This paper studies the role of technology in local-government tax collection capacity in the developing world. We first conduct a new…
In the face of the trifecta of fiscal adversity currently facing governments as
a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this report brings good…
The international community has historically maintained hope that advances in science and technology offer humanity a wide range of options…
The power of Pan-Africanism as a guiding vision for the continent’s development is widely studied, mostly as an aspirational phenomenon. At…
In 2014 the African Union adopted a 10-year Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa (STISA-2024). The strategy provides a…
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To reduce poverty and food insecurity in Africa requires raising productivity in agriculture.
Systematic use of fertilizer and hybrid seed…
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The majority of the poor and hungry people in the world live on small farms and struggle to subsist on too little land with low input - low…
To expeditiously address fundamental national development needs e.g., health, education, food security and natural resource management;…
I am very proud to receive an honorary degree from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT). Being my first degree…