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- Kenya’s education sector is set to receive nearly $32 million of investment from the United States to support new partnerships between the two countries.
- part of the investment, $850,000, will go towards supporting the Ed-tech Africa initiative
- The funding includes a new $24.5 million early-grade literacy program.
- USAID Counselor Clinton White signed the deal alongside Kenyan Prime Cabinet Secretary Wycliffe Mudavadi.
STEM education is a teaching approach that integrates Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics related fields. Kenya’s education sector is set to receive nearly $32 million of investment from the United States to support new partnerships between the two countries. This is to drive innovation, research, and job growth in the country’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) related fields.
The funding announcement was made during the strategic partnership signing event in Atlanta, USA, during President William Ruto’s four-day US visit.
The US expects the deal signed on Tuesday to …
- Kenya is keen on delivering quality engineering capacity by establishing Kenya School of Engineering.
- President William Ruto says engineering holds the catalytic power to Kenya’s Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda.
- Kenya’s high-rise structures’ structural soundness has come under scrutiny in recent years, prompting concerns.
By pointing out that engineering innovation contains the catalytic capacity for the Bottom-Up Economic Development Agenda, President William Ruto is urging engineers to take the lead in Kenya’s development
“Engineering is our growth’s bedrock; the link between a country’s engineering capacity and its development is well established,” Dr Ruto explained during the 4th Engineering Partnerships Convention in Naivasha, Nakuru County.
Kenya School of Engineering
Dr Ruto said his administration seeks to build the best possible engine for engineering innovation, which is essential for promoting Kenya’s sustainable growth.
The President outlined how the establishment of a Kenya School of Engineering will help the government deliver quality engineering innovation …
Waste is wealth, at least for a handful of youth who know how to transform garbage into decent money-churning activities. At present Tanzania is growing fast; its cities (such as Dar es Salaam) are recognized by the United Nations and Africa’s biggest lender—the World Bank—as the fastest-growing cities in the region. This means more economic activities expansion, more waste generated hence, the potential for waste recycling business.
That is why Arena Recycling—an environmental-related startup, based in Dar es Salaam (a waste generation hotbed)—is rewriting waste management in Tanzania.
The start-up is one of the few initiatives that work along the waste recycling line. Their efforts—which are executed with utmost ingenuity, tend to offer the best environmental solutions that youth can offer, as the world, and Dar es Salaam being no exception, is faced with unprecedented environmental perils.
Waste landscape in Tanzania
The Division of Sustainable Development—…