Time and trauma: what fetching water costs women and girls in Nairobi’s informal settlements
Fetching water is widely considered a socially unacceptable behaviour for men.
How electricity changes lives: a Rwandan case study
Rwanda has implemented one of the most comprehensive electrification programmes in the world. In 2009 only 6 per cent of Rwandans had access to electricity.
South Africa’s way forward: Abandon old ideas, embrace bold experimentation
In this moment of crisis, South Africa urgently needs decisive action. But all too often South Africans of all political stripes seem trapped in stale discourses.
All public universities get private money, but some get much more than the rest
Since the 1990s, most public universities have treated fundraising as an increasingly significant source of revenue, on top of taxpayer dollars and tuition payments.
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A review of Kenya’s universities: What formed them, what’s wrong with them
Kenya’s university curriculum is aimed at pushing students into defined occupations.
Football’s coming home – what makes a great tournament anthem?
It is apparent that in various ways, football’s great anthems can represent our hopes of success, our fear of defeat and our pride in national and local identities.
Adichie and Emezi: Ignore the noise, pay attention to the conversation
African writers being portrayed as icons isn’t new. The same became true of the revered “fathers” of canonical postcolonial African fiction, Chinua Achebe and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, for example.
Kenyan universities face big challenges going digital. But it can be done
E-learning has its own challenges too. Courses that require student practicals—such as the natural, health and physical sciences—have been heavily disrupted.
How African countries can reform education to get ahead after pandemic school closures
While Covid-19 has held back learning, bold reform is possible and the pandemic presents a historic opportunity to revamp education systems.
Top 25 Brands Transforming Lives in Kenya 2021
The core values that have driven USIU-Africa throughout its 52 years of academic excellence are lifelong-learning, integrity, innovativeness, social responsibility and academic freedom.