January 17, 2018
Guest post from Matthew Spencer, Oxfam’s Director of Campaigns, Policy and Influencing (@spencerthink) Judith Amoit, a 27 year-old policewoman hit the Kenyan news last year when she lost her twins shortly after giving birth prematurely in the Nairobi West hospital. She was prevented from leaving the hospital to bury her children because she couldn’t pay the £20,000 bill. Judith was
Read more >>
African techno-euphoria and the origins of Kenyan mobile exceptionalism
August 30, 2012
Read more >>
Flying toilets, mobile banking and the stress-free mini hotel: Kibera in photos
January 13, 2012
Read more >>
How to insure crops with a mobile phone – an experiment from Kenya
March 24, 2010
For technophiles everywhere, an uplifting story from a recent issue of The Economist: ‘One of the things holding back agriculture in developing countries is the unwillingness of farmers with small plots of land to invest in better seed and fertiliser. Only half of Kenyan farmers buy improved seed or spend money on other inputs. Many use poor-quality seed kept from
Read more >>