By Desire Nimubona
Kenya’s digital identity ecosystem has been promoted as transformative, a manifestation of the kind of digital public infrastructure that should streamline services...
Africa Uncensored, Odipo Dev, and Africa Data Hub have tracked femicide data in Kenya build the most comprehensive public record of femicides in Kenya. Beyond counting...
In his latest book, Slow Poison: Idi Amin, Yoweri Museveni, and the Making of the Ugandan State, anthropologist Mahmood Mamdani explains the factors and characters – Idi...
Private security companies have become ubiquitous in Kenya and South Africa, employing hundreds of thousands and providing protection for a fee. However, as these...
On 27th November 2025, the High Court in Machakos struck down parts of the Seeds and Plant Varieties (Amendment) Act 2012, ending more than a decade of criminalizing...
On 27th November 2025, the High Court in Machakos struck down parts of the Seeds and Plant Varieties (Amendment) Act 2012, ending more than a decade of criminalizing...
Whoever controls the seeds controls the food. What does true Seed Sovereignty look like for the small-scale farmer? On this episode of #TheBigPicturePodcast, we discuss...
A government ban on the media in South Sudan is making it difficult to verify reports about the trial of opposition leader Riek Machar, and in the resulting information...
Can you hide from state surveillance? What happens when state surveillance is used on a nation’s citizens to restrict their freedom? Kenya had nationwide protests...

