From family farm to climate tech: How one Kenyan woman is helping farmers outsmart drought

January 28, 2026

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Business & Economy, East Africa, Food, Gender Equality, Women in Business

“Giving up is not an option – so many people depend on you,” the words of Maryanne Gichanga, a participant in a UN supported initiative, which aims to help farmers in Kenya find solutions to alleviate the pressures of climate change on agriculture production. In Kenya, agriculture employs up to 75 per cent of the population,…

Kenyan women’s fight for their land rights after death of husbands

January 20, 2026

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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Gender Equality

Kenyan Rebecca Anyango has called her house home for the past 26 years, but now she is wondering how long she will be able to stay there. As a widow, she has been threatened with eviction for years by her late husband’s family, who claim she has no inheritance rights. This year they filed a…

From Law to Lives Saved – How the Maternal Newborn and Child Health Bill Can Deliver Universal Health Coverage

December 12, 2025

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Mawuko Agyemang-Fiaxe

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East Africa, Guest Contributors, Women’s Health

Guest column By Hon. Dr James Nyikal, Dr. Margaret Lubaale, and Prof Anne-Beatrice Kihara For women in labour across Kenya, reaching a health facility, finding skilled health workers, and affording care can be a matter of life and death. These challenges are not rare, but daily realities for many families. Every year on 12 December,…