Patricia Kitsao-Wekulo

What happens in early years matter for a child’s lifetime. Wendy Stone/Corbis via Getty Images

It’s time to stop ignoring paid childcare in urban Africa

The early years are when a child is most vulnerable, but it is also the time when effective interventions can deliver the biggest returns.
Four-year-old Stacey Musimbi sits inside a specialised early childhood deaf unit programme in Nairobi. Reuters/Samantha Sais

Are Kenyan children ready for the leap from pre‑primary to primary school?

Early childhood education services have proliferated in the public and private sectors. But many children who attend these preschool centres do not receive quality services.

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