Browsing: Kenya
Two northern white rhinos remain alive today—Najin and her daughter Fatu—both living under armed guard in Kenya’s Ol Pejeta Conservancy.…
Garbage collectors are turning Africa’s largest slum into one of the world’s most bitcoin-friendly places
Dotting the roadside in what is widely considered Africa’s largest urban slum are typical stands selling vegetables. What isn’t typical…
When Rose Mutiso was growing up in Nairobi in the 1990s, her family kept candles and paraffin lamps at the…
The pay stubs tell the story. Hefty deductions to help cover the cost of Kenya’s new funds for affordable housing…
Much of the world is accustomed to thinking of Africa as an impoverished sideshow, accounting for only a small share…
I just completed an IEEE trip in Africa. I visited three countries. They were Tunisia, Kenya and South Africa. I…
Now Nala has raised $40 million to build its own payment rails allowing global businesses to move money to and…
Kenya launched a fertilizer subsidy in 2008 and now farmers say the soil is dying and chemical fertilizers that make the land acidic are to blame
When Benson Wanjala started farming in his western Kenya village two and a half decades ago, his 10-acre farm could…
I grew up in Kenya’s biggest slum and know from experience: International aid must shift toward community-based organizations
I grew up in Kenya’s Kibera slum, the largest urban slum in Africa, and experienced extreme poverty firsthand. I was…
Conservationists recently had major reason to rejoice when they spotted a baby rhinoceros in the wild in Kenya months after…












