Mar 13, 2026 | Nairobi, News, Research
By Jerry Okal, Rosebella Apollo and Jack Makau An estimated 300,000 children in Nairobi’s informal settlements attend school each day without the certainty of a reliable meal. While the Nairobi County’s “Dishi na County” programme has been hailed as a novel programme...
Feb 28, 2026 | Action research, Commentary, Nairobi, Research
A new video showcases the power of collaboration between government, civil society organisations, development partners and local communities in delivering transformative and inclusive water and sanitation services to marginalised residents of the Mukuru informal...
Feb 4, 2026 | Nairobi, News, Research
In a new open access book, Peasants to Paupers: Land, Class and Kinship in Central Kenya, Peter Lockwood – former Hallsworth Fellow at The University of Manchester and now a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Goettingen – tells the human stories behind...
Dec 17, 2025 | Accra, Addis Ababa, Commentary, Dar es Salaam, Freetown, Lagos, Lilongwe, Nairobi, Research
The housing challenge in African cities is far from consistent. With differing historical, sociopolitical and economic contexts, cities are seeing urbanisation play out along differing trajectories – impacting issues around housing demand, supply and justice. ACRC’s...
Nov 25, 2025 | Action research, Nairobi, News, Research
By Jerry Okal and Jack Makau The Evidence Fund Early Market Engagement (EME) event, organised by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), gathered a diverse group of policymakers, researchers, academics and...
Oct 10, 2025 | Action research, Nairobi, News, Research
By Molly Adawo, member of the Nairobi waste co-research team From 7-8 August 2025, the Mathare solid waste co-researchers – consisting of waste workers from Mathare subcounty in Nairobi – travelled to Naivasha, approximately 100 kilometres away, for a two-day learning...
