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Adaptive governance by community based organisations: Community resilience initiatives during Covid-19 in Mathare, Nairobi

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Adaptive governance describes the purposeful collective actions to resist, adapt, or transform when faced with shocks. As governments are reluctant to intervene in informal settlements, CBOs self-organize and take the […]

Community vitality and frugal practices in informal settlements in Nairobi: Towards a typology

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While community vitality is of increasing importance, it remains understudied. This study by Jan Fransen, Beatrice Hati, Rosebella Nyumba, Erwin van Tuijl explores community vitality in informal settlements by turning […]

Frugal business model innovation in the Base of the Pyramid: The case of Philips Community Life Centres in Africa

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This paper by Dr Elsie K. Onsongo, Prof. dr. Peter Knorringa and Prof. dr. Cees van Beers investigates how a multinational enterprise (MNE) engages in frugal business model innovation to find the […]

Of Monopolies and Mini-Grids: Case Studies from Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria and Senegal

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Working Paper No. 1: UKRI-GCRF SIGMA Project Recent advances in decentralised renewable electricity systems have undermined long-held assumptions that electricity access and rural electrification can only be achieved via the […]

Electric cooking in Tanzania: an actor-network map and analysis of a nascent sociotechnical innovation system

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MECS Programme Working Paper This paper provides a first attempt to map several characteristics of Tanzania’s e-cooking socio-technical innovation system. The ‘map’ consists of visualisations of the actor-networks and actor-relations in […]

Comparing frugality and inclusion in innovation for development: logic, process and outcome

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Authors: Onsongo, E., and Knorringa, P. Article in Journal: Innovation and Development; https://doi.org/10.1080/2157930X.2020.1811931 Publication Date: 22 Sep 2020 Abstract This paper sheds light on two main concepts applied to innovation […]

Electric cooking in Kenya: an actor-network map and analysis of a nascent socio-technical innovation system

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MECS Programme Working Paper This paper provides a first attempt to map several characteristics of Kenya’s e-cooking socio-technical innovation system. The ‘map’ consists of visualisations of the actor-networks and actor-relations in […]

Electric cooking in Rwanda: an actor-network map and analysis of a nascent socio-technical innovation system

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MECS Programme Working Paper This paper provides a first attempt to map several characteristics of Rwanda’s e-cooking STIS. The ‘map’ consists of visualisations of the actor-networks and actor-relations in the system […]

Transforming Access to Clean Energy Technologies in the Global South: Learning from Lighting Africa in Kenya

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Author(s): David Ockwell, Robert Byrne, Joanes Atela, Victoria Chengo, Elsie Onsongo, Jacob Fodio Todd, Victoria Kasprowicz and Adrian Ely Article in Journal: Energies 2021, 14(14), 4362; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14144362 Publication Date: 20 July 2021 Abstract As SDG7-related interventions seek to transform access to […]

Are mini grids a solution to energy poverty? A case of mini-grids in Kenya.

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ABSTRACT PAPER Are mini grids a solution to energy poverty? A case of mini-grids in Kenya. Authors: Abigael Okoko Elsie Onsongo Beryl Onjala Rosebella Nyumba Mourice Kausya Energy poverty is […]

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Adaptive governance by community based organisations: Community resilience initiatives during Covid-19 in Mathare, Nairobi

Community vitality and frugal practices in informal settlements in Nairobi: Towards a typology

Frugal business model innovation in the Base of the Pyramid: The case of Philips Community Life Centres in Africa

Of Monopolies and Mini-Grids: Case Studies from Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria and Senegal

Electric cooking in Tanzania: an actor-network map and analysis of a nascent sociotechnical innovation system

Electric cooking in Kenya: an actor-network map and analysis of a nascent socio-technical innovation system

Electric cooking in Rwanda: an actor-network map and analysis of a nascent socio-technical innovation system

Transforming Access to Clean Energy Technologies in the Global South: Learning from Lighting Africa in Kenya

Are mini grids a solution to energy poverty? A case of mini-grids in Kenya.

Adaptive governance by community based organisations: Community resilience initiatives during Covid-19 in Mathare, Nairobi

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