A Living Laboratory: Mawazo Visits the Mpala Research Centre
In December 2018, Mpala’s Executive Director, Dr. Dino Martins, invited Mawazo to visit the centre after we profiled him for our Africa Science Week-Kenya 2018 Faces of Kenyan Science Campaign. After deciding to take on Climate and Conservation as our public engagement theme for the second half of 2019, we saw the perfect chance to […]
‘Women In Science,’ At the 8th National Science and Technology Exhibition Week
The panelists, selected by Mawazo, were: Prof. Mary Abukutsa-Onyango (Deputy Vice Chancellor of Research Production and Extension at JKUAT), Dr. Jemimah Njuki (Senior Program Officer at Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC)), Dr. Shikoh Gitau (Head of Products at Alpha, Safaricom Limited), and Gladys Mosomtai, (PhD Candidate at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, […]
“Science is Everything We See:” Mawazo Attends National Science Week
An eager student from Moi Girls High School put up her hand, “Science is everything we see, everything we are, what we are sitting on… It is everything in one,” she said. Her summary of what science, and by extension STEM is, corresponds with YSK’s own vision to make “STEM accessible to all.” YSK is […]
Preparing Scholars to Be Leaders: The Mawazo Leadership Retreat
This is why, in November 2018, the Mawazo Institute in partnership with DAAD (the German Academic Exchange Service), hosted a leadership training retreat for our Scholars and a selection of DAAD programme scholars. Mawazo chose DAAD as a partner for this initiative because their work in Kenya, supporting and providing scholarships for Masters and PhD […]
‘Chemistry is Cool’ Young Girls Explore Science with Mawazo
Ashet-Tsalmiel was thrilled she told us, as the purpose of her class is to not only educate students but also encourage them to realize that there are many African (and female) scientists impacting the world. Excited by the possibility of her students meeting an accomplished young Kenyan female scientist who lived in the same city […]
Mawazo Scholar, Melisa Allela, Chosen for HEVA Cultural Heritage Seed Fund
We can’t tell you how exciting it is to hear about one of Scholars excelling in their field and gaining due recognition for their important work. This is exactly how we felt when Melisa Allela, a Mawazo 2018 PhD Scholar, reached out to tell us that she had been selected as a finalist for the […]
The Transformative Power of African Research
As a research institution, Mawazo takes the opportunity to celebrate the African researchers whose innovations and findings are creating a future that centers African solutions to African problems. Our 2018 PhD Scholars represent a diversity of fields, with each of them focused on tackling areas of research that are crucial to our Kenyan and African […]
Africa Science Week
Africa Science Week (ASW) is an initiative by the Next Einstein Forum (NEF) comprised of concurrent week-long science engagement events across the continent that seek to “ignite the power of science.” In 2018, ASW was hosted in 33 countries by NEF country ambassadors who are appointed for a two year period through a competitive process. […]
DNA: “An Instruction Manual for All Organisms”
Aside from being the cornerstone of any good crime TV show investigation, DNA is the very stuff we are made of, and spring from. Which is why research institutions, governments, academics, scientists, and enthusiasts of all stripes have poured millions of dollars and hours into understanding it—and how it affects us. April 25th marks National […]
Meet the Women of Mawazo
What do you do? The Mawazo (meaning ‘ideas’ in Kiswahili) Institute is a research and leadership incubator for African women with big ideas. Our mission is to support the next generation of female scholars and thought leaders in East Africa and get policymakers and the general public engaged with their work. Mawazo works with PhD […]