Kenya
Inside the System, Outside the Law: Informality and Political and Economic Geographies of Exclusion in Nairobi’s Food System
Rapid urbanisation across sub-Saharan Africa is reshaping urban food systems and shifting the geography of food insecurity from rural to urban areas. Using Nairobi, Kenya, as a case study, this paper examines how governance systems reproduce political and economic geographies of exclusion for the informal economy within a rapidly transforming urban food system. Drawing on
Architecture for Spatially Just Food System Planning with and for Young South Sudanese Refugees in Urban Kenya
Challenges to the health and wellbeing of youth refugees in Kenya are well documented, particularly in refugee camps. However, amid protracted crises in the region, changes in refugee camp legislation and reduced funding are driving the further urbanization of refugees, necessitating a greater focus on understanding the hardships, movements, and challenges young urban refugees face.
The Politics of Survival: South-South Migration, Urban Informality, Governance, and the Food Security Nexus in Nairobi, Kenya
— PhD Thesis — This dissertation contributes to the scholarship on South-South migration by integrating food security into the analysis of urban governance and migrant livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa. While migration and development have been widely examined, their connection to food systems remains underexplored, particularly in urban settings where informality, displacement, and transnational mobility converge. The research
Intersectionality in Motion: Refugee Migration and Urban Food Security in Nairobi, Kenya
Research on African cities has often examined South-South migration and urban food security as separate issues, overlooking how migrants’ legal status, gender roles, and labour market participation jointly shape household food access. This paper applies an intersectional framework to analyze the food-security experiences of Somali migrants in Eastleigh, Nairobi. It builds on previous analyses of
Intersectionality in Motion: Refugee Migration and Urban Food Security in Nairobi, Kenya Read More »
Enterprise Dynamics and COVID-19 Struggles of Women Informal Food Vendors in Nairobi’s Informal Settlements
This study explores the business dynamics, opportunities, and challenges faced by women street food vendors in selected informal settlements of Nairobi. It examines how they manage these challenges, including the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. While many studies have investigated informal food vendors, less is known about women operating in these roles within urban