Mt Elgon is an extinct volcano and offers similar trekking experiences like Mount Kenya. This mountain last erupted about 20 million ago. It has the largest intact Caldera in the world measuring 40km². This mountain was once tallest mountain in Africa but it was reduced to its height of 4321m making it fourth highest mountain […]
The highest ranking institutions of higher learning in Africa mostly comes from South Africa. These 11 universities in Africa are featured in 2021 QS World University Ranking. 1. University of Cape Town This university is the top most prestigious university in Africa, it is also the oldest in South Africa. In the QS 2021 World […]
President Kagame of Rwanda laud a number of achievements in 2020. According to Kagame Rwanda constructed over 22,000 classrooms across the country, which enabled learners to restart learning while observing social distance. Agricultural productivity maintained a good pace in the wake of pandemic period with more than $400 million earned from agricultural exports. Over 5,000 […]
45.9pc of formal workers take home Sh1,000 a day with only 2.9pc of employees earning more than Sh100,000 a month. Nearly half of workers in the formal sector earn less than Sh30,000 per month, reflecting Kenya’s pay inequality and the burden households face in acquiring basic items like rent and food. The Kenya National Bureau […]
Between April and August 2020, Human Rights Watch conducted 57 remote interviews with students, parents, teachers, and education officials across Burkina Faso, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zambia to learn about the effects of the pandemic on children’s education. Human Rights Watch research shows that school closures […]
It’s not the best and most prestigious university today, but it’s the oldest university in the world. According to Guinness World Records and UNESCO, al-Qarawiyyin University (also written as Al-Karaouine) is “the oldest existing institutional of higher learning in the world.” This university was founded in 859 A. D. by a Tunisian-born woman al Fihri […]
Head teachers have cautioned schools are ill-prepared to reopen next Monday, citing congestion in primary schools and warning of chaos if funds are not provided urgently for Covid-19 precautions. They want primary schools allowed to adopt a shift system to ensure compliance with strict health protocols on social distancing to curb the spread of coronavirus, […]
Nairobi National Park was established in 1946, the park is located 7km south of Nairobi city. The park is enclosed on three sides with fence and open in the southern boundary that allows migrating wildlife to move between the park and the adjacent Kitengela plains. Compared to other parks in the country, this park is […]
Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha now says his ministry is facing a shortage of one million face masks to for children from poor backgrounds ahead of schools’ re-opening next Monday. The masks are meant for children whose parents cannot afford the safety gear. “Out of the three million children identified by the government, we […]