“Anyone can start a business but growing a business is not a joke, especially for a passionate youth who has the vision, knows where the business should be by when but lacks the tools on how to get there.” This was the remark by Ms. …

By Caroline Kiarie- Kimondo, Head of Exploration, UNDP Accelerator Lab Innovation challenges are a commonly used tool within the innovation ecosystem to profile and support solutions and innovations responding to present day challenges. …

By Caroline Kiarie- Kimondo Head of Exploration, UNDP Accelerator Lab Kenya Household waste in Nairobi likely ends up in dumpsites such as the Dagoreti dumpsite, Kitengela dumpsite and other landfill dumpsites in the county. …

The Faculty of Law, Egerton University in collaboration with the European Union (EU) and United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) through its flagship Amkeni Wakenya Project hosted the second annual National Legal Aid Conference (NLAC) this year running from 30th November to 4th December. This is the second conference of its…

By Njoro, Lillian; Canagarajah, Ruth; Ogutu, Brenda; Mũgĩ, Nelson; Too, Gideon ‘Information pollution’, where facts and figures become a source of division in a society, has a huge impact on behaviour, social cohesion, and public trust. When information is false or misleading but spread without the intent of harm it…

By Sheila Kimani Around the world, women are a fundamental facet of society, a pillar to the family unit and leaders in their spheres of influence. International Women’s day 2021 is a great time to reflect on how far women have come in the quest for equality while rallying change…

Masewani Village, Kangundo North Ward of Machakos County, Nicholas Musii, ushers us into the meeting of Bidii Avocado Growers with a question: “How can we do away with brokers?” Musii, 70, is the chairman of the group that was formed in March 2020. At the dawn of COVID-19 pandemic in…

During a mentorship programme for young leaders organized by the Kenya School of Government in September 2021, I asked student leaders from Kibabii University what leadership challenges were consuming them; what puzzles they wished to resolve for society. The following came up: Why youth are easily manipulated; Why people believe…

First person narrative by Mohamed Gololcha, a UN Volunteer and Programme Assistant attached to the Isiolo Youth Innovation Center, Kenya. If anyone had asked me how interesting and impactful my involvement as a Volunteer at the Isiolo Youth Innovation Centre would be, I would have never given a conclusive answer…