Factors behind the hits and misses of the higher education sector in Kenya and East Africa. What needs to be done to address the problems.
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The more people come to a city, the more demand for buildings is amplified.This demand creates pressure from which a range of agencies, motivations and causes arise.
Ebola is difficult to contain because of human social and behavioural factors. But it can be if 100% of the infected people’s contacts are identified and monitored.
Poor understanding can be put down to the content in Kenyan schools’ curricula.
There’s almost no place on earth that doesn’t hold traces of humanity. But which routes did our ancestors follow first?
Scientists now have a better understanding of what martial eagles eat. This is valuable for the conservation of this endangered species.
Research found that only a quarter of anaesthetists working in main referral hospitals in East Africa used the WHO safe surgical checklist.
If women don’t have access to quality emergency surgery, they can develop dibilitating complications such as fistula.
South Africa’s fossils can step out of the shadows of being undated and undateable.
The BBC drama about Rwanda tackles post-genocide events in a way few dramas or documentaries have done before.
The number of giraffes in Africa has dropped by 40% over the past 30 years, but the reasons for this remain largely unknown.
A major constraint that prevents Kenyans from benefiting from the oil sector includes the lack of specialised training or technical skills
Kiswahili will be easy for South Africans to learn compared to foreign languages from outside Africa.
Better, more standardised frameworks are needed especially in Uganda if its universities are to benefit from transnational partnerships.
Bobi Wine entered the political arena with a relatively consistent background of politically critical music.
The failure of political systems is the main cause of conflict and displacement but climate change can exacerbate this.
We looked at ten countries in East Africa and found poverty and politics were much more important drivers of conflict and displacement than climate change.
Kenyans believe that fixing education is not someone else’s task or someone else’s failure.
Many countries in eastern and southern Africa rely on hydropower for electricity generation and there are plans for several more dams.
Epidemiologists and public health managers are looking to complement indoor-based malaria solutions with those that focus on the outdoors. Drones are a crucial part of their armoury.
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Professor of Research, Foundations & Higher Education, Northern Arizona University
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Assistant Professor, Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique
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Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, SARChI in Higher Education and Human Development Research Group, University of the Free State
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Reader (Associate Professor) Department of Political Science, Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria, Federal University Lafia
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Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at the South African Research Chair in International Law (SARCIL), University of Johannesburg
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Postdoctoral Fellow Global Health, University of California Global Health Institute (UCGHI), Makerere University
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Research associate at African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Earth System Science, UCL
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Politics, University of Birmingham
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Senior Communications Officer, African Population and Health Research Center
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Director and Lecturer, Extractives Baraza, Strathmore University
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Guest Lecturer, Climate Change Economics, University of Oxford & Director, Climate and Sustainability Programme, ODI Global
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Senior Media Relations Officer, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Professor of International Politics, University of Manchester; Independent Social Research Foundation