Catch up on Mawazo in the media.
Latest Feature
Top 40 Under 40 Women Feted : Dr. Fiona Moejes Named in Business Daily’s Top 40 Under 40
Daily Nation
On August 31st 2025; Mawazo Institute’s CEO, Dr. Fiona Wanjiku Moejes and Director of Finance Elizabeth Ngala, were featured in the Daily Nation following the recognition of Business Daily’s Top 40 Under 40 Women. The annual list is one of Kenya’s most prestigious platforms for spotlighting young women leaders under 40 who are driving change across diverse sectors, including business, technology, culture, sports, and advocacy.
Mawazo’s Institutional Response to the Covid-19 Crisis – July 2020
Read our statement on Mawazo’s institutional response to the COVID-19 crisis. Our responses are three-fold and have focused on: (i) our obligations to our staff, (ii) our commitment to our beneficiaries, and (iii) our engagement within the regional higher education...
Africa Portal:
Surveying the Impact of COVID-19 on Africa’s Higher Education and Research Sector – June 2020
As part of Africa Portal’s “COVID-19 and Innovation in Africa” series, this article shares the results of Mawazo’s recent survey on the pandemic’s impact in African research and higher education, shows how these effects relate to existing vulnerabilities in the...
The Conversation:
Integrating Urban and Rural Safety Nets in Africa During the Pandemic – May 2020
In this article Rachel Strohm, Mawazo Co-Founder and Board Chair, and her co-author Astrid R.N. Haas, Policy Director at the International Growth Centre, explore new ways to integrate urban and rural safety nets during the COVID-19 pandemic.
...
Africa Portal: Return and (Re)Integration in Fragile Contexts: The Experiences of Somali Returnees – May 2020
In this policy briefing Jacqueline Owigo, 2018 Mawazo PhD Scholar, illustrates the effects of climate change on the condition of return and reintegration of Somali refugees. She also offers recommendations based on the results of a pilot study conducted in...
Daily Nation:
How We Can Better Understand Covid-19 Spread – May 2020
In this article Marilyn Ronoh, Mawazo PhD Scholars Programme alumna, discusses how mathematical models can be used to predict transmission dynamics of various pandemics and predict the most effective controls in slowing down the disease spread.
...