art from what others discard By Mugo Murathe In Nairobi’s industrial quarters, where electronic waste and discarded metal accumulate in informal dumps, Cyrus Kabiru sees not rubbish but raw material. The 41-year-old self-taught artist transforms bottle caps, circuit boards and scrap metal into sculptural eyewear...
Threads of memory
The role of storytelling in African fashion By Isaiah Mwangala In a small atelier outside Dakar, Senegal, roughly fifty Manjack master craftsmen weave organic cotton and raffia into fabrics bearing distinctly African motifs. The work is painstaking, often taking weeks or months to complete a single piece. Yet for...
From dump to gallery
Kenya’s junk sculptor makes art from what others discard By Mugo Murathe In Nairobi’s industrial quarters, where electronic waste and discarded metal accumulate in informal dumps, Cyrus Kabiru sees not rubbish but raw material. The 41-year-old self-taught artist transforms bottle caps, circuit boards and scrap metal into sculptural eyewear...
From white elephant to free-trade zone
A failed megafarm gets yet another makeover By Analysis Desk For over a decade, the Galana Kulalu irrigation project has been synonymous with government mismanagement, corruption allegations, and unfulfilled promises. Now, Kenya is trying something different: designating the controversial food security project as a Special Economic Zone (SEZ), a...
Batik’s second life
Kenya’s traditional fabric craft is finding new purpose in the age of sustainability By Fatuma Yusuf Kenya’s batik revival is not simply about preserving an art form. It is a story of how heritage craft is being reimagined through sustainability, creating livelihoods and positioning African creativity within a global...
Land sales leave Kenyan heirs dispossessed as Nairobi expands
New research reveals how soaring property values are fracturing families and creating a generation of urban poor By Our...
Threads of memory
The role of storytelling in African fashion By Isaiah Mwangala In a small atelier outside Dakar, Senegal, roughly fifty Manjack master craftsmen weave organic cotton and raffia into fabrics bearing distinctly African motifs. The work is painstaking, often taking weeks or months to complete a single piece. Yet for...
From dump to gallery
Kenya’s junk sculptor makes art from what others discard By Mugo Murathe In Nairobi’s industrial quarters, where electronic waste and discarded metal accumulate in informal dumps, Cyrus Kabiru sees not rubbish but raw material. The 41-year-old self-taught artist transforms bottle caps, circuit boards and scrap metal into sculptural eyewear...
From white elephant to free-trade zone
A failed megafarm gets yet another makeover By Analysis Desk For over a decade, the Galana Kulalu irrigation project...
Blind spots at the table
Why well-meaning food policies keep failing in the region By Ethical Business Analysis Desk East Africa’s agriculture sector is...
Cold comfort
Solar storage is giving Kenya’s farmers a fighting chance against spoilage By Ephantus Kimani When Joseph Muuo gathers tomatoes,...
Threads of memory
The role of storytelling in African fashion By Isaiah Mwangala In a small atelier outside Dakar, Senegal, roughly fifty Manjack master craftsmen weave organic cotton and raffia into fabrics bearing distinctly African motifs. The work is painstaking, often taking weeks or months to complete a single piece. Yet for...
From dump to gallery
Kenya’s junk sculptor makes art from what others discard By Mugo Murathe In Nairobi’s industrial quarters, where electronic waste and discarded metal accumulate in informal dumps, Cyrus Kabiru sees not rubbish but raw material. The 41-year-old self-taught artist transforms bottle caps, circuit boards and scrap metal into sculptural eyewear...
From white elephant to free-trade zone
A failed megafarm gets yet another makeover By Analysis Desk For over a decade, the Galana Kulalu irrigation project has been synonymous with government mismanagement, corruption allegations, and unfulfilled promises. Now, Kenya is trying something different: designating the controversial food security project as a Special Economic Zone (SEZ), a...
Batik’s second life
Kenya’s traditional fabric craft is finding new purpose in the age of sustainability By Fatuma Yusuf Kenya’s batik revival is not simply about preserving an art form. It is a story of how heritage craft is being reimagined through sustainability, creating livelihoods and positioning African creativity within a global...
The mitumba problem
Kenya’s taste for second-hand clothes is creating mountains of waste By Yusuf Abdalla Kenya has emerged as one of Africa’s largest importers of second hand clothing, with volumes rising sharply in recent years. Once garments arrive at Mombasa’s port, they move through clearing agents, warehouses, and wholesalers before reaching...
Threads of memory
The role of storytelling in African fashion By Isaiah Mwangala In a small atelier outside Dakar, Senegal, roughly fifty Manjack master craftsmen weave organic cotton and raffia into fabrics bearing distinctly African motifs. The work is painstaking, often taking weeks or months to complete a single piece. Yet for...
From dump to gallery
Kenya’s junk sculptor makes art from what others discard By Mugo Murathe In Nairobi’s industrial quarters, where electronic waste and discarded metal accumulate in informal dumps, Cyrus Kabiru sees not rubbish but raw material. The 41-year-old self-taught artist transforms bottle caps, circuit boards and scrap metal into sculptural eyewear...
From white elephant to free-trade zone
A failed megafarm gets yet another makeover By Analysis Desk For over a decade, the Galana Kulalu irrigation project has been synonymous with government mismanagement, corruption allegations, and unfulfilled promises. Now, Kenya is trying something different: designating the controversial food security project as a Special Economic Zone (SEZ), a...
Threads of memory
The role of storytelling in African fashion By Isaiah Mwangala In a small atelier outside Dakar, Senegal, roughly fifty Manjack master craftsmen weave organic cotton and raffia into fabrics bearing distinctly African motifs. The work is painstaking, often taking weeks or months to complete a single piece. Yet for...
From dump to gallery
Kenya’s junk sculptor makes art from what others discard By Mugo Murathe In Nairobi’s industrial quarters, where electronic waste and discarded metal accumulate in informal dumps, Cyrus Kabiru sees not rubbish but raw material. The 41-year-old self-taught artist transforms bottle caps, circuit boards and scrap metal into sculptural eyewear...
Data and determination
Kenya is proving that smart technology and targeted policy can save mothers’ lives—even where the challenge remains steep By Staff Writer NAIROBI—In Kenya’s maternity wards, progress is uneven. The country has cut maternal deaths substantially over the past two decades, yet 355 women still die for every 100,000 live...
WEEK SUMMARY TITLES
A failed megafarm gets yet another makeover By Analysis Desk For over a decade, the Galana Kulalu irrigation project...
Why well-meaning food policies keep failing in the region By Ethical Business Analysis Desk East Africa’s agriculture sector is...
Why cassava is gaining ground as East Africa’s climate insurance By Mburu Kimani, Agriculture and Sustainable Business Correspondent In...
How Kenya is rediscovering the foods it nearly forgot By Our Correspondent Along dusty market roads adjacent to Egerton...