The Turkana people in Kenya have a new claim to fame. Rather than being the face of famine in the dustbowls of Africa, they struck oil, and in a big way in 2012.
Aquifer Discovery in Turkana, Kenya: Governing to the Last Drop
Florence Ilovi
Florence is a management consultant and runs Ilovi Management Consultancy and helps to run an engineering company. She has a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) in Finance from the University of Nairobi. She is at the Professional Level of her ACCA studies (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) as well being enrolled in East Africa’s premier business school, Strathmore Business School, in the MBA for Executives program. She endeavors, in her own small way, to revolutionize the world of business whilst fulfilling society’s duty of conservation to future generations.
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Kenya’s “Silicon Savannah”: City in the Slum
With 5,000 acres of land being set aside to put up Kenya’s most ambitious infrastructure project to date, the construction of Africa’s “Silicon Savannah” is set to begin. Konza Techno City is a planned sustainable, world class global technology hub aimed at attracting international businesses and residents. One question, though: Will it work?
WRF Coffee Talk (7): Dianne Dillon-Ridgley, Honouring Wangari Maathai
In this WRF-series, Studentreporters are catching conference attendees during coffee break to ask them about what they do and who they are. This time: Dianne Dillon-Ridgley, environmentalist and human rights activist.
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In this WRF-series, Studentreporters are catching conference attendees during coffee break to ask them about what they do and who they are. This time: Joanne F. Robinson, the youngest scientist at WRF 2013.
Beyond Wangari Maathai: Why the Spirit of Kenya’s Green Belt Movement Died With Its Founder
The most famous speech by Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan environmentalist, political activist and the first African female to win the Nobel Peace Prize, is a fable of a forest on fire: While all the big animals watched helplessly from afar, a little humming bird was trying to quench the fire.