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07/10/2025

Despite being the largest digital credit facility in Kenya, Fuliza has largely escaped the same scrutiny. Safaricom maintains that Fuliza is not a loan but an overdraft facility — essentially a service fee for helping customers complete transactions. This categorization allows Fuliza to sidestep interest rate caps and stricter lending regulations.

Fuliza is Safaricom’s overdraft facility in partnership with NCBA and KCB. When Safaricom launched Fuliza in 2019, it was marketed as a digital innovative way to help Kenyans complete transactions even when their M-Pesa wallets were empty. For millions of users, it has become a financial lifeline....

02/10/2025

Kenya’s capitation grant exists so that education can be affordable and, ideally, predictable. In practice the grant is a per-learner allotment meant to pay for basics: tuition subsidy, activity fees, textbooks, and some boarding support. But when that grant arrives late, short, or after administrative deductions, schools are forced to make impossible choices.
https://scholarmedia.africa/education/when-fees-meet-futility-the-principals-dilemma/ Ministry of Education - Kenya

A recent stormy session of ScholarMedia Digital, a prominent national forum convening senior government officers, policy think tanks, educators, civil society leaders, and stakeholders from across the country, laid bare a sobering truth: in the tug-of-war over delayed capitation and shrinking subsid...

30/09/2025

For Chuka University, this positions it as a regional thought leader in sustainable agriculture and research-based solutions, complementing efforts by peer institutions such as Egerton University, University of Nairobi, and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT).

Chuka University is steadily carving out its place on the higher education map as a research and innovation hub, with bold strides that directly speak to Kenya’s pressing needs in food security, digital transformation, and climate resilience. In a landmark boost, the institution recently awarded 4...

30/09/2025

🟦 Editor’s Note: ISSUE NO 34 – A Bolder, Brighter Scholar Africa

Welcome to a new chapter in the legacy of The Scholar Africa, Africa's Leading Education Magazine! ISSUE NO. 34 is not just another edition, it is a bold affirmation that Scholar Media Africa continues evolving, reimagining itself, and recommitting to delivering deeper, more compelling, and transformational storytelling across the continent and beyond. You will notice immediately: the magazine’s face has changed. The design is sleeker, the visuals sharper, and the pages more expansive. Yes, we have increased the page count to ensure every edition carries even more value, insight, and impact for you, our cherished reader.
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19/09/2025

Ms. Lillian Ngala, Director of Human Resources at Diamond Trust Bank (DTB), continues to inspire! Through her Lillian Ngala Network (LNN), she is shaping authentic leadership across Africa—proving that true leadership is about impact, not titles. We commend Lillian for her outstanding work and dedication to both corporate excellence and community empowerment. Scholar Media Africa proudly celebrates leaders like her, paving the way for meaningful change.

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In the fast-paced corporate world, where metrics often take precedence over meaning, Lillian Ngala stands out as a leader who places people at the heart of strategy. Currently serving as Director of Human Resources at Diamond Trust Bank (DTB), she has built a reputation not only as a seasoned HR pro...

19/09/2025

Roseline’s life is more than a story; it is a philosophy. It proves that the chalkboard is not just wood and dust, but a canvas where destinies are written. It affirms that humility outweighs pride, that sacrifice births generations, and that faith transforms burdens into blessings.

Education is the one inheritance my father gave me. I have lived to pass it on. Roseline Achieng’ Amuom The Birth of a Dream In the very heart of Kamae village, Rakwaro Sub-location, the year 1946 whispered of destiny. The afternoon sun was gentle, its rays filtering through cassava leaves that sw...

18/09/2025

The tragedy of Africa is that while the richest men of the West grow fat on intellectual property: patents, algorithms, invisible empires, the richest in Africa still chase cement, sugar, and land. We are trading in sand while the rest of the world trades in thought. That, perhaps, is the most painful funeral of all.

There comes a time in history when the university gown, once majestic, becomes nothing but a costume in a world that has outgrown it. The next ten years will not be about whether one went to school, but what the school put inside them. AI has sounded the trumpet, and not every degree will rise […]

10/09/2025

Kenya’s TVET system has long been at the heart of youth employability, industrialization, and skills development. Yet, as AI transforms economies across the globe, there is growing concern that without deliberate integration, TVET graduates risk being left behind.

On October 17, 2025, a historic conversation will begin in Nakuru City. Educators, policymakers, students, industry leaders, and technology innovators will converge at St. Mary’s Pastoral Centre for the National Launch Conference on AI and the Future of TVET. The event, themed “AI and the Future...

09/09/2025

Higher education tells a similar story of expansion and strain. Over the past decade, university enrollment surged as public and private institutions opened their doors to more students. This massification of higher education expanded opportunities but also introduced concerns about quality, funding, and graduate employability. Universities face shrinking capitation from government, declining research output, and a worrying mismatch between academic programs and labor market needs.

Education is often described as the heartbeat of Kenya’s social and economic progress. It is the foundation that shapes the country’s workforce, sparks innovation, and opens doors out of poverty for millions. Yet, even with decades of investment, reforms, and ambitious blueprints, the system sti...

06/09/2025

In the realm of academic writing, AI tools play a supporting role in ensuring clarity, correctness, and originality. Plagiarism detection software, powered by sophisticated AI algorithms, now goes beyond surface-level matching to detect reworded or paraphrased content, reinforcing academic honesty. Grammar and style enhancement tools, such as intelligent writing assistants, help authors improve readability and conform to the formal tone expected in scholarly publications.

Over the past few decades, we have witnessed a dramatic evolution in research paradigms, driven by advances in digital technology. From handwritten manuscripts and typewritten theses to cloud-based collaborations and online open-access journals, the way we conduct, disseminate, and consume research....

06/09/2025

The program was not confined to lecture halls. Pre-institute cultural activities took participants into the spiritual and historical fabric of Maramureș. From attending an Orthodox church service at Valea Stejarului Parish to visiting the Romania-Ukraine border, delegates were immersed in a region marked by resilience, faith, and complex geopolitics.

In the very heart of Maramureș, Romania, where history whispers through monasteries and art breathes through old stone walls, an extraordinary gathering took place that will be remembered as a milestone in global leadership education. The Maramureș 2025 Dr. Nina L. Meyerhof Summer Institute, held ...

05/09/2025

Outside professional life, she is an avid reader, researcher, and traveler, pursuits that feed her curiosity and broaden her worldview. Each journey, each book, and each research project becomes part of the reservoir from which she draws in shaping her teaching and practice.

Africa’s future will not be built on borrowed models. It will be built on laws and policies designed with our realities and aspirations in mind. Advocate Annah Omwega. On a bright August morning in Nairobi, Advocate Annah Omwega walked into the chambers of the Judiciary with a quiet but unmistakab...