Key word: Kenya

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Making Do: Innovation in Kenya's Informal Economy

In Kenya, engineers in the informal economy are known as jua kali, Swahili for "hot sun," because they toil each day under intense heat and with limited resources. But despite these... ... read more

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lednateam
18.10.2011
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informal economy / informal engineering / Kenya / innovation
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Addressing the Employment-Poverty Nexus in Kenya: Comparing Cash-Transfer and Job-Creation Programmes

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ledna-team
13.05.2008
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skills / workforce-development / youth / Kenya / minority / rural-development
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Africa - Middle East Regional Microcredit Summit

Join Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus , and more than 2,000 delegates from over 40 countries at the Africa - Middle East Regional Microcredit Summit to be held April 7-10, 2010 in Nairobi... ... read more

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ledna-team
24.03.2010
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Association of Microfinance Institutions of Kenya (AMFI) / Kenya / micro-finance / Microcredit Summit Campaign (MCS)
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Africa Banking & Finance Conference

Joining Forces & Pooling Resources to achieve Innovation in the African Banking & Finance Market.

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ledna-team
04.01.2011
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microfinance / Added Value / interview / Kenya / Agglomeration / Approaches
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Africa Funds & Capital Markets Conference

Creating Strong Foundations for the Next Phase of Development for Africa's Investment Market

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ledna-team
07.07.2011
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finance sector / industry development / insurance / interview / investments / Kenya
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African Green Cities Index: Assessing the environmental performance of Africa's major cities

The African Green City Index  is a... ... read more

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lednateam
13.02.2013
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Accra / Addis Ababa / Alexandria / Angola / Cairo / Cape Town / Casablanca / climate change / Dar es Salaam / Durban / Egypt / Ethiopia / Ghana / green cities / Johannesburg / Kenya / Lagos / Luanda / Maputo / Morocco / Mozambique / Nairobi / Nigeria / Pretoria and Tunis / South Africa / Tanzania / Tunisia
Blog Post

African Schools Dominate Global Entreprise Education Competition

African schools won five out of the eight prizes on offer for the 2011 School Enterprise Challenge, a global competition for schools. This announcement coincides with the launch of the 2012... ... read more

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TeachAManToFish
10.05.2012
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business-skills / education / Botswana / Burkina Faso / Burundi / Central African Republic / Chad / charity / Democratic Republic of the Congo / Djibouti / Ethiopia / Gambia / Ghana / global competition / Ivory Coast / Kenya / Lesotho / Liberia / Libya / Malawi / Mali / Mozambique / Namibia / Niger / Nigeria / Rwanda / schools / Senegal / Sierra Leone / Somalia / South Africa / Suriname / Swaziland / Tanzania / Uganda / Zambia / Zimbabwe
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African Women's Economic Summit

The African Development Bank in partnership with the association New Faces New Voices (NFNV) organises the African Women’s Economic Summit : Investing Differently in Women from 19 to 20 March 2010... ... read more

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ledna-team
22.02.2010
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economic-empowerment / finance / gender / African Development Bank (AfDB) / Kenya / New Faces New Voices (NFNV)
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BAC/SHDI Beekeeping Extension Project, Kenya

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ledna-team
24.05.2008
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micro-business / project-ideas / SME / business-skills / enterprise-development / Kenya
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Bank Financing to Small and Medium Enterprises in East Africa: Findings of a Survey in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia

This paper describes the main findings of a... ... read more

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lednateam
21.05.2012
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access to finance / banks / East Africa / Kenya / SMEs / Tanzania / Uganda / Zambia