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K'Onyango: China's development model: Lessons for Kenya's economic transformation

Fordecades, the dominant global economic narrative insisted that free markets,minimal state intervention, and liberalised systems were the surest path to prosperity.Governments, especially in the ...
The Africa Report

Kenya: Pressure on Ruto to stop ‘discriminatory’ school funding model

A new funding model introduced by President William Ruto that aims to determine funding qualification of university students in Kenya has been met with a barrage of criticism. In the old model, public ...
Agri-Pulse

US-Kenya FTA seen as model for future African trade

U.S. President Donald Trump and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta speak during Kenyatta's Feb. 2020 visit to Washington. The U.S. and Kenya announced last week they are forging ahead to negotiate a free ...
The Conversation

Kenya and the US are negotiating a trade deal that could be a model for Africa ‑ but its position on workers needs a rethink

Provisions for mandatory inspections to ascertain labour practices are controversial. Noor Khamis/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images The US and Kenya announced a trade and investment partnership in July 2022 ...
The Africa Report

Kenya’s unrest shows failure of microfinance anti-poverty model

Microfinance lending is often lauded as a key tool in reducing poverty at the bottom of the income pyramid. But in Kenya, critics say it has played a part in stoking violent anti-government unrest.
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AI Model Predicts Child Malnutrition in Kenya Six Months Ahead

A team of researchers from USC, Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab, Amref Health Africa, and Kenya’s Ministry of Health has developed an AI model that can forecast acute child malnutrition in Kenya up to six ...