BlogS
2000 and Black: The Towering Influence of Fela Kuti in the Rise of Afrobeat
By Tevin Nzei Shayo oh, nah Shayo oh, igbo-oh It could be laughable a decade, or so ago,...
The Role of Gender in Conflict Management and Peacebuilding in Kenya: The case of Women’s Organisations
By Betty Too Conflict management is a process that involves identifying, addressing, and resolving...
2000 and Black: The Towering Influence of Fela Kuti in the Rise of Afrobeat
By Tevin Nzei Shayo oh, nah Shayo oh, igbo-oh It could be laughable a decade, or so ago, for one to imagine Afrobeat on the global scene. Think of the introductory punch in Burna Boy’s Last Last. But this predates the rise of Burna Boy to global stardom. The...
The Role of Gender in Conflict Management and Peacebuilding in Kenya: The case of Women’s Organisations
By Betty Too Conflict management is a process that involves identifying, addressing, and resolving conflicts in a constructive manner. The starting point in conflict management is the identification of sources of conflict (Rahim, 2002). Identification is then...
Assessing the Peace and Security Council’s Response to the Implications of Cyber Security to the Continental Peace and Security Landscape
By Johannes Hilling On July 27th, it was reported that a cyber-attack on Kenya’s eCitizen platform and M Pesa services was conducted, resulting in the disruption of the payment service as well as the processing of eVisas and other government services (Mwai &...
Impact of Gender Quotas on Women’s Political Participation in Africa: Case Studies of Rwanda and Tanzania’s Gender Quota Experience
By Saturnin M. Agramako and Aquinata N. Agonga Despite global advancements in gender equality, women continue to be significantly underrepresented in political decision-making roles, prompting many countries to adopt gender quotas as a means of promoting women's...
Digitalisation and Public Policy
By Movine Omondi Digitalisation is reshaping public policy worldwide, and especially in the emerging economies, as highlighted by the McKinsey & Company Report on Transforming Government through digitisation. The shift towards online governance promises enhanced...
Humanitarian Aid and Funding Shortages in Ethiopia
By Saturnin M. Agramako Ethiopia is a country in the Horn of Africa that neighbours Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Kenya to the south, and South Sudan and Sudan to the west. Unfortunately, it is one of the African nations...