Introduction
In August 2017 Mukuru, one of Kenya’s urban slums was declared a Special Planning Area by the Nairobi City County Government.
Author(s): Emily Bolo, Tom Randa, Dr. Joanes Atela, Paul Osogo, & Salome Okoth.
Introduction
It is often said that health is wealth and it’s the desire of everyone, the society, and the community to be healthy.
By Joel Onyango, Maureen Kabasa
When people think about capacity building in Africa, the first thought is always inadequacy of expertise to enhance the capacity within the African context.
By Joel Onyango, Eileen Lara, Richard Randle-Boggis, Christine Lamanna, Cassilde Muhoza, and Anne Kuria
The agrivoltaics concept is anchored on the co-utilisation of land for agricultural production, solar energy generation, and water harvesting.
By Lindah Fatuma, Maureen Kabasa and Joel Onyango
Climate change is a global phenomenon, which has affected economies differently through high temperatures, droughts, floods among others.
By Mourine Chepkemoi (ACTS), Jon Leary (Gamos Ltd.) and Shukri Abdulkadir (Loughborough University).
The MECS Kenya team joined forces with Clean Cooking Association of Kenya (CCAK ) and the Ministry of Energy during their Clean Cooking Week this week, 29 November - 3 December 2021.
By Joanes Atela, Victoria Chengo, Joel Onyango (ACTS)
Cooking with electricity presents a strategic opportunity for a large scale clean energy transformation in Kenya in line with SDG7’s goal to achieve universal access to energy.
Authors: Maureen Kabasa, Jackson Wachira and Joel Onyango
In this blog, we explore the relationship between the climate change agenda and development in Africa, problematizing the capacity development gaps associated with climate change awareness and response programs. We argue that if done right, capacity building programs offer an opportunity for contributing to both climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Authors : Deborah Murphy, Jo-Ellen Parry and Joanes Atela.
Multilateral development banks (MDBs) have pledged to and are working to increase financing for adaptation in developing countries. For MDBs, alignment with the adaptation goals of the
By Leonard Mabele, CB4ICT Project
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) – Kenya’s National Regulatory Authority (NRA), has been deeply engaged on studies to validate the draft of the regulatory framework for Television White Spaces (TVWS) in the country. These studies were spearhead by researchers within the country led by Strathmore University and working with international partners as well.
By Erick O. Otieno, CB4ICTD Project
Information security and cybersecurity have been used synonymously in the context of information systems security management. It is, however, very common to hear the word cybersecurity being floated in almost every discussion in the information systems world. For this blog, we shall consider cybersecurity and information security to mean the same thing.
The exchange of climate information by speaking, writing, or using some other medium, messaged in a practical and useful context contributes to climate communication. This has become increasingly vital in translating science and research, into practice and policy.Timely delivery and access of climate information, and how it is received, becomes important in management of drought, floods, pests, and effects of diseases.
By Benjamin McIntosh-Michaelis [1]
Issues of climate change and diminishing energy resources have pushed discussions of renewable energy to the forefront of global energy discourses. Transitions and expansion of infrastructure are key elements of these discussions.
By Leonard Mabele, iLabAfrica Research Centre, Strathmore University
The unveiling of Kenya’s Digital Economy Blueprint in May 2019 promises a great economic transformation driven by a number of factors such as Digital Skills, Infrastructure, Innovation-driven Entrepreneurship, Digital Government among other factors.
By Morven Macewen
Public participation and community empowerment are fundamental to the success of Sustainable Development Goals; particularly, Goal No.7 that seeks to increase the ‘proportion of the population with access to electricity’, SDG 13 that aims at avoiding anthropogenic climate change, and SDG 5 concerning gender equality.
By Victoria Chengo and Joanes Atela, ACTS
On 6th May 2019 during the official launch of the ‘Nairobi Disaster Risk Hub’ under the ‘Multi Hazard Urban Disaster Risks Transitions’ project, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Nairobi Risk Hub – hosted at the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) and the Nairobi City County Government (NCCG) was signed.
Unpacking Knowledge Systems for sustainable development in East Africa: Practical perspectives from Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania
by Joanes Atela, Fiona Marshall, Nora Ndege, Joanna Chataway, Andy Frost and Andy Hall, Knowledge Systems Project
By Rasmus Magni, Aalborg University, Denmark.
My internship and stay at ACTS is coming to an end, and will therefore l try to recap look back on my time and recap my experience.
By Mourine Chepkemoi, ACTS
The Next Generation of Low-cost Energy-efficient Products for the Bottom of the Pyramid (known as the LCT project) comes to an end in July 2018. To mark this occasion, the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) organized a dissemination workshop on 17th July 2018 at ICIPE Duduville Campus, Nairobi.
