Bridging eye health and inclusion
When looking at the stories told by women with disabilities, we realised that violence was a recurrent theme, something women could potentially face on a daily basis. What we also recognised is that this violence was vicious and deep, meaning that it took numerous forms and shapes. We read a number of stories about mistreatment, sexual abuse, exploitation, neglect, and [...]
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C4DLAB OPENS CALL FOR UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI INNOVATION FELLOWSHIP 2019/2020

The University of Nairobi through the C4DLab and strategic industry partners has opened applications for the 2019/2020 cohort of the University of Nairobi Innovation fellowship. The year-long prestigious Innovation fellowship program is aimed at giving 15 select fellows an opportunity to solve real-life local problems while applying the 21st century 4Cs skills and explore human-centered design thinking methodologies. The fellows …

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C4DLab Partners with SERS to support entrepreneurs, and academics to go beyond borders.

C4DLab has partnered with Scale, Early, Rapidly and Securely (SERS) to roll out the Cross Border for Local Value (CBLV) program in Kenya. The program is set to help startups, SMEs, entrepreneurs, and students launch, expand and understand how to do business across the borders. Enrollment for the program is open till 13th July 2021. The program is set to …

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C4DLab Unveil University of Nairobi 2019/2020 Innovation Fellows

University of Nairobi’s Innovation hub, C4DLab has unveiled the innovation fellows for the 2019/2020 cohort. The fellows were disclosed for the first time during a week-long orientation workshop held at the University of Narobi’s Chiromo campus based innovation hub. The team consists of multi-disciplinary fellows who will work together to solve a challenge which is set to be introduced by …

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C4DLAB’S ‘MAKING INNOVATORS’ KIDS EDITION SEMINAR BREAKS THE INTERNET!

The ongoing ‘Making Innovators’ Kids edition seminar at C4DLab broke the internet after attracting massive attention from ‘netizens’ and innovation commentators. Kenyans on Twitter went ablaze to congratulate C4DLab  and endorse the programme to the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Education Prof. George Magoha. Other parents are just ‘impatient’ and can’t wait for the next edition of the programme. Well, we are …

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Call for 2021 University of Nairobi Research and Innovation Fellowship now open

The University of Nairobi through its Innovation and Incubation hub, C4DLab and a strategic partner has opened applications for its 2021 Research and Innovation Fellowship. The 6 month-long prestigious program will give 20 select fellows an opportunity to solve real-life local problems while applying the 21st century 4Cs skills, and explore human-centered design / Design thinking methodologies. The fellows – …

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CISCO OPENS A MULTI-MILLION INCUBATION HUB AT C4DLAB, NAIROBI

Cisco has today launched a multi-million Incubation hub at C4DLab, the University of Nairobi‘s Innovation Lab. The incubation hub called #CiscoEdgeCenter is the first in East Africa and second in Africa after launching a similar one in South Africa. The high end tech center aims to impart business knowledge and speed up access to market for Small Medium and Micro Enterprises …

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Claire Kanja: I have made great progress of growth over the few months of the fellowship program.

“…the fun learning sessions have been quite engaging and interactive. They have simply been practical as opposed to the monotonous theory day to day campus lectures.” Claire Kanja Problem Based Learning (PBL) program run by the C4DLab has been an absolutely amazing opportunity to get to learn so many exiting things all at one. The experience so far has been …

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Courtship Between Industrial Revolution and Education System – a Don’s analogy.

By Rodgers Otom Have you heard of the industrial revolution? What about the current education system? Until today, I never thought there was any connection between the two. However, it seems the twain have been in a relationship affair. It didn’t require a miracle for me to discover the link. A courtesy call on one wise man, Dr. Tonny Omwansa, …

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FINAL DAY! TAKE A LOOK AT THE FINAL DAY OF THE ‘MAKING INNOVATORS KIDS EDITION’ SEMINAR

It’s been a nice journey making the next generation of innovators and we are all excited about the progress made so far. The young innovators are loving their stay at C4DLab and how they are mixing fun and learning in one space. Well let’s look at the various activities the kids went through today. Activity 1 : Working in groups to prototype. …

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FUTILE ATTEMPTS TO RESOLVE NAIROBI’S CONGESTION

In 2017, the Traffic Index listed Nairobi as the second worst city in the world on traffic congestion. Only coming second to World’s worst traffic congested town, Kolkata in India. On average, Nairobians spend 62.44 minutes in traffic with the congestion and a new report by  the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has revealed that the country loses at least …

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