Jane Kenda

The leather industry is a strategic sub sector for Kenya as outlined in Vision 2030 and the Bottom-up Economic Transformation Agenda 2022-2027, aimed at boosting manufacturing and export competitiveness. Through the Miscellaneous Fees and Levies Act No. 29 of 2016, the government introduced an export levy on raw hides and skins to support value addition, […]

The Kenya Leather Development Policy, 2021 underscores the need to strengthen participation of MSEs into the leather industry value chain as a strategy to support growth of the leather industry. The leather sector value chain commences with farm/livestock subsector; abattoirs, slaughterhouses and trades of raw hides and skins; tanneries; leather manufacturers and trades of finished

n Kenya, food loss and wastage amount to Ksh72 billion annually (Pedrotti et al., 2023).  According to the 2021 Food Waste Index Report published by UNEP and the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), each Kenyan discards around 99 kilograms of food per year, contributing to a total annual waste of 5.2 tones for the

Accelerating the growth of the digital economy in Kenya is a multifaceted endeavor that requires a comprehensive assessment of the current landscape and implementation of strategic interventions. This study focuses on evaluating the digital economy across five pillars, addressing gender and digital divide issues, and harnessing emerging technologies from the Fourth Industrial Revolution.   The

The study is themed “development aspirations beyond 2030: leveraging on cities to drive economic growth in Kenya.” Many cities particularly in developing countries are already struggling with environmental degradation, insecurity, traffic congestion, inadequate urban infrastructure, and a lack of basic services, such as water supply, sanitation, and waste management. Environmental footprints of cities are quite