The government of Kenya has drafted policies aimed at creating opportunities in this critical sector. Questions remain as to whether these policies will do enough, but young agripreneurs are enduring and innovating towards successful models that can provide hope to their peers.
The role of agriculture in the country’s economy is critical, contributing to about 25% of Kenya’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The sector covers 65% of exports and employs about 60% of Kenya’s labour force. Kenya is capable of producing a…
When you think of the fishing industry in Africa, what is the first thing that comes to mind? For the most part, its traders selling fish in an open market. Typically, these traders are predominantly women with huge heaps of…
Introduction All court systems globally are facing the same challenge in dispensing justice during the COVID-19 Pandemic. For the first time since the Spanish Flu, the U.S. Supreme Court has postponed all hearings and has shut down operations until further…
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has called nations across the world into action to secure the health of their people. Real-time COVID-19 trackers detail a frightful picture of exponential growth in the number of cases. Global figures more than doubled from…
The population of Africa has been growing by an average of 2.5% over the last 20 years and is projected to double to nearly 2.5 billion people by 2050. As the world’s most rapidly urbanisingcontinent, the proportion of Africans living…
According to the ILO, the informal economy accounts for nearly 86% of all employment in Africa and over 89% in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) specifically.SSA is predicted have a greater population increase than the rest of the world combined, with an…
Creative industries include entertainment and media industries such as arts and culture, literature, performing arts, publishing, and broadcasting as well as innovation and design industries such as architecture, engineering, software, and research and development. The creative economy has both cultural…
During the 17th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, the General Assembly recognised the importance of the internet to the promotion and protection of human, civil, economic, social, and cultural rights including the right to development. The Special…
Access to Electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) Access to adequate and reliable energy is critical to the functioning of any modern economy. Economic productivity is understandably linked to the ability to do work with electrical energy contributing massively to the…
