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Maina Waruru

Nairobi

Freelance Reporter at Freelance

Freelance journalist, Science and development matters. I work for a better society

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  • Scrap single supervisor, research-only system for PhDs

    3 days ago | universityworldnews.com | Maina Waruru

    AFRICA African universities must change the structure of PhD training and supervision, produce differentiated graduate training universities, and abandon the single supervisor for committee, joint or collaborative models.

  • Africa’s fight against plastic pollution gathers pace as Uganda bans single-use carry bags

    1 week ago | downtoearth.org.in | Maina Waruru

    Africa’s fight against plastic pollution is steadily gathering pace, the republic of Uganda being the latest and the 12th country in the continent to ban the use of single-use plastics, responsible for widespread pollution of the environment including waterbodies, cities, farmland and protected areas.

  • Africa needs a coordinated approach to internationalisation

    1 week ago | universityworldnews.com | Maina Waruru

    AFRICA Young people across Africa are eager for educational opportunities that flow from the internationalisation of education and want to benefit from the same exposure as that enjoyed by their international counterparts outside the continent, despite the lack of concrete strategies for advancing the concept in many universities on the continent.

  • Kenya doubles funding for Lokichar oil pipeline study | African Energy

    1 week ago | africa-energy.com | Maina Waruru

    Issue 527 - 29 May 2025 - By Maina Waruru | 1 minute read Nairobi has doubled its funding for studies to develop the 824km Lokichar-Lamu crude oil pipeline (LLCOP), designed to take crude from the South Lokichar oil fields to the port of Lamu. State funding for upstream exploration has also increased, in a sign that Kenya is intent on developing its oil resources, with a bidding round also being prepared.

  • Smart mushroom farming project will empower growers

    2 weeks ago | universityworldnews.com | Maina Waruru

    KENYA One of Kenya’s oldest institutions, the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), has launched a multimillion-shilling research and development initiative funded by the government of South Korea that will see tons of mushroom planting material distributed to hundreds of farmers across Kenya in a smart agriculture and livelihoods initiative.

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8 May 25

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28 Mar 25

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26 Mar 25

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