What works in Kisumu
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Evidence snapshot for Kisumu
Kisumu has been the site of multiple technology-driven interventions targeting different populations. Smartphone Digital Skills Training for Deaf and Blind Adults in Kenya delivered accessibility training to 193 Deaf/hard-of-hearing and blind/partially-sighted adults in Kisumu County's 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. ShoShin AI Early Warning — Kenya's Sensor-Based Alert System for Lake Victoria Fish Kills deployed an underwater sensor and AI system at Dunga Beach in Kisumu that alerted over 300 tilapia farmers to a dissolved-oxygen crash in February 2026, enabling them to relocate 450+ cages and avert approximately $1 million in losses. The evidence is limited to these specific interventions and their measured outcomes within the study periods; longer-term sustainability and broader economic impacts in Kisumu are not documented in these practices.
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
Generated from this place's cited practices only. Always check the linked sources.
Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +51 pts 100 here · 49 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced +39 pts 67 here · 28 average
Documented learning +26 pts 100 here · 74 average
Demonstrated reach +24 pts 100 here · 76 average
Sustainability (ongoing) +22 pts 100 here · 78 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +19 pts 67 here · 48 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability +13 pts 67 here · 54 average
Evidence of impact / measured public value +9 pts 67 here · 57 average
Weaknesses
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -15 pts 33 here · 48 average
Scalability beyond pilot -29 pts 33 here · 62 average
Governance, capability & sustainability -30 pts 33 here · 64 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.
Ushahidi — Kenya's Crowdsourced Crisis-Mapping Platform · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Smart City Wien Framework Strategy · 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
Already adopted in 3 other places
SASA! Community Mobilisation Programme against Intimate Partner Violence — Uganda · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
Already adopted in 4 other places
Karya — Fair-Wage AI Data-Work Platform Bringing Digital Income to Rural India · fit 100/100
- Backed by strong evidence
safe+natal — Comadrona-Designed Smartphone Checklist for Maternal Risk Screening in Rural Guatemala · fit 100/100
- 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