Projects

Behaviour Change and Education Projects from Fourthway, a Nairobi-based consultancy led by Sam Rich

Livelihoods Agriculture
Better coffee farming

Scientists say that coffee yields in Uganda are only a quarter of their potential. How can we communicate good practices to coffee farmers effectively?

Smallholder farming in Uganda

How can we give Ugandan farmers information they can use to improve their livelihoods?

Nutrition in Bangladesh

Each country has its own dominant art form, from graffiti covered matatus in Kenya, to heroic rickshaws in Bangladesh

Dairy Farming in Rwanda

Rwandas Gir’inka project promises one cow for every poor family. How do we train hundreds of thousands of families in dairy cow management?

Understanding banana diseases

The lack of genetic diversity make bananas prone to disease. Farmers need to understand how diseases spread, and how to stop them, fast.

Good Governance
Understanding Liberias budget

The budget is the most important act any government delivers, but few people understand it. Can we explain fiscal policy to a wider audience?

Reporting election abuses

Ugandan elections are not always free and fair. How can we allow citizens to report abuses in confidence, and verify that their reports are accurate?

Games
Safari Trumps

“The Small Game about Big Game” has fun facts about the fastest, fattest and frightening-est animals you’ll see on safari.

Africa Trumps

Africa Trumps has vital statistics and fascinating facts about each of the big continents 54 countries.

Health
How can we stop Corona?

How do you stop Corona in a slum? How do you social distance? Where do you wash your hands? And how do you reach Kenyan youth with key messages?

New malaria drugs

Malaria medication has changed little in a hundred years. When better drugs like Coartem are developed, how do we convert patients to them?

Writing Research
Jeffrey Sachs and Bonos masterplan for a Kenyan village

The Kenyan village of Sauri is a petri dish for Jeffrey Sachs’s Millennium Villages, an ambitious scheme to lift Africa out of poverty. Can he buy it a better future?

Design
What would a Real Underground map look like?

A victim of its own success, the Underground map is why people take the tube from Covent Garden to Leicester Square and think Westminster is north of Waterloo.

Uganda Arts Diary

While elongated silhouettes on batik are a permanent fixture of craft markets, theres more innovative work to be found all over Kampala.

Videos
eLimu: Explaining the new Kenyan Constitution
mCollector: Microfinance app for loan officers
eLimu: Bite-sized Lessons for Kenyan kids