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Gardens of Kibera: The Kibera Public Space Project by Kounkuey Design Initiative
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The Kibera Public Space Projects in Nairobi by Kounkuey Design Initiative deliver open spaces and sanitation with the community to combat deprivation and overcrowding
‘Kibera’ means ‘forest’ in the Nubian language, named by the retired Sudanese soldiers who first settled there in 1912. The soldiers served the colonial British government and were given the land as a pension for their military service. Today, the only resemblance of a forest that remains is the small Nubian grave site that sits at the heart of one of the largest self-built settlements in Africa. Kibera’s residents, like many similar settlements globally, are the informal labour force for the rapidly urbanising Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya, but with a population of 1.2 million, it feels like a city in its own right.
University of Nairobi Ranked Top University in East Africa
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The University of Nairobi has been ranked the top institution in East Africa and 13 in Africa by a new Webometrics Ranking.
Makerere University in Uganda was ranked 14th in Africa right behind UoN in East Africa, with Egerton University in Kenya ranking 37th in Africa and third in the region.
Eight Kenyan universities made it to the top 200 list in the new ranking of universities in Africa released this week. Kenyatta University is third in Kenya and 40 in Africa.
Moi University and Jomo Kenyatta University of Science and Agriculture (JKUAT) are position four and five in the country respectively. In the continent, they are ranked number 50 and 51 respectively.
THE STANDARD By
Augustine Oduor |
January 30th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
University of Nairobi [Courtesy]
Only eight Kenyan universities have made it to top 200 list in new ranking of universities in Africa.
Technical University of Kenya (TUK) made it to the top list for the first time, competing with established public universities.
TUK has moved to number 147 in Africa, emerging position six nationally in the new Webometrics Ranking.
“We are glad that only the big five universities are ahead of us. We now strive to move to top 100 in the next ranking moving forward,” said Prof Francis Aduol, TUK vice-chancellor.
The University of Nairobi, which has been dominating the top slot nationally, has again emerged number one, and listed number 13 in Africa.