Amazing tribute to your grandmother Terry Kipkorir. Her life is truly inspirational.

Tomorrow, I'll moderate a session discussing Somalia's admission into East African Community. Dr. Bashir Sheikh-Ali, who wrote on this for Heritage Institute, and my good friend Sylvanus Wekesa, PhD, will share their insights on the topic. I welcome you all, especially the citizens of Jumuiya & IGAD.

Looking forward to participating in this discussion - hope you'll join us online or in person Constant Cap African Cities Research Consortium African Centre for Cities Marcela Guerrero Casas Carly Gilbert-Patrick Young Urbanists South Africa Active Mobility Forum Njogu Morgan Cyprine Odada Mitchell Winnie Sambu powerofbicycles

🗣️'Changing lives with bikes. The impact is immediate, we see more children in school, and improved income generation as people can access job opportunities. We see significant changes in people’s lives thanks to bikes.'
- @ Winnie Sabu, World Bicycle Relief powerofbicycles

Winnie Sambu powerofbicycles

I am hiring several pre docs/research assistants in Medellin. RT! Apply!

Past RAs have regularly gone on to top-10 PhD programs or to great policy careers. My earliest field RAs are now professors at top universities.

Too many pre-docs are US-based and focused on data analysis.

Interested in gender & mobility? Join our free online course, supported by 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️🚴🚍⚡ – and share with colleagues. Hear insights from powerofbicycles Winnie Sambu ITDP Africa My Safetipin Marcela Guerrero Casas Lake Sagaris Walk21 Sonal Shah University of Lagos World Bank Africa

Call for abstracts: African Conference on Transport Research (ATRC) 2024, to be hosted by the Volvo Research and Education Foundations and Centre for Transport Studies. We invite you to submit extended abstracts with a word limit of 1500 – 2000 words. See details below:

vref.se/event/call-for…

Very excited about attending SATC #SATC2023 conference with Gail Jennings. I am looking forward to what I am sure will be interesting conversations.

With my person Winnie Sambu relaxing to a peaceful rendering of Edgar's serenade on strings directed by the incomparable Sue Perkins 💙 on this final day of MaryleboneMusicFest in Central London. Great music outdoors can really quench the heat of summer.

Join me and Winnie Sambu next Wed to hear about our research concerning mobility mobility and social exclusion, and the bicycle market system, in Rwanda, Ghana, Malawi, Kenya, Zambia, Uganda...

A group of African students has come together to express its CONCERN about the war in #Sudan and how it has rendered educational and learning institutions inoperable. Please join us in sending this letter to:
Yoweri K Museveni, AU PSC
African Union
@igadsecretariat
William Samoei Ruto, PhD

1/3 We are proud to present our latest preprint describing two structurally & mechanistically unique #cobalamin #riboswitches in #Mycobacterium #tuberculosis -- perhaps a clever answer for rapidly sensing and responding to a complex host environment? biorxiv.org/cgi/content/sh….

Join Fletcher Africana Club, the Ralph Bunche Society, & World Peace Foundation next Tues, 2 May, to explore the deepening crisis in Sudan & what can be done about it, with indefatigable Chepkorir (Tapnyole) at the chair. You can register here: cglink.me/2dk/r2107630

I'm excited about the The Fletcher School #AfricanaConference2023 coming up this Saturday! Fletcher alum, Kingsley Moghalu OON, will be here and so will Martin Kimani & Permanent Mission of Kenya to the UN 🇰🇪 🇺🇳. Prof. Yemi Osinbajo will give the opening keynote, & our panel will have awesome Jane Munga and Lily Odarno!

I invite you all to The The Fletcher School #AfricanaConference2023 . This is a student-led & organised conference that'll feature speakers like:
Prof. Yemi Osinbajo
Martin Kimani, Permanent Mission of Kenya to the UN 🇰🇪 🇺🇳
Jane Munga
Seth Owusu-Mante
Lily Odarno
+Tufts University Ghanaian drummers, Kiniwe, led by Prof. Poku.

Research & Evaluation Manager Winnie Sambu says mobility constraints have a detrimental impact on employment for rural workers: 'They can affect the type of jobs they seek, where they work, their choice of transport, and when to travel. This in turn affects their income potential.'

The Government of Kenya, State House Kenya, should push for & demand that the head of Koitalel arap Samoei be return to our Talai people, so that he can finally be buried whole.
Koitalel was 1 of the Africans who put up a strong resistance against the British colonisers: 12 years.

Watch out for the Institute for Economic Justice Feminist Economics Summer School happening next year. Applications open to those with a masters in economics/practioner experience and based in an African country. Deadline for applications is 21st of November 2022👇

URGENT Job Alert 🚨: I need a researcher ASAP for my next report on violence in food systems. I need someone who can provide doctrinal and critical take on IHL/ICL. Pls spread the word. It’s about two months worth of work. Don't contact me directly. See details below