2018 - research and innovation report - Strathmore University

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2018

RESEARCH ANDINNOVATIONREPORT

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Contents

Research Leadership 2Preface 3Introduction 42018 at a glance 6Highlights 8 Using gait analysis to detect concealed firearms 8 @iBizAfrica supercharges the dreams of startup founders 09 2018 Research and Innovation Conference 10 Symposium on the Right of Children with Disabilities to Access Education 11 Effects of IPT on HIV/AIDS progression 12 Understanding female millitancy and terrorism 12 Academic writing workshop for doctoral students 13 The merits of dual-training systems 14 Implementation of free maternity services policy in Kenya 15 Advancing justice in Kenya’s extractives sector 16 Bird responses to land use change 18 Modelling the probability of loan default 20 Strengthening Kenya’s health workforce 21 Evans Omondi: Modelling HIV transmission and treatment 21

Grants 22Publications 30Research events 40

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Research Leadership

Research Committee Members

1. Prof Izael Da Silva (Chair)2. Prof Ismail Ateya (Secretary)3. Prof Ruth Kiraka (Ex-Officio)4. Mr Bernard Shiundu (Ex-Officio)5. Mr Vincent Ndoloka (Ex-Officio)6. Prof Rachel Mbogo (Member)7. Dr Joseph Sevilla (Member)8. Dr Magdalene Dimba (Member)

Prof Izael Da Silva

Prof Ismail Ateya

Prof Ruth Kiraka

Deputy Vice Chancellor - Research and Innovation

Dean - Research and Innovation

Dean - School of Graduate Studies

9. Dr Pratap Kumar (Member)10. Ms Claire Adionyi (Member)11. Dr Bernard Shibwabo (Member)12. Dr Bernadette Wanjala (Member)13. Dr Godfrey Madigu (Member)14. Prof Robert Mudida (Member)15. Dr David Chiawo (Member)

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Preface

Prof Izael Da SilvaDVC - Research and Innovation

I am pleased to present Strathmore University’s Research and Innovation Report for 2018. This is the third comprehensive annual research and innovation report since I took office in March 2016. It summarises the efforts we have placed on research and innovation, a strategic pillar of the University.Our goal with these reports is to keep all our stakeholders adequately informed about the research and innovation activities that we undertake. This will help us achieve the kind of synergy that transforms ideas into businesses that have a positive impact on society.In the following pages, you will discover evidence of our ongoing efforts to extend the reach of our researchers, as well as to secure and maintain lasting partnerships. A key reflection of this is the increased number of grants, research projects and publications in high-impact peer-reviewed journals.We have also continued to strengthen research reporting, since this is key to capturing research excellence. We have further closed reporting gaps and captured more in-depth information. While there is still room for improvement, this is the most accurate report we have ever produced.I hope you will draw some value from this document. My sincere thanks go to everyone whose efforts went into producing it. Even as we present it, we are already working on the next one, which we can only make better, following the motto of this year, that is, “doing ordinary things in an extraordinary way.”

Izael

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IntroductionThis annual report reflects the research and innovation activities and outputs of our researchers during 2018. It also outlines their contributions to the continued advancement of the University’s reputation of excellence in research and innovation.It provides a succinct summary of our response to the need for institutions of higher learning to contribute to the integral development of society by carrying out their core mandate, which is to carry out research and to teach.While the report has been produced by the Research Services Office, it has been a truly collaborative effort. All the research and academic units of the University were involved in its creation, from the initial data collection to the final production.The document is laid out in such a way that it first summarises the key performance metrics of the University. It then highlights some of the impactful activities carried out during 2018 through feature stories. The third section traces the performance of each of the research units.Some of the key items tracked by this report are the publications produced by research staff members. In 2018, a total of 98 publications came out of Strathmore University. Of these, 75 were papers in peer-reviewed journals. This is a slight improvement from the year before, when 66 papers were published by our researchers. We look forward to further improvement in 2019 and succeeding periods.Collaboration is an important component of impactful research. It can take many forms, and includes relations with grantors, fellow researchers, and the beneficiaries of research carried out. This report bears witness to the growing panorama of collaborations within research and innovation.

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For instance, the University ran 40 grants in 2018, up from 34 in 2017. Of these, 30 were won within the year. Furthermore, 69 staff researchers attended a total of 90 research events, such as policy workshops, roundtables, symposia and conferences. This gave them a chance to meet fellow researchers, receive feedback on their work, and stay abreast of the latest developments in their various fields.As highlighted by the 2017 report, research centres are major drivers of growth in research. They create the right environment for more consistent and intense research-related activities and realise more outputs. We have worked hard to improve the operating environment for our centres.In 2018, the Research Services Office continued implementing various programmes to encourage interest in research and innovation, and thus spur a culture of research. One of these programmes, the 2018 Research and Innovation Conference, took place from 29th October to 2nd November. Its theme was “Looking into the Future: Solving tomorrow’s Problems with Today’s Research.”185 abstract submissions were received across nine thematic areas. Of these, 47 were from outside the University, coming from authors in local and international Universities, as well as other partner organisations. After review, 169 of the received abstracts were accepted for presentation.The first two days of the event, which were wholly dedicated to undergraduate research, saw almost 50 presentations by students, alongside other activities. The remaining days of the conference were dedicated to postgraduate and industry research.The conference also served as a platform for the 2018 edition of the African Conference on Sustainable Tourism

(ACoST), organised by the School of Tourism and Hospitality. It also hosted the 2019 Food-Energy-Water Nexus Forum, which was organised by Penn State University. The conference was a continuation of our effort to make the University’s annual research week more impactful. It was the first conference of its kind, and will take place every two years, alternating with the similarly biennial Research and Innovation Symposium. Another initiative in the scheme to promote research culture was the Research Brown Bag programme, which gave our researchers an opportunity to present summaries of their ongoing or completed projects to a mixed audience drawn from across the University.Although only 11 sessions had been planned for at the beginning of the year, 19 sessions in total were held, attracting 648 attendees. The initiative has become a primary means of the dissemination of research and the promotion of collaboration among researchers.These, alongside many other efforts by various actors, make 2018 Strathmore University’s biggest year, so far, in research and innovation. This means that the foundations for an even brighter future have been laid, and all that is now left for us is to build up a solid edifice.Even though this is only the third report of its kind produced by the University, it is already showing a clear trend of growth in research and innovation. It is much more comprehensive than previous editions and should provide wholesome reading to all who lay their hands on it.My thanks go to all who took part in developing it.

Prof Ismail AteyaDean - Research and Innovation

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2018 at a glance

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Number of grants in our portfolio.

Publications by our researchers.

Papers in refereed journals. New grants won during the year.

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Number of papers presented at the first Strathmore University Research and Innovation Conference.

Number of thematic areas of research focus at the University.

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Using gait analysis to detect concealed firearmsFor his PhD thesis, Dr Henry Muchiri quantitatively analysed the gait of people recorded on video carrying a concealed firearm tucked on the right hip. He then statistically measured and determined the associated gait characteristics.The study convincingly uncovered notable differences in gait between armed and unarmed participants.Some differences are the adduction of the left arm, adduction of the left leg, abduction of the right arm possibly to avoid hitting the firearm that is tucked on the right hip, increased swinging of the right arm, adduction and reduced lifting of the right leg, which could be attributed to the firearm tucked on the hip limiting the movement of the leg, and increased step length which could be attributed to the firearm tucked on the hip limiting the normal step length.The detection of persons carrying concealed firearms is important in maintaining security in public spaces. One of the techniques adopted so far is the use of trained law enforcement personnel and CCTV operators to be on the lookout for indicators that identify persons carrying concealed firearms.The findings of Henry’s study provide additional indicators that can be utilised by law enforcement officers and CCTV operators to detect persons carrying concealed handguns.

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@iBizAfrica supercharges the dreams of startup founders@iBizAfrica is a startup incubator at Strathmore University. The most promising startups enrolled in 2018 are building solutions to some of the toughest problems in society and shaping the world of tomorrow.Zydii, for instance, makes it affordable for African youth to access practical knowledge and skills from successful African mentors anytime, anywhere. Its courses can be accessed both on desktop and mobile.Another startup, Bismart, is a Kenyan insurance aggregator. It leverages digital platforms and technologies to connect customers to the best insurance and investments solutions available in the market. Bismart also educates clients and provides them with the ability to compare and conveniently buy insurance and investment solutions.Heri Online is a shopping platform targeting women, especially mothers. It makes it easy for threm to shop for quality brands that can be delivered within 24 hours.Last, but not least, is Savanna Circuit Technologies, a manufacturing and last mile distribution company. It provides dairy farmers and cooperatives with portable, solar-powered milk chillers, quality control equipment and a farmer management system through an innovative lease model, helping them maximise profits.

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The theme of the conference was “Looking into the Future: Solving tomorrow’s Problems with Today’s Research.”The first two days were dedicated to undergraduate research, while the remaining days of the conference were dedicated to postgraduate and industry research. 185 abstract submissions were received across nine thematic areas. Of these,

47 were from outside the University, submitted by participants from other universities and organisations. After review, 169 abstracts were accepted for presentationThe conference was also a platform for the 2018 edition of the African Conference on Sustainable Tourism (ACoST) and the 2019 Food Energy Water Nexus Forum, which was organised by Penn State University.

2018 Research and Innovation ConferenceThe Research Services Office successfully hosted the 2018 Strathmore University Research and Innovation Conference from 29th October to 2nd November 2018.

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Symposium on the Right of Children with Disabilities to Access EducationHeld in May 2018, this symposium was organised by Strathmore University Law School in collaboration with the Universidad Ponticia Comillas School of Law (Spain). It was funded by the Santander Bank Endowed Chair for Children and the Law.Despite the progress made in improving educational enrollment, children with physical and mental disabilities face multiple and compounded obstacles that make access to education difficult, if not impossible.This violates their rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and other international and regional rights instruments. It also impedes the consequent realisation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030. The symposium gave academics, practitioners, CSOs and government officials an opportunity to explore how

this right can be more successfully fulfilled, protected and respected through best practice, judicial involvement and other human rights advocacy methods.In attendance was His Excellency Javier García de Viedma Bernaldo de Quirós, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain to the Republic of Kenya. He gave the keynote speech, emphasising the importance of a concerted effort among all stakeholders towards the realisation of this right.The symposium was convened and organised by Claire Adionyi, LL.M., of Strathmore University School of Law and Dr Adam Dubin of Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid, Spain.

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Understanding female militancy and terrorismEmma Senge, of the Strathmore Law School, investigated the question of why girls and women join terrorist groups, what they do in those groups and what leads them to leave.She also examined how the African Union Counter-Terrorism Framework responds to this emergent trend. She established that the African Union requires more nuanced and gendered approaches to counter-terrorism to effectively combat terrorism in Africa.She published the findings in the April 2018 issue of the Journal of African Peace and Security.

Effects of IPT on HIV/AIDS progressionAt the Joint International Society for Clinical Biostatistics and Australian Statistical Conference 2018, held from 26th to 30th August 2018 in Melbourne, Australia, Dr Collins Odhiambo presented his paper, titled “Evaluating the Effects of Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT) on HIV/AIDS Disease Progression Using Non-Homogeneous Semi-Markov Process.”The purpose of the study was to model the effects of IPT on HIV/AIDS disease progression of an individual patient under ART follow up. For the study, he used non-homogeneous semi-Markov model, which he applied to datasets of HIV patients with changing viral load over time.

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Academic writing workshop for doctoral studentsIn August 2018, the School of Graduate Studies and the Doctoral Academy in collaboration with Stellenbosch University’s Doctoral Academy held a one-week workshop to train over 28 PhD students in academic writing for theses and research papers.

This workshop was co-delivered by staff from Stellenbosch University (led by Selene Delport) and Strathmore University (led by Prof Ruth Kiraka, the Dean of the School of Graduate Studies, and Prof Ismail Ateya, the Dean of Research and Innovation).The topics discussed included an introduction to scholarly writing; writing literature reviews; avoiding plagiarism and integrating sources effectively; choosing an academic writing style; and publishing in refereed journals.It was a phenomenal experience for most participants. They got a chance to share their experiences and walk through the entire academic writing process. It was fascinating to see participants engage

with each other and facilitators on many aspects of academic writing.One of the participants, Patrick Shabaya (centre-back in the photo), particularly enjoyed the practical approach of the facilitators, who engaged the participants in exercises that helped them try out what they were learning and assess their learning abilities.For Patrick, a notable “take home” from the workshop was how to build self-confidence while always aiming to learn from the best. This was a worthwhile partnership between the two institutions which should be encouraged for future expansion into other challenging areas of PhD work.

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Educational Trust.In 2018, he presented a paper titled “Competence Based Curriculum for Skills Development Through Dual Training: Evidence From Eastlands College of Technology, Nairobi, Kenya” at the The IAFOR International Conference on Education in Dubai (IICEDubai2018).In the paper, he recommends the adoption of DTS in Kenya as one of the methods to teach the competency-based vocational training to prepare manpower for the industrial growth of Kenya.The full paper can be read in the online proceedings of the conference (https://papers.iafor.org/submission39058/).

The merits of dual-training systemsChristopher Momanyi, a teaching fellow at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, is interested in the effectiveness of educational approaches.One of the approaches that he is especially interested in is the dual training system (DTS). The model, which combines classroom and on job training, has been adopted by Eastlands College of Technology, an initiative of Strathmore

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Employing a mixed-methods approach with data from three counties, Eric found that there had been inadequate engagement with stakeholders, leading to confusion about the policy. While the policy was designed to cover antenatal visits, deliveries, and post-natal visits, it only covered deliveries increase. There was also a rapid increase in facility deliveries, which was not matched by an increase in health facility capacity, compromising quality of care. These and other findings were published in the International Journal of Health Policy and Management (doi: 10.15171/IJHPM.2017.135).

Implementation of free maternity services policy in KenyaEric Tama examined the extent to which the policy have been implemented exploreed the positive experiences and challenges encountered.

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Extractives Sector.”The three-fold project was funded by the Ford Foundation. It sought to build the capacity of judges and legal researchers as well as document grievances along the extractives value chain in Kenya especially in the petroleum sector.The project was informed by the discoveries of significant quantities of hydrocarbons and minerals in Kenya and its associated concerns, expectations and impacts that need to be continuously addressed.The first part of the project involved field research (“Listening Project”) in the Lokichar Basin of Turkana East and Turkana South where major physical oil operations are taking place.

Advancing justice in Kenya’s extractives sectorThe Extractives Baraza, part of the Strathmore Extractives Industry Centre at the Law School, uses public engagement to advance justice within the extractives sector.Starting in April 2018, the Extractives Baraza, led by Geoffrey Kerecha, conducted a project titled “Advancing Capacity and Access to Justice in Kenya’s

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The research sought to establish local perceptions on oil related grievances and preferred grievance-handling mechanisms. 362 participants took part.This was an expansion of the Extractives Baraza’s Pilot Listening Project conducted in April 2017 in Mui Basin, a coal-rich region in Kitui County.Based on the findings, the Extractives Baraza, in partnership with the Judiciary Training Institute (JTI) and International Development Law Organization (IDLO), conducted a two-part capacity-building workshop for Judges and legal researchers drawn from various High Court divisions.The training resulted in JTI requesting the Extractives Baraza to facilitate a session on emerging issues for the Environment

and Land Court in the extractives sector in Kenya during the Environment and Land Court Conference on 5th June 2019. A key outcome of the project was the development of the Judiciary Guide on Handling Extractives Related Grievances in Kenya, which was launched on 25th April 2019 by Hon. Justice Kathuruma M’Inoti, Director JTI on behalf of the Chief Justice.The Extractives Baraza also developed a Community Fact Sheet on Handling Community Related Grievances in Kenya’s Mining Sector to assist communities in resolving grievances through locally available mechanisms

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Bird responses to land use changeDr David Chiawo, the Dean of the School of Tourism and Hospitality, is an avid ornithologist, out to understand the ways of birds.In 2018, together with colleagues from Kenya Forest Service and Rhodes University, he carried out a project to study the effects of land use changes on bird communities. The researchers focused on the bird ecology the Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, one of the Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in Kenya, which is under threat due to ongoing land use change in the surroundings.More than 260 bird species have been recorded within the forest, including six globally threatened species: Clarke’s Weaver, Sokoke Scops Owl, Amani Sunbird, East Coast Akalat, Spotted Ground Thrush and Sokoke Pipit. While the forest is a protected area, the surrounding has been subjected to intense land use change, arising from plantations and subsistence agriculture.They examined the effects of land use on bird guilds in primary forest (Arabuko-Sokoke Forest), adjoining plantations, and neighbouring farmland. They observed 2600 birds, representing 97 species in five main feeding guilds based on diet information.An ecological modelling of habitat variables also showed that increasing the number of large trees within farmland would improve insectivorous bird diversity.The researchers published their findings in the 118th volume of Emu - Austral Ornithology (https://doi.org/10.1080/01584197.2018.1431052).

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Modelling the probability of loan defaultUsing data from the Higher Education Loans Board, Dr Collins Odhiambo, Dr Lucy Muthoni and Pauline Kamau (an MSc Financial Mathematics student), attempted to find the best distribution for modelling loan defaults.For the study, they used data from the Higher Education Loans Board, which lends to learners higher institutions. They were motivated by the fact that typical HELB data is characterised by structured outliers.As a result, conventional models for credit risk may be misleading in its case. The study was carued out to identify the major factors that explain what causes student loan default by using the best model that utilises structured outliers.The researchers compared the theoretical distributions most commonly used in the analysis of loan defaults (Log-logistic, two-parameter Weibull, logistic, log-normal and Burr distribution) via simulations, among other operations. They found that the logistic model performed better than other models in applications and identification of potential defaulters with minimal Type II error. It is also more flexible. For this reason, among the proposed models, the logistic distribution is the best for this purpose.A paper summarising the study was published in the International Journal of Statistical Distributions and Applications (doi: 10.11648/j.ijsd.20180401.14).

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Strengthening Kenya’s health workforceThrough the Human Resources for Health programme, the Institute of Healthcare Management (led Prof Gilbert Kokwaro, Dr Joseph Odhiambo and Annette Murunga) developed robust training material on leadership management and governance (LMG) that have been used to train over 100 county health management teams from 16 counties. Additional material was developed to train 90 health union leaders from 18 counties.To ensure the transfer of skills, the institute also developed a mentorship guideline that has been used to mentor all training participants. Through the project, different counties have been able to develop tools such as job descriptions for all their health workers, performance appraisal tools, and updated Integrated Human Resource Information system (iHRIS).

Evans Omondi: Modelling HIV transmission and treatmentAlthough progress is being made to control HIV infections, Kenya still remains one of the high HIV burden countries in Sub-Sahara Africa.To study the trend of new cases of HIV infections, Evans formulated and analysed a deterministic model to suggest how best the existing control strategies can be enhanced to eradicate new cases of infections.The results of the study, which is part of hid PhD studies, were published in the International Journal of Applied and Computational Mathematics (https://doi.org/10.1007/s40819-018-0558-y).

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Grants

Department Applications New Grants Ongoing PortfolioFIT 11 6 0 6SIMS 3 3 1 4SBS 12 1 3 4SLS 0 6 4 10SHSS 0 0 0 0STH 4 1 0 1@iLabAfrica 26 9 2 11SERC 10 4 0 4Others 0 0 0 0Total 66 30 10 40

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Grants run by SLS

Highest number by a single unit

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USD 730,000

USD 423,913

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Awarded by USAID in October 2016 to the Institute of Healthcare Management. It will lapse in October 2021.

Awarded by DANIDA to the Strathmore Extractives Industry Centre. It will run till April 2022. 5Years10

Grants carried over from previous years.

Duration of longest-running grant.

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Faculty of Information Technology

Strathmore Institute of Mathematical Sciences

• SYSPRO Research Grant: Awarded by SYSPRO Africa Ltd. to Prof Ismail Ateya and Prof Reuben Marwanga. It amounts to USD 34,610.

• RSIF: This was a four-year PhD Scholarship at the University of Gaston Berger, Senegal. It was awarded by the World Bank through PASET to Danny Nyatuka. Amounting to USD 80,000, it covers both tuition and a monthly stipend.

• DAAD In-country: Awarded by DAAD to Derdus Kenga for the purpose of his PhD studies, it amounts to USD 4640.

• NRF (South Africa) PhD Grant: This was awarded by the South African National Research Fund to Danny Nyatuka to cover his fieldwork costs. It amounted to USD 2,752.

• SU Staff Development Fund: This was awarded to Esther Khakata, Elizabeth Wamicha, Roent Ombasa, Conrad Ojiambo, Allan Omondi, Henry Muchiri and Danny Nyatuka. The amounts ranged from USD 9,000 to USD 14,446 each.

• National Research Fund PhD Grant: Amounting to USD 11,034, this grant was awarded to Henry Muchiri by the National Research Fund to finance data collection for his PhD studies.

• Gwen Frostic Doctoral Fellowship Grant: Awarded by the Graduate College at Western Michigan University to Mary Ochieng’, this USD 4000 grant started running in 2017 and came to an end in June 2018. It was supported investigative work into learning by Mathematics Preservice teachers.

• Graduate Student Data Collection Grant: This USD 500 grant, awarded to Mary Ochieng’ by the Graduate Student Association of Western Michigan University, was meant to support Mary’s data collection work.

• Simons Foundation Grant: This grant meant to support a mathematical research project carried out by Paul Antony Otieno, amounted to R 5000. It ran from January to April.

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• AAU Travel Grant: This grant enabled Dr Rachel Waema Mbogo visit Stellenbosch University to carry out collaborative research for a month. It amounted to USD 5000.

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• Advancing Capacity and Access to Justice on Kenya’s Extractives Sector – Judiciary Training Project: This USD 178,320 was awarded by Ford Foundation and was run by Geoffrey Kerecha from April 2018 to February 2019. The project it funded seeks to advance capacity and access to justice in the extractives sector in Kenya, especially in the petroleum sector.

• Development of a Transparency and Accountability Framework and Action Plan for Kenya’s Petroleum Sector: This consultancy grant was awarded by the World Bank through the Ministry of Petroleum and Mining (MoPM) and run by Kate Mavuti between June 2018 and February 2019. Amounting to USD 93,054 it funded the development of the Framework for Transparency and Accountability in the Petroleum Sector in Kenya, pursuant to Clause 111 of the Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Bill 2017.

• Realising SDGs in Africa: The Role of Responsible Business: This USD 423,913 from the Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA) was awarded to Kate Mavuti and is meant to run from April 2018 to April 2022. The main objective of the project is to assess the impacts of national action plans, non-judicial grievance handling mechanisms, and sector-specific initiatives on specific dimensions of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

• Kenya Extractives Programme: Won by Dr Melba Wasunna, this GBP 555,000 grant from the Oxford Policy

Strathmore Law SchoolStrathmore Business School

• Human Resources for Health: Awarded by USAID in October 2016, this USD 730,000 grant is being run by Prof Gilbert Kokwaro and will run until October 2021.

• Socio Technical Approaches to Road Safety: This USD 299,634 grant was awarded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR/UK) in September 2017. It is being run by Prof Gilbert Kokwaro and will run until September 2020.

• Understanding the Impact of Innovations in the Regulation of Kenya’s Health Facilities Project: This grant was awarded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and is being run by Dr Francis Wafula. It has been running since 2017 and will lapse in 2019.

• Capacity Needs Assessment for Ministry of Finance and Financial Sector Industry Associations: This grant was awarded by Financial Sector Deepening Uganda to Dr Bernadette Wanjala in October 2018. It will run until May 2019.

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Management ran from February 2017 to September 2018. The project it funded was conceived to advance access to information, stakeholder dialogue and engagement in Kenya’s extractives industry (especially in the petroleum sector).

• Report on the Use of Biometrics: Privacy International made a USD 14,291 to Dr Robert Muthuri, running from June 2016 to August 2018, to fund a project to reconceptualise security and economic empowerment through biometric technology and privacy, with a special focus on Kenya’s 2017 election process.

• The Role of Intellectual Property in Open Development: Awarded to Dr Isaac Rutenberg by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and International Development Research Centre (IDRC), this grant was meant to fund academic research, conferences, and collaboration in the area of Intellectual Property. Amounting to USD 15,000, it has been running from 2014 and will lapse in 2021.

• Legal, Policy and Technical Forms of Information Controls: Awarded by Ford Foundation to Dr Robert Muthuri, this USD 75,000 grant, which has been running since 2016 and will lapse in 2019, was given to fund a project titled

“Legal, Policy and Technical Forms of Information Controls: An analysis of Internet Shutdowns and the Electoral Process in Kenya.” The project was meant to seek a deeper understanding of information controls during political processes and how this affects public policy on elections, freedom of expression and human rights in general.

• Digital Rights: Won by Grace Diida and run from 2018 to 2019, this USD 13,000 grant from LUSH was awarded to fund the “Internet Freedom Concepts: A Localized Explainer Pack” project. The project entailed a conceptual and graphical modelling of digital rights concepts in order to make them more accessible in society. The outputs include a booklet explaining digital rights concepts, like information controls, net neutrality, and transparency, among others. Explainer videos were also to be developed and availed on the web.

• Role of ISPs in Internet Censorship across Africa: This USD 10,000 from Mozilla was run by Jacquelene Wangui from January to December 2018. It funded the “Internet Freedom and the Electoral Process in Kenya: The Legal and Policy Framework” project.

• Social Media Exchange (SMEX) Grant: Dr Robert Muthuri was awarded this USD 82,427 grant by SMEX. It is meant to fund a project titled “Adoption of the CASEDATA Data Model and Taxonomy as a Standard for Publishing of ICT-Related Laws.” The goal of the project is to operationalise a shared data model to influence national, regional and global policy outcomes through ongoing expansion of existing datasets and localised applied research. The grant is meant to run from December 2018 to June 2020.

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@iLabAfrica

• Women in Tech: This grant was awarded by the Standard Chartered Bank Kenya and is being run by Bernard Chiira and Linda Kwamboka, both from @iBizAfrica. It amounts to USD 150,000, ran from 2nd October 2017 to 10th April 2018. It funded the incubation of businesses started by women in the areas of agribusiness, education, it/mobile solutions, digital banking, e-commerce, e-health, and FinTech. The project aimed to address Kenya’s most relevant and pressing challenges such as extreme poverty and unemployment, food sustainability, access to clean water, healthcare, energy and education by accelerating the growth of innovative women-led technology businesses in Africa through access to financial services, mentorship, entrepreneurship and business training, technology support and market linkages and networks.

• IDEA Foundation Grant: Awarded to Bernard Chiira of @iBizAfrica by the IDEA Foundation on 27th April 2017, this USD 39,520 is meant to run until 8th June 2018. It funds the incubation of startups in agriculture, education, healthcare, finance, energy, and governance and ethics. It also strengthened the capacity of the @iBizAfrica incubation program.

• Pangea Accelerator Program: Awarded by Pangea Funds AS to Bernard, this USD 10,804 ran from 10th March 2018 to 30th May 2018. It funded the incubation of 15 startups in FinTech, agribusiness, green initiatives, education, healthcare, and many more.

School of Tourism and Hospitality

• Research Equipment Grant: This grant awarded by IDEA WILD to David Chiawo, started running in February 2018.

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• KENIA Innovation Commercialisation Agency Grant: Awarded by the Kenya National Innovation Agency (KENIA), this USD 92,892 grant covers the period from October 2018 to November 2019. The funds are meant to facilitate the work of two innovators affiliated to @iBizAfrica, who are fellows in the Leaders in Innovation Fellowship Programme. @iBizAfrica is the contact incubation unit to the innovators and offers them product development and commercialisation support. The grant is run by Bernard Chiira.

• Pangea Shelter Tech Accelerator Program: This grant, awarded by Pangea Funds AS to Bernard Chiira, amounts to USD 17,511 and was set to run from December 2018 to May 2019. It is meant to help housing markets to better meet the needs of the low-income households by identifying,

nurturing and accelerating Kenyan start-ups and growth-stage companies that are bringing shelter products and services to the low-income household market.

• KENET Mini Grant on Distributed Ledgers: Amounting to USD 15,000, this grant was awarded to Dr Joseph Sevilla and set to run from August 2018 to August 2019. It funds the development of a prototype distributed ledger application for digitisation of academic certificates onto a blockchain.

• Google Computer Science Educator Professional Development: Awarded to Dr Joseph Sevilla and Regina Nkonge by Google, this grant, amounting to USD 23,008 and meant to run from December 2018 December 2019, funded two five-day web development workshops for 50 secondary school teachers during school holidays, in

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the months of December and April between 2018 and 2019. A national conference will also be organised in August 2019 to design best practices in teaching and learning computer science in secondary schools. An online community of practice will be developed and teachers encouraged to use it to share teaching resources, methodologies, challenges and ways to overcome them, & open source tools for teaching computer science concepts.

• Enabling Affordable Internet Access using Dynamic Spectrum Access Technique: This grant was awarded by the GCRF-EPSRC Project to Dr Joseph Sevilla and Leonard Mabele for a research project in Internet-of-Things.

• Mobile Learning Application and Mini Plastic Bags Mobile Course: Awarded by UNEP to Dr Joseph Sevilla, Regina Nkonge and Imelda Mueni, this USD 9,870 grant, which has been running since January 2018, funds the development of a mobile learning platform for android and iOS, design and development of an animated plastic bags course, integration of the course with the mobile application, dissemination to the public, and rewards for those who complete the course.

• H2020-WAZIHUB Research Grants: Amounting to a total of EUR 75,500, these grants were awarded by the European Commission to Dr Joseph Sevilla, Emmanuel Kweyu, and Margaret Njenga for projects in eHealth. The grant has been running since May 2018.

• H2020-TWIGA Project: Awarded by European Commission to Dr Joseph Sevilla, Emmanuel Kweyu, and Margaret Njenga, this EUR 131,000 also funds projects in eHealth. It has been running since February 2018.

Strathmore Energy Research Centre

• Newton Fund Grant: Awarded to Prof Izael Da Silva by the British Council, this USD 66,338 grant, which ran from March 2018 to February 2019, funded a project titled “Enhanced Food Security and Afforestation through Novel Approaches to Irrigation.”

• GCRF- LIEREA Grant: Awarded by GCRF- UK to Prof Izael Da Silva, this USD 66,338 grant ran from October 2018 to March 2019. It funded the Longitudinal Impact Evaluation of Rural Electrification in Africa (LIEREA) project.

• Powering Agriculture Grant: This USD 30436 grant was awarded by GIZ and run by Prof Izael Da Silva from August to December 2018. It supported an energy audit for the dairy sector in Kenya.

• PRE-LEAP-RE Grant: This UD 54,000 grant, awarded by the European Union, ran from July to September 2018. It funded the “Preparing for Long Term European Union-African Union Partnership on Renewable Energy” (PRE-LEAP-RE) project.

04 grants run in 2018up from 01 in 2017

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Department Journal Articles

Conference Papers

Books and Chapters

Total

FIT 15 6 2 23SIMS 38 0 0 38SBS 14 2 3 19SLS 6 0 3 9SHSS 1 1 0 2STH 1 0 0 1@iLabAfrica 0 2 0 2SERC 0 2 1 3Others 0 0 1 1Total 75 13 10 98

98Publications by our researchers

1013Up from 76 in 2017

Conference papers Books and chapters

38Journal papers by SIMSHighest number by a single unit75

Journal papers2.1 papers per 10 staff FTE (full-time equivalent)

36Conference papers by FIT researchers

Highest number by a single unit

Books and chapters each by SBS and SLS

The most by any department

Publications

63

2016 2017

66

2018

75

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Papers• Alaka, B. and Ateya, I. L. (2018).

A Q-Learning Model for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy of Insomnia Patients. Strathmore University Research and Innovation Conference.

• Ateya, I, Ondimu, K., Muketsa, G. M. and Omieno, K. K. (2018). Tackling Data Related Challenges in Healthcare Process Mining using Visual Analytics. International Journal of Computing Technology, 5(10), 125-132.

• Ateya, I., Ondimu, K., Muketsa, G. M. and Omieno, K. K. (2018). A Situational Method for Healthcare Business Process Improvement. International Journal of Research in Engineering Technology, 7(10).

• Khakata, E., Omwenga, V. and Msanjila, S. (2018). Predicting Student Performance Using Data on Internet Technology Usage Behavioural Patterns. International Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology, 3(1), 1733-1741.

• Maingi, N., Ateya, I. L. and Mwau, M. (2018). Disease Modelling and Analysis using Artificial Intelligence Techniques. Strathmore University Research and Innovation Conference.

• Mosoti, D., Omwenga, V. and Ogao, P. (2018). The Effect of Cloud Workload Consolidation on Cloud Energy Consumption and Performance in Multi-Tenant Cloud Infrastructure. International Journal of Computer Applications (IJCA), 181(37), 47-53.

• Mosoti, D., Omwenga, V. and Ogao,

P. (2018). Statistical Techniques for Characterizing Cloud Workloads: A survey. International Journal of Computer and Information Technology (IJCIT), 8(1), 12-17.

• Muchiri, H., Ateya, I. and Wanyembi, G. (2018). Human Gait Indicators of Carrying a Concealed Firearm: Skeletal Tracking and Data Mining Approach. International Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology, 3(8), 368-383.

• Muchiri, H., Ateya, I. and Wanyembi, G. (2018). The need for Marker-Less Computer Vision Techniques for Human Gait Analysis on Video Surveillance to Detect Concealed Firearms. International Journal of Computer (IJC), 29(1), 107-118.

• Ochieng’, N., Ateya, I. and Mwangi, W (2018). A Hybrid Filter/Wrapper Method for Feature Selection for Computer Worm Detection using Darknet Traffic. International Journal of Computer Applications (IJCA), 180(44), 12-17.

• Omondi, A. and Baraiywo, H. K. (2018). An Organ Donation and Receipt System beyond Pair-Wise Matching of Patients. Proceedings of the 2018 Strathmore University Research and Innovation Conference.

• Omondi, A. and Bongo, B. K. (2018). A System Development Methodology Guidance Tool for Supervision of IT Projects. Proceedings of the 2018 Strathmore University Research and Innovation Conference.

• Omondi, A. and Katunge, J. N. and Mundama, B. (2018). A timetable system for institution of higher learning: Case study Strathmore University. International Journal of Research Studies in Science, Engineering, and Technology, 5(12), 1-3.

23 publications in 2018up from 15 in 2017

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• Omondi, A. and Muathe, C. N. (2018). Towards High-Impact Community-Based Projects through Data-Driven Monitoring: Case Study Community Service Center Strathmore University. Proceedings of the 2018 Strathmore University Research and Innovation Conference.

• Omondi, A. and Ngugi, J. R. (2018). An Android based Information System for Cargo Delivery. International Journal of Computer Applications, 180(33), 1-5.

• Omondi, A., Ateya, I. and Wanyembi, G. (2018). Selection Variation for Improved Throughput and Accuracy of Monte Carlo Tree Search Algorithm. International Journal of Computer and Information Technology, 7(6), 286-294.

• Omondi, A., Ateya, I. and Wanyembi, G. (2018). Scalability and Nonlinear Performance Tuning in Storage Servers. International Journal of Research Studies in Science, Engineering and Technology, 5(9), 7-18.

• Shabaya, P., Ateya, I. L. and Wanyembi. G. W. (2018). Addressing the Complex and Dynamic Nature of Technology Assimilation through Dynamic Modelling. Proceedings of the 2018 Strathmore University Research and Innovation Conference.

• Shibwabo, B. and Jaffer, F. M. (2018). Integrated Paperless Receipts for Shoppers. Journal of Systems Integration, 9(3), 34-42.

• Shibwabo, B. and Munene K. N. (2018). A Mobile-based Tea Farming Information System. International Journal of Computer Applications (IJCA), 179(19), 37-44.

• Shibwabo, B. and Munene T. G. (2018). An Android-based Order Placement System for Restaurants. International Journal of Computer Applications (IJCA), 180(21), 18-24.

Books and Chapters• Shibwabo, B. and Ateya, I. (2018).

Data Recovery of Flash Memory. In W. Banerjee (Ed.), Nanocrystals in Nonvolatile Memory (pp. 327-367). New York: Pan Stanford

• Omondi, K., Phiri, B and Njogu, H. (2018). Sound Classification Scheme to Enhance Physical Security in Schools. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing.

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Papers• Bii, N. K., and Onyango, C. O. (2018).

Model-Assisted Estimation of a Finite Population Mean in Two-stage cluster sampling. Pakistan Journal of Statistics and Operations Research, 8(1), 127-139.

• Bii, N. K., Onyango, C. O. and Odhiambo, J. (2018). Estimation of a Finite Population Mean Under Random Non Response. Open Journal of Statistics. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojs.2017.75059.

• Kebirungi, H., Luboobi L. S., Kabonesa, C. and Kimwaga, R. J. (2018). Gender Responsiveness of Provisioning and Management of Water and Sanitation Facilities in East African Universities. International Journal of Gender and Women’s Studies, 6(1), 121-132. ISSN: 2333-6021.

• Luboobi, L. S, Kanyiri, C. W. and Kimathi, M. (2018). Mathematical Analysis of Influenza: A Dynamics in the Emergence of Drug Resistance. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/2434560.

• Luboobi, L. S. Orwa, T. O. and Mbogo, R. W. (2018). Mathematical Model for Hepatocytic-Erythrocytic Dynamics of Malaria. International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, 2018.

• Luboobi, L. S., Mbogo, R. W. and Odhiambo, J. W. (2018). A stochastic Model for Malaria Transmission Dynamics. Journal of

Applied Mathematics, 2018. doi 10.1155/2018/2439520.

• Luboobi, L. S., Namawejje, H. and Obuya, E. (2018). Modeling Optimal Control of Cholera Disease Under the Interventions of Vaccination, Treatment and Education Awareness. Journal of Mathematics Research, 10(5), 137-152.

• Luboobi, L. S., Ngeleja, R. C. and Nkansah-Gyekye, Y. (2018). Plague disease model with weather seasonality. Mathematical Biosciences, 302(2018), 80-99.

• Luboobi, L. S., Ngina, P. and Mbogo, R. W. (2018). Modelling Optimal Control of In-Host HIV Dynamics Using Different Control Strategies. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/9385080.

• Luboobi, L. S., Omondi, E. O. and Mbogo R. W. (2018). Mathematical Analysis of Sex-Structured Population Model of HIV Infection in Kenya. Letters in Biomathematics 2018, 5(1), 174–194. https://doi.org/10.1080/23737867.2018.1506712.

• Luboobi, L. S., Omondi, E. O. and Mbogo, R. W. (2018). Modelling the trend of HIV transmission and treatment in Kenya. International Journal of Applied and Computational Mathematics, 4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40819-018-0558-y.

• Luboobi, L. S., Omondi, E. O. and Mbogo, R. W. (2018). Mathematical Modelling of the Impact of Testing, Treatment and Control of HIV Transmission in Kenya. Cogent Mathematics & Statistics, 5(1), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/25742558.2018.1475590.

• Luboobi, L. S., Orwa, T. O. and Mbogo, R. W. (2018). Mathematical model for the in-host malaria dynamics subject to malaria vaccines. Letters in Biomathematics, 5(1), 222-251, doi:


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discussion. Mathematical Thinking and Learning, 19(2017), 33-54.

• Ochieng’, R., Olum, F., Kamuti, I. and Kavila, M. (2018). Action of Cyclic GROUP C n acting on the Diagonals of a Regular n-gon. Journal of Mathematical Theory and Modelling, 6(1), 115-125.

• Odhiambo, C. (2018). Smooth Test of Goodness-of-Fit for Negative Binomial Distribution with Application to Unscheduled HIV Care Visits in a Tertiary Hospital. International Journal of Statistics in Medical and Biological Research, 2(1), 1-7.

• Odhiambo, C. (2018). Validation of the Smooth Test of Goodness-of-Fit for Proportional Hazards in Cancer Survival Studies. International Journal of Statistics in Medical Research. https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-6029.2017.06.02.1.

• Odhiambo, C., Kamau, P. N., and Muthoni, L. (2018). Modelling Factors Affecting Probability of Loan Default: A Quantitative Analysis of the Kenyan Students’ Loan. International Journal of Statistical Distributions and Applications, 4(1), 29-37. doi: 10.11648/j.ijsd.20180401.14.

• Odhiambo, C., Omolo, B., and Odhiambo, J. (2018). A Smooth Test of Goodness-of-Fit for the Weibull Distribution: An Application to an HIV Retention Data. International Journal of Statistics in Medical Research, 6(2), 68-78.

• Odhiambo, C., Omolo, B., and Odhiambo, J. (2018). A Smooth Test of Goodness-of-Fit for the Baseline Hazard Function for Time-to-First Occurrence in Recurrent Events: An Application to HIV Retention Data. International Journal of Statistics in Medical Research. 6(3), 104-113.

• Omondi, E., Mbogo, R., and Luboobi, L. (2018). Mathematical

10.1080/23737867.2018.1526132.• Mbogo, R. W. and Nyabadza, F.

(2018). On The Future of HIV Related Cancers: Insights from a Mathematical Model. BioMed Research International. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/7019868.

• Muthoni, L. and Mikui, W. (2018). Construction of Multidimensional Poverty Index for Kenya using Alkire-Foster Method. Harvard Africa Policy Journal, 7, 101-130, http://apj.hkspublications.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/APJ-2017-RP.pdf.

• Muthoni, L., Kamau, P. N. and Odhiambo, C. (2018). Modelling Factors Affecting Probability of Loan Default: A Quantitative Analysis of the Kenyan Students’ Loan. International Journal of Statistical Distributions and Applications, 4(1), 29-37. doi: 10.11648/j.ijsd.20180401.14.

• Nampala, H., Luboobi, L. S., Joseph Y.T. Mugisha, C. O, and Jablonska-Sabuka, M. (2018). Modelling hepatotoxicity and antiretroviral therapeutic effect in HIV/HBV coinfection. Mathematical Biosciences, 302(2018), 67-79.

• Ngina, P. M., Mbogo, R. W. and Luboobi, L. S. (2018). Modelling Optimal Control of In-Host HIV Dynamics Using Different Control Strategies.

• Ochieng’, M., Stockero, S. L., Leatham, K. R., Van Zoest, L.R., and Peterson, B. E. (2018). Teachers’ orientations toward using student mathematical thinking as a resource during whole class discussion. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 1(2019), 1-31 .

• Ochieng’, M., Van Zoest, L. R., Stockero, S. L., Leatham, K. R., Peterson, B. E., and Atanga, N. A. (2018). Attributes of instances of student mathematical thinking that are worth building on in whole-class

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analysis of sex-structured population model of HIV infection in Kenya. Letters in Biomathematics, 4(5), 174-194. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/23737867.2018.1506712.

• Omondi, E., Mbogo, R., and Luboobi, L. (2018). Mathematical modelling of the impact of testing, treatment and control of HIV transmission in Kenya. Cogent Mathematics and Statistics, 4(5). https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/25742558.2018.1475590.

• Omondi, E., Mbogo, R., and Luboobi, L. (2018). Modelling the Trend of HIV Transmission and Treatment in Kenya. International Journal of Applied and Computational Mathematics, 4(5). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40819-018-0558-y.

• Omondi, E., Nyabadza, F., and Smith, R. (2018). Modelling the impact of mass administration of ivermectin in the treatment of onchocerciasis (river blindness). Cogent Mathematics and Statistics. 4(5). https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/23311835.2018.1429700.

• Omondi, E., Nyabadza, F., Bonyah, E., and Badu, K. (2018). Modelling the Infection Dynamics of Onchocerciasis and its Treatment. Journal of Biological Systems. 25(2), 247-277. https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0218339017500139.

• Omondi, E., Orwa, T., and Nyabadza, F. (2018). Application of optimal control to the onchocerciasis transmission model with treatment. Mathematical Biosciences, 297(2018), 43-57. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025556417300378.

• Orwa, T. O, Omondi, E. O. and Nyabadza, F. (2018). Application of optimal control to the onchocerciasis

transmission model with treatment. Mathematical Biosciences, 297(2018), 43-57. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025556417300378.

• Orwa, T. O., Mbogo, R. W., and Luboobi, L. S. (2018). Mathematical Model for Hepatocytic-Erythrocytic Dynamics of Malaria. International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, 2018.

• Orwa, T. W., Mbogo, R. W., and Luboobi, L. S. (2018). Mathematical model for the in-host malaria dynamics subject to malaria Vaccines. Letters in Biomathematics, 5(1), 222-251. doi: 10.1080/23737867.2018.1526132.

• Otieno, P. A, Gatsinzi, J. B., and Otieno, V. O. (2018). Rational homotopy type of mapping spaces between complex Grassmannians. Quaestiones Mathematicae.

• Otieno, P. A, Gatsinzi, J. B., and Otieno, V. O. (2018). Rationalised evaluation subgroups of mapping spaces between complex grassmannians. Afrika Matematika.

• Otieno, P. A. (2018). Gottlieb groups of the Plucker embeddings of some complex Grassmannians. Communications of the Korean Mathematical Society.

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• Mudida, R. and Gil-Alana, L. (2018). The Growth Rate Series in Kenya: Evidence of Non-Linearities and Factors behind the Slow Growth. International Journal of Finance and Economics, 23(2), 111-121.

• Mudida, R. and Mendi, P. (2018). The effect on Innovation of Beginning Informal: Empirical Evidence from Kenya. Technology Forecasting and Social Change, 131, 326-335.

• Ngoye, B., Sierra, V., and Ysa, T. (2018). Assessing Performance-Use Preferences Through an Institutional Logics Lens. International Journal of Public Sector Management.

• Ngoye, B., Sierra, V., and Ysa, T. (2018). Different Shades of Grey: An Experimental Study on How Institutional Logics Influence Organizational Actor Perception and Judgment. Public Administration Review.

• Ngoye, B., Sierra, V., Ysa, T. and Awan, S. (2018). Priming in Behavioral Public Administration: Methodological and Practical Considerations for Research and Scholarship. International Public Management Journal.

Strathmore Business School

Papers• Kinyanjui, J. N., Juma, D., Njeru, A.,

and Onyango, J. (2018). Influence of legal and ethical CSR strategy on performance of public universities in Kenya. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 5(4), 2059-2068.

• Kinyanjui, J. N., Juma, D., Njeru, A., and Onyango, J. (2018). Influence of community outreach as a CSR strategy for organizational performance: a review of selected public universities in Kenya. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 5(4), 2048-2058.

• Kokwaro, G., McIlroy R. C., Plant K. A., Hoque M. S., Jianping, W., V N.H., and Stanton N. A. (2018). Who is responsible for global road safety? A cross-cultural comparison of Actor Maps. Accident Analysis and Prevention.

• Mathuva, D. M. (2018). Drivers of the decision to participate in financial reporting awards by savings and credit cooperatives in Kenya. Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies, 8(2), 223-243

• Mathuva, D. M., and Chong, G. H. (2018). Impact of regulatory reforms on compliance with mandatory disclosures by savings and credit co-operatives in Kenya. Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, 26(3), 246-270.

• Mudida, R. (2018). Transcending Homophily: Navigating Institutional Change in Ethnically Fragmented Societies. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2018(1).

19 publications in 2018not changed from 2017

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Strathmore Law School

Papers• Adionyi, C. (2018). The Health Act

2017: Examining Quality Control in Kenya’s Healthcare Facilities. Strathmore Law Journal.

• Mukuki, A. (2018). Reimagining the Concept of Forced Migration in The Face of Climate Change. Groningen Journal of International Law.

• Mukuki, A. (2018). The sacrosanct? The challenge in holding the United Nations responsible for the failure to prevent genocide. Strathmore Law Journal.

• Mukuki, A. and Bucha, S. (2018). National Security Versus The Principle Of Non-Refoulement: Where Do The Scales Tilt? African Union Commission on International Law Journal.

• Senge, E. (2018). Enhancing Access to Justice in Kenya: The Imperative of ADR Alternative Dispute Resolution.

• Senge, E. (2018). Female Militancy in Terrorist Groups and the AU Counterterrorism Response. African Peace and Security Journal.

Books and Chapters• Franceschi, L. G., Muthoni, L. and

Senge, E. (2018). Judicial Review and Public Power in Kenya: Revisiting Judicial Response to Select Political Cases. In R. Arnold and J. Martínez-Estay(Eds.), Rule of Law, Human Rights and Judicial Control of Power: Some Reflections from National and International Law.

• Ambani, J. (2018). Drilling Past the Resource Curse? Essays on the

09 publications in 2018down from 15 in 2017

• Njuguna, J. (2018). The Influence of County-of-Origin on Consumer Behaviour towards Foreign Clothing Brand in Nairobi, Kenya. ResearchFora 21st International Conference.

• Oluoch-Aridi, J., Smith-Oka, V., Milan, E. and Dowd, R. (2018). Exploring mistreatment of women during childbirth in a peri-urban setting in Kenya: experiences and perceptions of women and healthcare providers. Reproductive Health, 15(1):209. doi: 10.1186/s12978-018-0643-z.

• Robert, W. and Njuguna, J. (2018). The Influence of Relationship Marketing on Customer Loyalty in the Telecommunication Industry in Dar es Salaam Tanzania. Proceedings of 2018 Strathmore University Research and Innovation Conference.

• Tama, E., Barasa, E. W., Molyneux, S., Waweru, E., Tsofa, B., and Chuma, J. (2018). Examining the implementation of the Free maternity services policy in Kenya: A mixed methods process evaluation. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 7(7), 603-613.

• Wanjala, B. (2018). Solidarity Economy and Prospects for Protecting Women’s Livelihoods. Journal on African Women’s Experiences.

Books and Chapters• Kiraka, R. and Ngunjiri, I. W. (2018).

Entrepreneurship and Business Communication. Nairobi: Focus Publishers Ltd.

• Kokwaro, G. (2018). Boards and Good Governance. In M. Counte, D. West, B. Ramirez, and B. Aaronson, (Eds.), The Global Healthcare Manager: Competencies, Concepts and Skills.

• Mudida, R., Ngene, J. and Njuguna, T. (2018). Financial Management (2nd Edition). Nairobi: Focus Publishers Ltd.

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School of Humanities and Social Sciences


Papers• Momanyi, C. (2018). Competence

Based Curriculum for skills Development through dual training: evidence from Eastlands College of Technology. IICEDubai2018 Conference Proceedings. https://papers.iafor.org/submission39058/.

• Dindi, A, Munala, G, Alkizim, A, Kivaa, P and Gichure, C. (2018). Ethics as a Solution to Corruption: A Case Study of the Construction Industry in Kenya. Africa Habitat Review Journal, 12(2). 1339-1349. ISSN: 2524-1354 (Online).

Papers• Chiawo, D.O, Kombe, W.N. and Craig,

J.F.K. (2018). Bird responses to land use change: guild diversity in a Kenyan coastal forest and adjoining habitats. Emu – Austral Ornithology, 118(3), 281-292. https://doi.org/10.1080/01584197.2018.1431052.

Governance of Extractives in Kenya. Nairobi, Kenya: Strathmore University Press.

• Ambani, J. and Wasunna, M. K. (2018). Mining Law: Commentaries on Kenya’s Framework Legislation.


01 publication in 2018down from 05 in 2017

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@iLabAfrica

Papers• Weru, T. (2018). Promoting

Women ICT Start-Ups to Accelerate Women’s Economic Empowerment: A Case of Strathmore University-@iBizAfrica. IST-Africa 2018 Conference Proceedings. http://www.ist-africa.org/Conference2018/outbox/ISTAfrica_Paper_ref_132_10165.pdf.

• Mutegi-Kamau, L. and Mabele, L. (2018). Leveraging Low Power Wide Area Networks for Precision Farming. Proceedings of the International Conference on Interactive Mobile Communication, Technologies and Learning (IMCL).


Others

Papers• Da Silva, I., Maranga, I., Wambugu,

A., Njogu, M. and Nyarotso, C. (2018). Performance Evaluation of the 600kW Grid-Tied Solar Photovoltaic System in Strathmore University. Proceedings of the Strathmore University Research and Innovation Conference.

• Da Silva, I., Maranga, I., and Odera, S. (2018). Toward the Development of Small Hydro Plants in Kenya: The Impact of a Training Course at SERC. Proceedings of the Hydro 2018 Conference.

• Da Silva, I., Ronoh, G., Nalubega, T., Njogu, M. (2018). Replacing Fossil Fuel with PV Systems Through Technical Capacity Building in Kenya. The Nexus: Energy, Environment and Climate Change. pp 171-180. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63612-2_11.

Institute of Family Studies• Andanda, P., Wathuta, J., Chatfield,

K., and Schroeder, D. (2018). Deliverable 4.3: Proposals for strategic approaches to compliance with research ethics requirements in low and middle-income countries. http://trust-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Deliverable-4.3_strategic-proposals-to-compliance.pdf

02 publications in 2018down from 03 in 2017 03 publications in 2018

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Research Events

Department Events Organised

Events Attended

Staff Attending Events

FIT 0 6 12SIMS 0 8 6SBS 1 17 7SLS 15 14 9SHSS 0 6 12STH 1 1 4@iLabAfrica 36 17 12SERC 4 17 6Others 1 4 1Total 58 90 69

90Research events attended by our staff

Up from 66 in 2017

69Number of staff who attended research events

57Number of research events organised and held by departments within the University.

1736Number of events held by @iLabAfrica. This is the highest number by a single department.

Number of staff from FIT, SHSS and @iLabAfrica (each) who attended research events.

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Events Attended• Strathmore Research and

Innovation Conference: Taking place at Strathmore University from 29th October to 2nd November, this event was attended by Dr Bernard Shibwabo, Allan Omondi, Henry Muchiri, Danny Nyatuka and Patrick Shabaya.

• International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems (IPMU) 2018: Attended by Daniel Machanje and Dr Joseph Orero, this conference took place from 11th to 15th June.

• 10th International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence: The event was attended by Stephen Obonyo and Dr Joseph Orero.

• Research Meeting for Kenya- South Africa joint NRF Grant: This event was attended by Dr Ozianyi, Eunice Manyasi and Sharon Mugambi.

• Academic Writing Workshop: This event was attended by James Njihia and Patrick Shabaya. It took place from 13th to 16th August and was co-organised by Strathmore University and Stellenbosch University.

• Workshop on Research Infrastructure Support from KENET: This event, which took place in Strathmore University on 7th September, was attended by James Njihia. It was co-organised by KENET and @iLabAfrica.

Events Attended• 12th International Conference

on Health Policy Statistics: Taking place from 10th to 12th January 2018, this conference was organised to “to create interfaces between practitioners; methodologists; and health service researchers, health economists, and policy analysts so they can exchange and build on ideas they will disseminate to the broader health policy community.” It was attended by Dr Collins Odhiambo, who presented a poster entitled “Evaluation of Changing Health Policy on HIV Treatment for Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission in Kenya.”

• Joint International Society for Clinical Biostatistics and Australian Statistical Conference 2018: Attended by Dr Collins Odhiambo, this conference took place from 26th to 30th 2018 August at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. Dr Odhiambo presenter his paper titled “Evaluating The Effects of Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT) on HIV/AIDS Disease Progression Using Non-Homogeneous Semi-Markov Process.”

• SEAMS School 2018: Taking place at the Universiti Sains Malaysia, this event was organised to “provide active researchers from various fields of mathematics the opportunity of discussing recent developments in theoretical and computational techniques for dynamical systems and their applications.” It took place from 6th to 13th August 2018 and was attended by Evans Omondi and Titus

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Orwa.• 2018 HIV Prevention Care and

Treatment Scientific Conference: Dr Collins Odhiambo attended this event, which took place from 9th to 12th September 2018. It was organised by the Ministry of Health (Kenya) and CDC- Kenya to “provide a platform for sharing experiences, innovations, strategies and best practices by different stakeholders in and outside the country.” The theme was “Turning the tide: Preventing new HIV infections and Optimizing treatment outcomes.” It was intended to highlight Kenya’s progress and call for an acceleration of efforts to meet the ambitious KASF targets of reducing new infections by 75% and reducing AIDS related mortality by 25% by the year 2020. Dr Odhiambo presented his paper, titled “Evaluating The Effects of Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT) on HIV/AIDS Disease Progression Using Non-Homogeneous Semi-Markov Process.”

• 3rd International Conference on Mathematical Sciences and Statistics (ICMSS2018): Taking place from 6th to 8th February at the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), this event was

attended by Nelson Bii.• Kibabii Unversity 3rd International

Conference: This event took place at Kibabii University from 12th to 14th June 2018. Prof Livingstone S. Luboobi was invited as the Keynite Speaker and he spoke on “Quantity, Quality and Relevance of Research in our Region.” The theme of the conference was “Creativity and Innovation for Sustainable Development.”

• Strathmore University Doctoral Supervisors’ Forum: This event was organised by the School of Graduate Studies and took place on 5th April 2018. Prof Livingstone S. Luboobi facilitated sessions titled “Co-supervisors: Roles and Responsibilities;” “Matching Students to supervisors;” and “Skills for Effective Supervision.”

• 1st Joint Strathmore University and Stellenbosch University Doctoral Supervisors Workshop: This event, co-organised by the School of Graduate Studies and Stellenbosch University, took place from 13th to 16th August 2018. It was attended by Prof Livingstone S. Luboobi and Dr Rachel Waema Mbogo.

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Strathmore Business School

Events Organised• Workshop on the Theme of

Multipliers for Employment Creation: Attended by Prof Robert Mudida, this event was organised by and held at Strathmore Business School on May 25th 2018. It featured presentations from three Strathmore University faculty, including two PhD candidates. It also had a presentation from the LSE Department of Management and another from the University of Rotterdam.

Events Attended• The Future of Africa-Europe

Relationship: A Multi-Stakeholder Perspective: Taking place in Luiss University, Rome, on 14th and 15th June 2018, this event was attended by Prof Robert Mudida. He presented a paper and on the evolution of the Africa-Europe relationship between 2000 and 2017. He also proposed future scenarios of EU-Africa relations in technological innovation.

• Conference on the Construction of Public Office and the Pursuit of Integrity: Organised by the University of Warwick, the event was held at the British Institute of Eastern Africa in London on 4th and 5th July 2018. It brought together academics and practitioners from Kenya, the UK and Mexico to discuss the construction of public office and the pursuit of integrity. It was attended by Prof Robert Mudida.

• International Conference on Social Science and Economics (ICSSE): Attended by Dr James Njuguna in Los Angles, USA on 18th and 19th May, 2018, the ICSSE was forum for the presentation of novel and fundamental advances in the fields of social science and economics. It also served to foster communication among researchers and practitioners working in a wide variety of scientific areas with a common interest in improving social science and economics techniques.

• 2018 Strathmore University Research and Innovation Conference: This event was organised by the Research Services Office of Strathmore University and took place between 29th October and 2nd November 2018. The first two days of the conference were meant to highlight undergraduate research and innovations. The other three days featured presentations from fellow staff members, postgraduate students, researchers from other universities and presenters from various industry partners. It was attended by Dr James Njuguna (presented a paper), Dr Stella Nyongesa (presented a paper and chaired two sessions), Dr Joseph Onyango (moderated a panel discussion and presented three papers), Eric Tama (presented a paper)

• African Doctoral Academy: Taking place at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, between 7th January and 19th January 2018, this event was attended by Dr Stella Nyongesa. It was organised to equip participants with research writing and publishing skills. Dr Nyongesa attended three trainings namely. The first, on “Writing and Publishing an Article,” lasted five days. “Grant Writing Fundamentals,” the second one, lasted one day. The third, titled “Intermediary SPSS,” took five days.

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• International Academy of African Business Development Conference: At this conference, which took place between 16th and 19th May 2018, Dr Stella Nyongesa presented a research paper. It is an annual conference that brings together scholars to present research papers on business development, improve their research knowledge and skills, network and share experiences.

• Doctoral Supervisors Workshop: Organised in collaboration with Stellenbosch University, this event took place at Strathmore University from 13th to 17th August 2018 and was attended by Dr Stella Nyongesa. It covered a range of topics, like emerging trends in doctoral research and supervision models and styles.

• Econometrics Methodology Workshop: Attended by Tabitha Njuguna, this training took place in three sessions, from 8th to 10th May and 28th to 30th May at Strathmore University. It was organised to equip researchers with econometrics skills.

• Global School of Empirical Research Methods (GSERM): This event took place from 4th to 15th June 2018 at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and was attended by Tabitha Njuguna. It was organised to equip PhD and postdoctoral researchers with empirical research skills

• Training of Trainers – SME Management Solutions: This training targeted staff members to equip them with skills to train entrepreneurs and SMEs. It was organised by the International Finance Corporation and Strathmore University and took place from 29th October to 2nd November 2018 at Strathmore University. Tabitha Njuguna attended it.

• The Frontiers of Research in Private Enterprise Development in Low Income Countries: Attended by Tabitha Njuguna from 13th to 15th November 2018, this event was organised by Private Enterprise Development in Low Income Countries (PEDL) and New York University in Abu Dhabi. It brought together PhD students from developed and low income economies to brainstorm and develop research proposals addressing topics related to development economics in in low income countries.

• First Kenya Clinical Officers Scientific Symposium Nairobi: Organised by the Kenya Clinical Association, this event took place on 28th September 2018. It was attended by Dr Joseph Onyango, who presented a paper titled “Entrepreneurship and Management: Creating a Balance Between Entrepreneurial Aspects and Social Responsibility.”

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Strathmore Law School

Events Organised• KIPPRA Mentorship Programme

for Universities: Launched on 30th August 2018 in collaboration with the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), this programme is aimed at harnessing the link between academia and public policy making to promote national development.

• COMESA Internship Programme: This two-month internship programme was developed to give fourth-year law students interested in regional integration relevant work experience in a regional bloc.

• Legal Aid Roundtable: This event took place in October 2018 and was organised with the Strathmore Law Clinic. It was meant to create a platform for collaboration between legal clinics in Kenya.

• Extractives Golf Tournament: Organised in collaboration with Tenistore Enterprise and supported by funds from various donors led by Base Titanium, this event took place in November 2018 and aimed to provide a networking platform for key stakeholders within the petroleum and mining sectors.

• Youths in Extractives Moot Court Competition: This competition, introduced to get young people more interested in the extractives industry and to see that they have a stake in its success in Kenya. It was supported by Kenya Oil and Gas Association (KOGA) and Kenya Extractives Programme K-EXPRO, as well as various donors, including Oraro & Co. Advocates and

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• 6th Annual SME Conference and Expo: Taking place under the theme of “Enhancing SME Sustainability Through Innovation” this event took place on 6th and 7th September 2018. Dr Joseph Onyango attended it and participated as a panellist on the topic of “SME Positioning in the Big 4 Agenda.”

• 38th Annual Scientific Conference of Pharmaceutical Society of Kenya: Held at Travelers Beach Hotel from 30th May to 3rd June 2018, this event was attended by Dr Joseph Onyango, who presented a paper titled “The Missing Link in the Attainment of Universal Health Coverage.”

• 26th Annual Scientific Conference of Kenya Ear Norse and Throat: Dr Joseph Onyango presented a paper titled “Healthcare Leadership, Management and Governance” at this conference, which took place on 1st April 2018.

• The 5th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research: Attended by Eric Tama from 8th to 12th October 2018, this event was organised by Health Systems Global. Eric presented a paper on “Front Staffs’ Perceptions of Regulatory Innovations.”

• 2nd East Africa Governance, Risk & Compliance Summit: Dr David Mathuva attended this event on 17th and 18th October 2018 at Strathmore University. It was the second GRC summit organised for the financial services providers.

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Oseko Ouma Advocates. In 2018, it took place in three instalments, on 8th January, 28th April 2018 and 6th December 2018.

• Gender Forums: Organised in July, September and October 2018 in collaboration with Association of Women in Energy and Extractives in Kenya (AWEIK) and Kenya Extractives Programme (K-EXPRO), these forums were meant to interrogate challenges and opportunities for women in Kenya’s extractives value chain.

• Roundtable on Benefit Sharing: Run as part of the 2018 Strathmore University Research and Innovation Symposium in November 2018, this roundtable discussion was meant to address benefit sharing in Kenya’s Extractives Sector.

• Amazing Race and the Africa Mining Legislation Atlas (AMLA): Taking place in Kigali, Rwanda, in December 2018, this event was organised in collaboration with the University of Kigali and the African Development Fund.

• Training for Lawyers and Civil Society Organisations on Fundamental Considerations of Oil and Gas Transactions: Run in collaboration with the International Senior Lawyers Project, this training provided local lawyers and civil society members with the tools and skills needed to engage effectively with major multinationals and to negotiate on behalf of affected communities. It took place in June 2018.

• Symposium on the Right of Children with Disabilities to Access Education – Critical Considerations for Best Practices: Organised in May 2018 in collaboration with the Universidad Ponti cia Comillas School of Law (Spain) and funded by the Santander Bank Endowed Chair for Children

and the Law, the purpose of this symposium was to provide academics, practitioners, CSOs and government officials with an opportunity to engage in dialogue concerning the challenges, successes and way forward in fulfilling the right to quality education for children with disabilities. The symposium explored how this right can be more successfully fulfilled, protected and respected through best practice, judicial involvement and other human rights advocacy methods.

• World Intellectual Property Day 2018: Observed every 26th April, World Intellectual Property Day was established by World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) to raise awareness of the impacts of Intellectual Property on our daily life. The theme for 2018 was “Powering Change: Women in Innovation and Creativity.” In SLS, the day was observed on 26th May 2018 with activities funded by the US Embassy in Kenya.

• ICT Law-Data Protection Moot Court: Held on 11th and 12th October, this event was funded by Google.

• 40 Hour Mediation Training: Co-organised with Facilit8 UK, this annual training was held from 20th to 26th June 2018. The training is offered to individuals seeking globally recognised professional qualifications in mediation. Individuals who successfully sit both assessments are accredited by SDRC and Facilit8 UK.

• Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Sessions in Mediation: Held on 17th April, 3rd May, 15th to 18th June, 2nd August and 18th October, the CPD sessions were organised to enable mediators improve their mediation skills, improve their knowledge in the field of mediation and network with different practitioners. These sessions take the forms of guest lectures or

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case workshops where mediators are given a case study containing a dilemma. Participants discuss different approaches during the workshop.

• The Mediation Conference 2018: Held in conjunction with Dispute and Conflict Resolution International and the Institute of Certified Secretaries from 25th to 27th July 2018, this conference brought together practitioners from different fields with the aim of exploring mediation as an alternative form of dispute resolution.

Events Attended• LSE Gender and Peace Workshop:

Taking place in May 2018 at the London School of Economics, this workshop explored the intersection between gender and peacebuilding. It was attended by Emmah Wabuke.

• LEAC Visiting Researcher: Patricia Ouma, in September 2018, took up a position as a visiting researcher at the Law School of the University of Leiden in The Netherlands. She carried out comparative research on European Union and East African Community Law.

• Pázmány Péter Catholic University Workshop: Organised by the Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Hungary, this event was attended by Patricia Ouma inDecember 2018. She made a presentation on the legal and institutional frame work of the East African Community.

• Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Inclusive Business Forum: At this event, which was held in March 2018, Kate Mavuti made a presentation on Gender and Petroleum in Kenya.

• Regional Forum on Transparency, Gender Sensitivity and Accountability: Held in Tanzania

in July, this event was attended by Dr Melba Wasunna, who made a presentation.

• Conference on Gender and Oil, Gas and Mining: New Frontiers of Progress, Challenges and Solutions: Attended by Kate Mavuti, this event took place in June 2018 in Washington DC and was organised by the World Bank. Kate presented a paper titled “Breaking ‘Gender Asset’ Barriers in East Africa’s Extractives Industry: Focus on Women Economic Empowerment through Skills Building.”

• African Forum for Doctoral Research in Human Rights (AfriDoors): Held in August 2018 and organised by Strengthening Human Rights Research and Education (SHUREA) and the University of Nairobi, this event was attended by Dr Jennifer Gitahi. It explored means for strengthening policy-relevant human rights research in Africa.

• Institutional Research Ethics Review Training: This training, offered to current and prospective institutional research ethics reviewers was organised by Strathmore University and offered in July 2018. Dr Jennifer Gitahi took part in it.

• Seminar on Prosecuting International Crimes in West Africa: This five-day seminar provided domestic prosecutors and investigative magistrates from Central and West Africa with training to address theoretical and practical issues and skills that commonly feature in complex cases involving international crimes. It was organised by the Office of the Prosecutor of the United Mechanisms for International Mechanisms for International Criminal Tribunals (UN MICT OTP). It took place from 25th February to 2nd March 2018 and was attended by Claire Adionyi.

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• Taskforce on Alternative Justice System Forums: Attended by Harrison Mbori and Purity Maritim on 16th to 20th January, 5th to 8th February, 23rd to 25th May, 21st to 24th June, 15th to 17th August, 3rd September, 9th to 14th October, and 30th November to 2nd December, these forums were organised by the Judiciary Training Institute . they were tasked with promoting traditional forms of dispute resolution as a form of alternative dispute resolution. The taskforce has convened in different counties and with different stakeholders in the past.

• Dissemination Workshop of the Listening Project into Grievances and Grievance Handling Mechanisms for the Extractives Sector in Kenya: This event was attended by Purity Maritim on 2nd October 2018. It was organised by the Extractives Baraza.

• National Stakeholder Forum on Cultivating a Robust, Coordinated Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Framework in Kenya Towards Sustainable Economic Growth and Access to Justice: Held on 12th and 13th April by the Judiciary’s Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Taskforce on Court Annexed Mediation and the Nairobi Centre for International Arbitration (NCIA), this multi-stakeholder forum was attended by Harrison Mbori. It was meant to chart a way forward for the development of an integrated support framework of legislation, policy, and development plans for the ADR sector.

• Validation Meeting of the ADR Baseline Assessment Report: Held on 22nd June by the ADR Taskforce and the NCIA, this meeting was attended by Harrison Mbori.

• Advance Course on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights: Attended by Francis Kariuki in September 2018, this course was offered by the Center for Human Rights.

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School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Events Attended• Understanding and Navigating

Regionalism in Africa Conference: Organised by the School of Business at the American University in Cairo from 26th to 28th July 2018 and attended by Anne Maureen Syallow, this conference was meant to engage with the question of the ideal role of African Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in pursuit of increased regional integration in Africa. The event was designed to provide space of interaction and engagement between CSO practitioners and academics from all regions of Africa.

• 10th International Conference on Catholic Social Thought and Business Education: Attended by Dr Maria Rosario Catacutan from 21st to 23rd June 2018, this conference was organised around the theme “Building Institutions for the Common Good: The Purpose and Practice of Business in an Inclusive Economy.” It was organised by the John Ryan Institute of Catholic Social Thought at the University of St Thomas, Minnesota, USA. The conference welcomed participants from multiple disciplines and perspectives to engage in a constructive dialogue on the common good and how a growing number of people can participate in the market economy and finance in an equitable, stable and sustainable way. The common good within the Catholic Social Tradition was taken as a starting point in the discussion.

• Mainstreaming Ethics in Higher Education Conference: Held by the Centre for Social Justice and Ethics at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa in collaboration with the Globethics.net East Africa Programme, this conference was attended by Dr Maria Rosario Catacutan from 29th to 31st October 2018. It explored the need to ensure that quality education is characterised by ethical values and practices.

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• IAFOR International Conference on Education Dubai 2018: Held by the International Academic Forum (IAFOR) from 16th to 18th February 2019, this conference was attended by Christopher Momanyi. It brought together delegates from around the world to consider the theme of “Educating for Change” from a variety of perspectives, taking full advantage of the international make-up of the attendees and the huge

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Events Organised• 3rd Africa Conference on

Sustainable Tourism: Co-organised with the African Fund for Endangered Wildlife – Kenya (AFEW-Kenya) and held within the 2018 Strathmore University Research and Innovation Conference, this event explored issues related to sustainability in tourism and conservation. It was attended by a variety of participants, from South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda, as well as various universities in Kenya. From within STH, Dr Lucy N. Gikonyo, Dr Fredrick N. Oduori, Collins Haggai and Dr David Chiawo also presented papers. The first two days of the conference were dedicated to presentations by almost twenty undergraduate students.

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diversity of experiences. A recurring theme throughout the conference was the reference to the future as being uncertain.

• 6th International Conference on Mobile technologies for Development (M4D): Held from 14th to 16th November 2018 by the International Network for Postgraduate Students in the Area of ICT4D at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, this conference provided a forum for M4D enthusiasts to network, innovate, and share experiences of working with mobile technologies in development contexts. It was attended by Christopher Momanyi.

• 2018 Strathmore University Research and Innovation Conference: This conference was organised by the Research Services Office at Strathmore University to provide a platform for staff and students to present their research endeavours and engage with one another and was held from 29th October to 2nd November 2018. It was attended by Ian Wairua, Patrick John Micheni, Dr Wilfred Marube, Dr Jane Wathuta, Sandra Mututi, Christopher Momanyi, Gabriel Dinda, Juvy H. Eleda, Jotham Njoroge, Anne Maureen Syallow, Samuel Greg Ondunga, Chelsea Rachel Onyango, Fadhili Deche, Dorcas Chepkoech, Shadrack Chepkwony, Lily Wanjiku, Esther Kariuki, Victoria Shalom Wanjiru, and Otieno Mathew.

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@iLabAfrica

Events Organised• Kids and Teens Holiday Boot Camp:

Running from 14th to 25th August, and from 12th to 23rd November 2018, the boot camp offered ICT training for Children and teenagers from between the ages of 6 and 18 years. It was co-organised with Digikids.

• Advanced Excel Workshop: Organised in collaboration with Sunesis, and held between 24th and 26th October, this workshop provided hands-on training in advanced analysis using Microsoft Excel.

• Certified Ethical Hacker Training: Held for five Saturdays from 5th October 2018, this hands-on training in ethical computer hacking was organised in collaboration with the EC Council.

• Zencash Secure Nodes Workshop: This workshop offered participants an introduction to the blockchain platform. It took place on 8th and 9th June, and was organised in collaboration with Horizen.

• AfricaHackon Conference: This cybersecurity conference took place on 26th and 27th June and was co-organised with Africahackon.

• Pycon Conference: Held on 25th and 26th October in collaboration with Pycon Association, this conference brought together python enthusiasts.

• Computer Science Workshop: Funded by Google and held from 26th to 30th November, this was a workshop for secondary school teachers focusing on Web

Development.• Nairobi Tech Week 2018: Taking

place from 19th April to 21st April 2018, this event featured 11 workshops, 12 panel discussions and a hackathon in which over 150 developers participated. In total, over 900 people attended the event, including entrepreneurs, investors, senior developers, junior developers, and students aspiring to be developers. Two high schools, Nova Academy and Alliance High School, also sent students to participate.

• Standard Chartered Women in Tech Demo Day and Award Ceremony: At this event, held on 10th April 2018, five teams in the Standard Chartered Women in Tech programme were selected and awarded USD 10,000 seed funding for their businesses.

• Pangea Info Session: Hosted by @iBizAfrica, this event was held to create more awareness about the Pangea Accelerator and its collaboration with @iBizAfrica. It took place on 16th February 2018.

• Pangea Accelerator Nairobi Innovation Week (NIW) Side Event - Creating the Next Generation of African Entrepreneurs: This event was held on 9th March 2018 on the sidelines of NIW and funded by Pangea Funds AS. It covered topics such as unleashing the power of Kenya’s startup ecosystem; bridging the talent divide; and the art of the art of startup in the Kenyan ecosystem.

• Pangea Accelerator Selection Day: At this event, held on 17th March, 24 startups pitched for consideration to be selected for incubation by Pangea.

• Pangea Accelerator Final 11 Selection: This event, held on 29th March, featured the selection of 11 finalists to be incubated by the Pangea Accelerator.


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• Pangea Accelerator Mentor Networking Session: This was a networking cocktail for mentors to meet, mingle and share their experience and expertise with the Pangea startups. It was held on 6th April 2018.

• Public Lecture by Kamran Elahian: This event was held on 5th March 2018 by @iBizAfrica. Kamran Elahian is a world-renowned philanthropist, investor and entrepreneur. The lecturer was attended by entrepreneurs being incubated at @iBizAfrica, as well as students and staff members of Strathmore University.

• Cut and Paste Round Table by Digilab Politecnico di Bari: Organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives and held on 6th March 2018 on the sidelines of the Nairobi Innovation Week Side Event, this was a discussion around the current limit of the startup movement in the world.

• MEST Africa Information Session: Held on 12th March 2018 by @iBizAfrica, this session was organised to inform partricipants about how they can become globally successful software entrepreneurs. It targeted those who want to build their own Pan-African tech startups. MEST Africa is a Pan-African training program, seed fund, incubator and tech hub that recruits aspiring entrepreneurs from Africa’s leading tech markets (Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana and Ivory Coast). These entrepreneurs get the opportunity to come to Ghana for a 1-year training program, and the chance to pitch for seed funding and join MEST’s Pan-African network of incubators.

• SOMO Project Event: At this event, held on 5th May and sponsored by SOMO East Africa Ltd, four entrepreneurs pitched their startups for

incubation. It was also a networking event for the various entrepreneurs.

• Pitch Fridays: Scheduled for the last Friday of each month and held on 6th April, 11th May, 25th May, 28th June, 27th July, 31st August and 28th September in 2018, Pitch Fridays are funded by IDEA Foundation. They offer an opportunity for entrepreneurs to pitch before an experienced panel of mentors to be considered for incubation.

• Weather Weekend – IoT for Agriculture: This event was held on 23rd and 24th September. It featured discussions around the applications of IoT in agriculture by startups.

• Connected Kenya Summit 2018: Held at the Bomas of Kenya in collaboration with the ICT Authority and Oracle on 22nd and 23rd October, this summit featured discussions on emerging technologies.

• Industry 4.0 with A.I. and Blockchain Conference: This event was held on 26th October. It featured presentations and exhibitions by different companies in the field of robotics and blockchain.

• Motorola Training Bootcamp: This training was held between 10th March and 19th May and was attended by selected STEM undergraduate students. It was funded by Motorola.

• IoT and Cybersecurity with Python Workshop: This event was organised to build on the fundamentals of IoT and cybersecurity with the Python language. It was held from 19th to 23rd February.

• MIT Open Mic Africa (OMA) Summit 2018: Held on 29th Augutst 2018 and hosted by @iBizAfrica, this was an annual summit that celebrates the goals achieved by the Legatum Centre at MIT and the Mastercard Foundation. The event featured vison talks, short

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pitches and the promotion of the ten finalists in the running for the Zambezi prize and its award.

• Introduction to Anzisha Q&A: This event was held on 21st June 2018 and supported by the African Leadership Academy and MasterCard Foundation. It was an info session with Natsuno Shinagawa on the Anzisha Prize, a joint program of the African Leadership Academy and MasterCard Foundation. Anzisha celebrates, accelerates and collaborate with very young entrepreneurs, aged between 15 and 22, across the continent.

• Fireside Chat with Manju Bansal: Held on 20th September 2018 by @iBizAfrica, this event hosted Basal Banjul (VP Global Programs and Head of Startup Focus at SAP). The aim was to meet with startups to learn more and share how they could partner with SAP.

• Business Focus in Kenya Filming: Held on 27th September 2018, this was a filming event at @iBizAfrica. The produced film was intended to show students in Denmark a modern Kenya and inspire them to look towards Kenya and Africa for business opportunities.

• Pangea Shelter Tech Launch: This event was held on 6th November 2018 by @iBizAfrica in collaboration with Habitat for Humanity’s Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter and BDO East Africa. The ShelterTech Accelerator Kenya brings together entrepreneurs, government, corporations and development partners to map out and showcase innovation in improving access to shelter. With applications from across Kenya, the ShelterTech Accelerator program launch unveiled start-ups and scale-ups selected to undergo a six-month acceleration program, giving them access to expertise, networks and the

chance to win investment of up to USD 50,000 for their business.

• Standard Chartered Women in Tech Launch: This event was held on 3rd September 2018 and supported by Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Ltd. It launched the start of a search for a second cohort of women-led technology startups which will see five entrepreneurs awarded KES 1,000,000 each.

• Standard Chartered Women in Tech Selection Day: At this event, held on 16th November 2018, 40 teams that had been shortlisted from the online adjudication made their presentations during the semi-finals to compete for the 10 slots at the finals. On the same day, the 10 finalist teams were selected for incubation.

• ReadytoWork Student Activation: This event was held on 24th November 2018 in collaboration with Barclays Bank Ltd. It was a networking event where the beneficiaries of the ReadytoWork programme met a football legend and business moguls.

• WaziHub IoT Bootcamp: Held from 12th to 16th November 2018 in collaboration with the European Commission Horizon 2020, this was a training on using the WaziHub open ecosystem and platform to come up with solutions for local challenges using IoT.

• H2020 TWIGA Developer Workshop: This workshop was held from 19th to 24th April 2018 and focused on training developers on working on the hydrologic platform, tools, framework and work plan for 2018

• mHealth4Afrika-Technical Planning Meetings: These events were held on 5th May and 19th September 2018 in collaboration with European Commision’s H2020 programme.

• WAZIHUB IoT Project Kick-off

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Workshop: This event was held from 14th to 16th April 2018 and supported by the European Commision’s H2020 programme.

Events Attended• 2018 Strathmore University

Research and Innovation Conference: Attended by Tracy Weru and several other members of the centre, this event took place from 29th October to 2nd November. Organised by the Research Services Office at Strathmore University, it featured presentations by researchers from both within and outside the University in various fields.

• Chrome Dev Summit: Held on 12th and 13th November 2018 by Google, this summit featured an exploration of modern web experiences. It was attended by Tracy Weru.

• IBM Blockchain Developer Workshop: This event was attended by Richard Otolo and Eunice Maingi from 15th to 19th October 2018. It was organised by IBM to provide a deep dive into developing blockchain applications on the Hyperledger platform.

• DAAD Conference: This event, attended by Leonard Mabele and Emmanuel Kweyu, was held on 20th November at Umma University in Kajiado. It was organised by DAAD in collaboration with the Communications Authority of Kenya. Leonard and Emmanuel made a presentation on their disaster prediction and management research project.

• SciDataCon Botswana: Attended by Sharon Anyanga from 5th to 8th November, this event was organised by the Botswana Open Science and Open Data Forum . It featured presentations on the frontiers of data in research.

• Action for Nutrition and Health (ANH) Academy Week: This event was organised by IMMANA and held from 24th to 29th June 2018. It was attended by Imelda Mueni, an IMMANA grantee. At the event, grantees and fellows, as well as ANH Academy working groups were given a space to demonstrate their methods and tools to the conference audience. The objective was to demonstrate finished or nearly finished metrics, tools and methods to an audience of potential users.

• International Actuarial Conference: Attended by Dr John Olukuru from 4th to 8th June 2018, this event was organised by the German Actuarial Association in conjunction with the International Actuarial Association. The 31st in a series of such conferences, it was attended by around 2,500 actuaries, academics and high-ranking representatives from the international insurance and financial industry as well as related institutions participated in the conference. Dr Olukuru presented a paper titled “Fraud analytics in Banks using Big data.”

• Horizon 2020 Twiga Kick-Off Meeting: This event was attended by Dr Joseph Sevilla from 6th to 9th February 2018. It featured discussions with participating partners on how to kick off the TWIGA Project.

• Horizon 2020 Twiga Days: This was attended by Dr Joseph Sevilla from 11th to 18th November 2018.

• CIO100 2018: The latest instalment of an annual series, this event was attended by Dr Joseph Sevilla from 29th November to 1st December 2018.

• Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC): Held at the University of Strathclyde from 3rd to 8th December 2018, this event was attended by Dr Joseph Sevilla and

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Leonard Mabele. It featured discussions on enabling affordable internet access with dynamic spectrum management and software defined radio.

• Venture Capital Unlocked: Held at Stanford University, USA, this training was attended by Bernard Chiira and Linda Kwamboka. Taking place on 18th to 29th June, it was a specialised course in startup venture funding, meant to help @iBizAfrica set up a pre-seed stage venture fund targeting startups focused on addressing relevant problems for Kenya by leveraging innovation and technology.

• PAUWES Research-2-Practice Forum: This event took place on 16th to 18th April 2018. Bernard Chiira attended it to showcase the work done at @iBizAfrica.

• Sahara Sparks 2018 and AfriLabs Annual Gathering 2018: Attended by Bernard Chiira from 11th to 13th October 2018, this event was organised by Sahara Sparks and AfriLabs. It featured presentations by over 600 entrepreneurs, startups, corporate organisations, government and development agencies from Tanzania and all over Africa. The topic of discussion was “Innovation in The Data Age”.

• Workshop on Defining the IoT Landscape Today and Tomorrow: This event took place on 23rd and 24th November and explored use cases, policy, business and technology issues related to IoT. It was organised by ISOC Kenya Chapter at the Huawei Kenya headquarters and was attended by Leonard Mabele and Getrude Gichuhi.

• Lake Region Economic Block Conference: This event was attended by Leonard Mabele from 22nd to 26th October. Leonard made a presentation on disaster prediction.

• CIO East Africa IoT and AI Summit: Held on 15th and 16th August 2018, this event showcased the current developments in the region in the area of IoT and AI. It was attended by Leonard Mabele and Dr Joseph Sevilla.

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Events Organised• Decentralised Energy Solutions in

East Africa and Role of Research Workshop: Organised in collaboration with the Energy Research Group at the University of California, Berkeley, this workshop took place on 9th July 2018 University of Carlifonia. Its aim was to identify data and research gaps within the decentralised renewable energy sector.

• Renewable Energy E-Waste and Partnership Opportunities Workshop: Held on 29th November 2018 in collaboration with Durham University, this workshop brought together multiple stakeholders involved in existing e-waste management to discuss sustainable renewable energy e-waste streams and to identify key challenges and opportunities related to e-waste.

• Power for All Focus Group Discussion: Organised in collaboration with Power for All and Funded by the Schneider Electric this event featured the discussion of the findings of the Power for All jobs campaign that was conducted targeting renewable energy companies in Kenya. It took place on 10th December 2018.

• PRE-LEAP-RE Workshop: Held from 6th to 8th November, this workshop featured discussions about the research and capacity-building agenda of the PRE-LEAP-RE project.

Events Attended• Ministry of Energy Conference and

Exhibition: Attended by Ignatius Maranga, Thomas Bundi, Patrick Mwanzia and Hope Nyambura, this event took place from 5th to 7th December 2018 and was organised by the Ministry of Energy.

• UN Symposium on Food Energy Water Nexus: Organised by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and held from 4th to 6th September 2018, this event was attended by Sarah Odera. It featured discussions on food-energy-water nexus issues in Africa.

• Newton Training Week: This training was attended by Sarah Odera and Anne Wacera Wambugu at the University of Edinburgh from 29th April to 4th May 2018. Newton Grant Multi-disciplinary training on food energy water nexus

• Low Carbon Energy Development Network Meeting: This meeting was held by the Low Carbon Energy Development Network and attended


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by Sarah Odera and Anne Wacera Wambugu. Featuring discussions on low carbon modern energy access, it took place from 30th May to 1st June 2018.

• Future Energy East Africa Forum: Attended by Anne Wacera Wambugu and Ignatius Maranga on 12th and 13th September 2018, this event featured discussions on Energy in East Africa. It was organised by Spintelligent.

• Kabarak University Conference: Featuring multi-disciplinary presentations in various thematic areas, this conference took place from 22nd to 26th October 2018 at Kabarak University. It was attended by Ignatius Maranga, Thomas Bundi and Patrick Mwanzia.

• Schneider Electric Training on Distributed Energy Resources: Organised by Schneider Electric, this training was attended by Thomas Bundi and Ignatius Maranga on 5th July 2018.

• IEEE Region 8 Students and Young Professionals Conference: Held at the Universidade do Porto from 24th to 29th July 2018, this conference featured discussions on different electrical engineering fields. It was attended by Ignatius Maranga.

• Off Grid Solar Conference: Attended by Anne Wacera Wambugu from 21st to 25th January 2018, this event was organised by GOGLA and featured discussions on off-grid energy systems.

• Energy and Society Masterclass: This event was attended by Anne Wacera Wambugu from 12th to 16th February 2018 at the Durham Energy Institute in Durham University.

• GCRF Workshop: Taking place at Strathclyde University from 19th to 21st February 2018, this workshop was attended by Anne Wacera Wambugu.

It consisted of training on how to apply for GCRF grants.

• African Electrotechnical Standardization Commission (AFSEC) TC 82 Meeting: Held by AFSEC from 26th to 28th March 2018 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, this event was attended by Anne Wacera Wambugu. It convoked the writing team working on the AFSEC “Guide for Rural Electrification for Africa,” of which Anne is a member.

• Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) TC 92 Meeting: Attended by Anne Wacera Wambugu from 26th to 29th June 2018, this was a meeting of the technical committee on solar photovoltaic systems.

• PRE-LEAP-RE Inception Workshop: Organised by LGI Consulting, this workshop was held from 9th to 12th July 2018 and was attended by Anne Wacera Wambugu. It started off the PRE-LEAP-RE project.

• AFSEC Smart Grid Conference: Held from 1st to 5th October 2018, this event was attended by Anne Wacera Wambugu. It featured discussions on smart grid power systems.

• Building and Regulating a Sustainable Energy Future Conference: Organised and held by the Bankers Association of Malawi, this event was attended by Anne Wacera Wambugu from 13th to 15th November 2018. It featured discussions on promoting sustainable infrastructure development and regulation for a sustainable energy future, with a focus on the SADC Region.

• PRE-LEAP-RE Workshop: Held from 5th to 8th December 2018 by LGI Consulting, this event featured presentations about the progress of the PRE-LEAP-RE research and capacity-building agenda. It was attended by Anne Wacera Wambugu.

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Others - Events Attended

Institute of Family Studies• UNESCO Chair in Bioethics 13th

World Conference: Held from 25th to 29th November 2018 by the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics in Jerusalem, Israel, this conference brought together experts from around the world to discuss bioethics across disciplines.

• Human Dignity and Bioethics Conference: This conference was organised by World Youth Alliance

(Africa) and held from 14th to 16th November 2018 at the Strathmore Law School.

• CUEA/Globethics.Net East Africa Conference: Taking place from 29th to 31st October 2018, this conference focused on the intricacies of mainstreaming ethics in higher education.

• 2018 Strathmore University Research and Innovation Conference: Hosted by the Research Services Office from 29th October to 2nd November, this conference brought together scholars to discuss various topics. Dr Wathuta presented a paper.


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Editorial teamProf Izael Da Silva, Prof Ismail Ateya; Prof Rachel Mbogo; Mathew Otieno.

Design and layoutMathew Otieno.

Feature storiesDr Henry Muchiri; Diana Mutua; Mathew Otieno; Claire Adionyi; Emma Senge; Dr Collins Odhiambo; Patrick Shabaya; Christopher Momanyi; Eric Tama; Geoffrey Kerecha; Dr David Chiawo; Annete Murunga; Evans Omondi.

DataDr Bernard Shibwabo; Rachel Aketch; Dr David Mathuva; Claire Adionyi; Dr David Chiawo; Irene Gitangu; Diana Mutua; Patrick Kioko; Dr Jane Wathuta.

PrintingSmart Printers, Nairobi.

Acknowledgements

PhotosVictor Anyura; Joy Nzangi; UnSplash; acknowledged sources.

SupportCavin Opiyo; Michael Muli; Brenda Freeman; Jemima Wambui; members of the Research Committee.

Special thanksSpecial thanks to everyone else who contributed to the development and publication of this report, especially the researchers whose work populates its pages.

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