What works in Nairobi
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Evidence snapshot for Nairobi
Nairobi is home to two key digital inclusion initiatives: Signs Media Kenya operates Signs TV, a free Kenyan Sign Language channel reaching an estimated 500,000 Deaf viewers, and the assistALL app, which grew from under 2,000 to 7,000 users between mid- and late 2022, and eKitabu, an edtech nonprofit that produces born-accessible e-books and Kenyan Sign Language video storybooks, with 160+ titles uploaded to the Global Digital Library. Both organizations address accessibility gaps for disabled learners in the city and beyond, though user reach data remains limited outside these specific metrics.
Drawn from: M-Pesa – Mobile Money as Financial and Digital Inclusion Infrastructure · Signs TV & assistALL (Signs Media Kenya) · eKitabu Accessible Content Program: Born-Accessible Books & Kenyan Sign Language Storytelling · Ajira Digital – Digital Skills and Online Jobs for Kenyan Youth · Green Belt Movement — Women-Led Reforestation and Environmental Governance, Kenya (1977–present) · EIDU — AI-Adaptive Pre-Primary Learning in Kenya's Public Schools (Peer-Reviewed RCT) · Kenya Women Enterprise Fund (WEF) — Government Credit Facility for Women Entrepreneurs · AkiraChix codeHive — Residential Tech-Training Pathway for Young Women in East Africa
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +64 pts 100 here · 36 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +49 pts 100 here · 51 average
Equity & inclusion +28 pts 82 here · 54 average
Demonstrated reach +25 pts 100 here · 75 average
Curator validation +25 pts 100 here · 75 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection +17 pts 67 here · 50 average
Evaluated outcomes +16 pts 100 here · 84 average
Transparency, fairness & accountability +13 pts 67 here · 54 average
Evidence of learning impact +11 pts 41 here · 30 average
Documented learning +10 pts 83 here · 73 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +10 pts 89 here · 78 average
Innovation level +10 pts 74 here · 64 average
Inclusiveness / equity +9 pts 50 here · 41 average
Weaknesses
Fire resilience — risk reduction, evidenced -9 pts 0 here · 9 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding -10 pts 80 here · 90 average
Achievement / evidence -13 pts 80 here · 93 average
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -20 pts 33 here · 53 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy -21 pts 18 here · 39 average
Effectiveness -21 pts 60 here · 81 average
Efficiency -32 pts 20 here · 52 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Nairobi. 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
M-Pesa – Mobile Money as Financial and Digital Inclusion Infrastructure · 100
Signs TV & assistALL (Signs Media Kenya) · 96
eKitabu Accessible Content Program: Born-Accessible Books & Kenyan Sign Language Storytelling · 92
Ajira Digital – Digital Skills and Online Jobs for Kenyan Youth · 92
Green Belt Movement — Women-Led Reforestation and Environmental Governance, Kenya (1977–present) · 89
EIDU — AI-Adaptive Pre-Primary Learning in Kenya's Public Schools (Peer-Reviewed RCT) · 87
Kenya Women Enterprise Fund (WEF) — Government Credit Facility for Women Entrepreneurs · 85
AkiraChix codeHive — Residential Tech-Training Pathway for Young Women in East Africa · 82
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.
Ciudad Mujer — El Salvador's Integrated Women's Services Programme · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
SASA! Community Mobilisation Programme against Intimate Partner Violence — Uganda · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Abolition of Chhaupadi — Ending Menstrual Exile Huts in Nepal's Far- and Mid-Western Districts · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Guyana's One-Third Gender Candidate Quota — Two Decades of Sustained Representation · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Serbia's 40% Electoral Gender Quota — From One-in-Three to Near-Parity Party Lists (2020-2025) · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Bogotá's Care Blocks (Manzanas del Cuidado) · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
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