What works in Kisumu
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Evidence snapshot for Kisumu
Kisumu has been the site of two significant technology-enabled interventions. Smartphone Digital Skills Training for Deaf and Blind Adults in Kenya delivered locally by Kilimanjaro Blind Trust Africa reached 193 Deaf/hard-of-hearing and blind/partially-sighted adults in West Seme Ward, with 78.8% of blind/partially-sighted and 71.8% of Deaf/hard-of-hearing participants showing measurable improvement in digital proficiency over six months. ShoShin AI Early Warning — Kenya's Sensor-Based Alert System for Lake Victoria Fish Kills deployed underwater sensors and AI alerts at Dunga Beach, Kisumu, enabling over 300 tilapia farmers to relocate 450+ cages in February 2026 and avert mass fish deaths—with no further recorded losses at that site since the alert, compared to roughly US$1 million in losses during 2024-25. The evidence is limited to these six-month and single-alert timeframes; longer-term outcomes and sustainability are not yet published.
Drawn from: Smartphone Digital Skills Training for Deaf and Blind Adults in Kenya · ShoShin AI Early Warning — Kenya's Sensor-Based Alert System for Lake Victoria Fish Kills · Kenya Agricultural Carbon Project — Verified Soil-Carbon Credits for Smallholder Farmers
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +64 pts 100 here · 36 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +32 pts 67 here · 35 average
Documented learning +27 pts 100 here · 73 average
Demonstrated reach +25 pts 100 here · 75 average
Sustainability (ongoing) +20 pts 100 here · 80 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +16 pts 67 here · 51 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability +13 pts 67 here · 54 average
Weaknesses
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced -9 pts 0 here · 9 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -20 pts 33 here · 53 average
Governance, capability & sustainability -33 pts 33 here · 66 average
Scalability beyond pilot -33 pts 33 here · 66 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Kisumu. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
Smartphone Digital Skills Training for Deaf and Blind Adults in Kenya · 92
ShoShin AI Early Warning — Kenya's Sensor-Based Alert System for Lake Victoria Fish Kills · 53
Kenya Agricultural Carbon Project — Verified Soil-Carbon Credits for Smallholder Farmers · 40
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
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- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Stadtidee Aarau — Switzerland's First City-Wide Participatory Budget Using the Method of Equal Shares · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Smart City Wien Framework Strategy · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
VIGINUM's D3lta — France's Open-Source AI Tool for Detecting Coordinated Disinformation · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Ciudad Mujer — El Salvador's Integrated Women's Services Programme · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
SASA! Community Mobilisation Programme against Intimate Partner Violence — Uganda · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
Digital Green — Video-Mediated Agricultural Extension · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
Kartu Prakerja – National Digital Skills and Financial Inclusion Programme · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more