TeleHealth Adoption in East Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Digital Healthcare Solutions, Opportunities and Challenges Across East African Jurisdictions
Telehealth has the potential to revolutionise East Africa’s healthcare landscape, with critical gaps in access being bridged and quality of care improved. With the rising cost of illness, rapid population growth, and stark rural-urban healthcare disparities, digital health solutions offer scalable and cost-effective means to improve patient outcomes.
From Fields to Skies: How Drones are Transforming Agriculture in East Africa
East Africa’s agricultural sector has long relied on traditional farming practices, with smallholder farmers using age-old techniques to cultivate the land. However, climate change, population growth, and food security concerns are driving the need for innovation. Drones, once a futuristic concept, are now emerging as a transformative tool for East African agriculture.
Smart Cities and Bright Futures: Tech-Driven Transformation for East Africa’s Urban Landscape
In East Africa, the concept of smart cities offers an exciting opportunity to address the region's pressing urbanisation issues, such as inadequate infrastructure, inefficient public services, and environmental concerns. With East Africa experiencing an average annual urban population growth rate of 4.32% between 2020 and 2025, the adoption of smart city solutions can play a crucial role in shaping the future of these urban centres.
Bridging the Digital Divide: Uniting East Africa Through Digital Inclusion
The digital divide in East Africa represents a critical challenge that extends beyond mere access to technology. The digital divide broadly captures the inequalities in access to modern information and communication technologies (ICT) across different demographic and geographic lines, in addition to digital illiteracy, which is the ability to effectively use them.
The State of Surveillance in Kenya: The Precarious Balance Between National Security and Privacy Rights Amidst Nationwide Disappearances
Nairobi has been awash with a sudden resurgence of abductions and disappearances of personalities known to critique the sitting government. These kidnappings have become endemic to the Kenyan capital following the #RejectFinanceBill2024 protests that ravaged Nairobi and wider parts of the country from June to August 2024.
Securing East Africa’s Supply Chain Sovereignty: Navigating Global Shifts & Leveraging Critical Minerals for Regional Strength and Global Competitiveness
With increasing global tension, the concept of supply chain sovereignty comes into question. It represents the aspiration of nations to have greater control over key components within their supply chains to mitigate risks associated with foreign dependence.
Tap to Pay: Artificial Intelligence Adoption and Digital Transformation in the East African Banking Industry
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is reshaping industries across the globe, merging the physical, digital, and biological worlds. For East African banks, this revolution represents a crucial turning point - one where innovation can drive modernisation, enhance customer engagement, and streamline operational processes.
Powering Uganda’s Future: The Untapped Potential of Mini Grids to Transform Electricity Access
This report is about the energy poverty hampering Uganda’s socioeconomic development. It explores the potential of mini-grids in Uganda, examining various aspects of mini-grids including the challenges and economic implications surrounding their development and contribution to rural electrification.
Unveiling Mozambique’s Enormous Tuna Bonds Scandal: A Shocking $11 Billion Dollar Fishing Tale's Lessons for Financial Governance in Africa
In 2013, Mozambique created three public companies – Ematum, Proindicus, and Mozambique Asset Management (MAM) – which would later become known as the ‘tuna bonds.’ Substantial funds were diverted through corrupt practices involving government officials and businessmen: a whopping ~$11 billion.
