26 Oct, 23

Aga Khan University Receives Grant to Utilize AI in Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis

Aga Khan University Receives Grant to Utilize AI in Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis By Whitney Akinyi The Aga Khan University (AKU) in Kenya has been awarded a substantial research grant of Kshs. 112 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to explore the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies in the realm […]
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29 Jul, 23

WHO Publishes New Treatments for Cancer, Infectious Diseases

WHO Publishes New Treatments for Cancer, Infectious Diseases By Sharon Atieno The World Health Organization (WHO) has published new medicines for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, cancer, infectious diseases, and cardiovascular conditions, among others in its updated essential medicine lists. These lists include the Model Lists of Essential Medicines (EML) and the Essential Medicines for […]
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Africa: AATF,FANRPAN Partner to Tackle Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition

Africa: AATF,FANRPAN Partner to Tackle Poverty, Hunger, Malnutrition By Joyce Ojanji The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) and the Food Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) have announced a five-year partnership agreement aimed at accelerating Africa’s pursuit to eradicate poverty, hunger and malnutrition. The two organizations also seeks to improve the general well-being […]
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Kenya Rolling Out Study to Ease Access to HIV Prevention Products

Kenya Rolling Out Study to Ease Access to HIV Prevention Products By Sharon Atieno With women accounting for six out of ten of new HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa, Kenya joins Lesotho, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Uganda in implementing a study that will pave the way for women to access new HIV prevention products in […]
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18 Jul, 23

Kenya Steps Up Action against Papaya Pest

Kenya Steps Up Action against Papaya Pest By Bellah Conte In an effort to fight the devastating papaya mealybug infestation in Kenya, authorities are planning to roll out small parasitic wasps in Machakos, Makueni, Tharaka Nithi and Embu counties. The release of these wasps is part of a collaborative initiative involving the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI), the Kenya […]
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22 Jun, 23

Africa: Adopt Research Led Interventions to Enhance Food Security

Africa: Adopt Research Led Interventions to Enhance Food Security By Joyce Ojanji With Africa being the world’s most food insecure continent despite the enormous potential for agricultural production, the continent has been called upon to adopt research led interventions to tackle food insecurity. Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture Mithika Linturi said during the opening of […]
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21 Jun, 23

Need for Multi-Sectoral Collaboration to Close Gender Gap in Economic Growth

Need for Multi-Sectoral Collaboration to Close Gender Gap in Economic Growth By Gift Briton Despite women empowerment being one of the most strategic mechanisms for spurring economic productivity and growth, gender inequality remains a major impediment to women’s growth and well-being worldwide. Globally, gender gap in economic participation and opportunity has closed by 60%, according […]
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21 Jun, 23

Kenya: AGPO Effective in Enhancing Women’s Empowerment Amidst Challenges

Kenya: AGPO Effective in Enhancing Women’s Empowerment Amidst Challenges By Sharon Atieno With the sustainable development goal (SDG)number five calling for gender equality and women empowerment, Kenya’s affirmative action law on public procurement dubbed the Access to Government Procurement Opportunities (AGPO) Act is proving effective in achieving this. This is according to the findings of […]
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IDRC Championing Gender Equality through Research

IDRC Championing Gender Equality through Research By Sharon Atieno As the world commemorated the International Women’s Day on March, 8 under the theme, DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality, the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) took the opportunity to highlight its work in advancing gender equality through research. In the last five years, IDRC […]
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02 Mar, 23

Africa: Award Program Boosting Local Engineering Solutions

Africa: Award Program Boosting Local Engineering Solutions By Mary Hearty In an effort to highlight the crucial role African engineers play in improving quality of life and economic development, the Royal Academy of Engineering through the Africa Prize program is supporting ambitious innovative engineers developing local and scalable solutions to everyday challenges on the continent. […]
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