Full Coverage: Kenya

31.08.2007 It's time for Kenya's women to send more women to parliament, says Florence Machio, noting that a female minister of health has done more for women in the past four years than her male predecessors ever did. But in Kenya, electing women has proven an uphill battle.

28.08.2007 The environmentally sustainable practice of planting shrubs and tree seedlings throughout crop fields is helping rural farmers from central Kenya raise productivity and reap meaningful profits.

22.08.2007 Despite countless global impediments to women's political participation and representation, activists are working tirelessly to secure unbiased opportunities for election and equal rates of political representation for women and men alike.

20.08.2007 David followed the routine practiced by thousands of homeless children in Nairobi every day. He took out a handkerchief, dipped it into a bottle of paint thinner, put it to his nose and inhaled deeply. Asked what he was doing, David replied: “Dinner.”

17.08.2007 Hundreds of Kenyan journalists in Nairobi marched silently with their mouths gagged to protest a bill they say would restrict press freedom.

13.08.2007 The World Bank is launching a project to make commodity pricing information available to farmers electronically. Digitalisation of agricultural commodity prices is part of an Sh8 billion Kenya Transparency and Communication Infrastructure Project (KTCIP) whose aim is to increase the use of technology in the agricultural sector.

10.08.2007 The Kenyan Internet market is set for a big change as the players transform their strategies to take advantage of new opportunities. With legal VoIP, they are now no longer looking at just offering Internet access. Once the long-delayed interconnect agreements are sorted out, these newcomers will start making inroads into the voice market.

10.08.2007 The Kenyan Internet market is set for a big change as the players transform their strategies to take advantage of new opportunities. With legal VoIP, they are now no longer looking at just offering Internet access. Once the long-delayed interconnect agreements are sorted out, these newcomers will start making inroads into the voice market.

10.08.2007 The Kenyan Internet market is set for a big change as the players transform their strategies to take advantage of new opportunities. With legal VoIP, they are now no longer looking at just offering Internet access. Once the long-delayed interconnect agreements are sorted out, these newcomers will start making inroads into the voice market.