What works in Kenya
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Quality scores are 0–100 rubric scores; “strong evidence” reflects study design; adoptions count documented replications elsewhere. Know more
Evidence snapshot for Kenya
Kenya has emerged as a global leader in digital financial inclusion and civic technology innovation. M-Pesa's mobile money platform has lifted an estimated 194,000 households out of extreme poverty and now serves 40 million monthly users, with mobile money penetration reaching 91% and accounting for approximately 59% of Kenya's GDP in transaction value. Ushahidi, a crowdsourcing platform born during Kenya's 2008 post-election violence, has since been deployed 150,000+ times across 160+ countries, demonstrating Kenya's capacity to export digital solutions for crisis response and democratic accountability. Additionally, Kenya has pioneered assistive technology and digital accessibility innovations, including Signs Media Kenya's assistALL app for sign-language interpretation, which grew from under 2,000 to 7,000 users by late 2022 and a smartphone digital skills training programme that improved digital proficiency for 78.8% of blind/partially-sighted and 71.8% of Deaf/hard-of-hearing participants.
Drawn from: M-Pesa – Mobile Money as Financial and Digital Inclusion Infrastructure · Signs TV & assistALL (Signs Media Kenya) · Ushahidi — Kenya's Crowdsourced Crisis-Mapping Platform · Smartphone Digital Skills Training for Deaf and Blind Adults in Kenya · eKitabu Accessible Content Program: Born-Accessible Books & Kenyan Sign Language Storytelling · Ajira Digital – Digital Skills and Online Jobs for Kenyan Youth · Kibera Public Space Project — Kounkuey Design Initiative's Flood-Resilient Public Spaces · No Means No Worldwide — IMPower & Ujamaa Empowerment Self-Defense and Bystander Programme, Nairobi
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +28 pts 73 here · 44 average
Equity & inclusion +27 pts 80 here · 52 average
Inclusiveness / equity +22 pts 64 here · 42 average
Demonstrated reach +15 pts 91 here · 76 average
Curator validation +14 pts 89 here · 74 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection +12 pts 59 here · 48 average
Innovation level +10 pts 72 here · 63 average
Multi-stakeholder collaboration +9 pts 85 here · 76 average
Evidence of learning impact +8 pts 36 here · 28 average
Weaknesses
Governance, certification & transferability -8 pts 56 here · 64 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy -9 pts 28 here · 37 average
Effectiveness -11 pts 67 here · 77 average
Achievement / evidence -13 pts 78 here · 91 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control -14 pts 36 here · 50 average
Efficiency -33 pts 11 here · 44 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: Kenya. 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
Ushahidi — Kenya's Crowdsourced Crisis-Mapping Platform · 95
Smartphone Digital Skills Training for Deaf and Blind Adults in Kenya · 92
eKitabu Accessible Content Program: Born-Accessible Books & Kenyan Sign Language Storytelling · 92
Ajira Digital – Digital Skills and Online Jobs for Kenyan Youth · 92
Kibera Public Space Project — Kounkuey Design Initiative's Flood-Resilient Public Spaces · 91
No Means No Worldwide — IMPower & Ujamaa Empowerment Self-Defense and Bystander Programme, Nairobi · 89
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Cities with evaluated practice
Where the documented practice in Kenya concentrates — each city has its own evidence profile.
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
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
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 4 other places
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
Already adopted in 6 other places
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
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
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