Child poverty Stories

Report paints Africa’s grim reality on poverty, inequality reduction
Report paints Africa’s grim reality on poverty, inequality reduction
Alfred Onyango  |  Oct 24, 2025

Similar to the general population, the report highlights that extreme poverty among children is increasingly concentrated in Sub-Saharan Africa and pl...

75 per cent of the world’s poorest children live in Sub-Saharan Africa - report
75 per cent of the world’s poorest children live in Sub-Saharan Africa - report
Alfred Onyango  |  Sep 24, 2025

In 2024, the findings show that over 311 million children in the region lived in households surviving on less than $3 (Sh388) a day, the revised globa...

10 years ago Kenya set out to fix gender gaps in education – What’s working and what still needs to be done
10 years ago Kenya set out to fix gender gaps in education – What’s working and what still needs to be done
The Conversation  |  May 28, 2025

Our study found that Kenya needs to review its teacher education curriculum to make it more gender responsive. Teachers also need more training to fol...

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