Global warming, the biodiversity crisis, and environmental degradation are changing life on earth drastically, and the effects on Africa are bound to be drastic. Join us on Season 2 of the Nairobi Ideas Podcast as our host, Dr. Rose M. Mutiso, finds out how experts on the continent are responding to these climate and conservation challenges. We will explore how Kenya is tackling plastic pollution with activists and researchers, hear from leading conservancies in Kenya on how they are protecting local ecosystems, and find out how Africans across the continent are working to build sustainable futures.

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Meet Dr. Rose Mutiso: She is Co-founder of the Mawazo Institute, Research Director at the Energy for Growth Hub, and this season's host. Rose is a Materials Scientist by training with research experience in the fields of nanotechnology and polymer physics, whose current work is focused on power sector issues in Africa. Rose believes that, “We need to fuse creative and inspired thinking with research and evidence,” and that scientists like her are bridges to these two worlds.

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Meet Young Scientists Kenya (YSK): Michael is Co-founder and CEO of Miti Alliance, and a Board Member of Young Scientists Kenya, a platform for young people to demonstrate their innovation and showcase their scientific talents. YSK is based on the premise that a wealth of talent and potential for innovation exists in Kenya. They are one of the organizers of the 8th National Science and Technology Exhibition Week, opening August 3rd. Take a listen as Michael shares stories from the road as YSK uncovers the best in innovation, technology, and research that Kenya’s youth has to offer.

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As part of the 2018 Africa Science Week-Kenya (ASW-Kenya), Nairobi Ideas Podcast is featuring interviews with some of the exceptional scientists from our Faces of Kenyan Science campaign.

Take a listen as our host, Dr. Rose M. Mutiso, CEO of the Mawazo Institute sits down with Anthony Muthungu, a serial entrepreneur, inventor and educator who is always looking for “the loopholes in life” and finding ways to bridge them. He is the founder of TotoSci Academy, AlexKyan, and Jenga Citi.

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As part of the 2018 Africa Science Week-Kenya (ASW-Kenya), Nairobi Ideas Podcast is featuring interviews with some of the exceptional scientists from our Faces of Kenyan Science campaign.

Take a listen as our host, Dr. Rose M. Mutiso, CEO of the Mawazo Institute sits down with Susan Murabana, an astronomer bringing the stars closer to children, by taking a portable telescope and mobile planetarium to schools and sites around the country, and who dreams of creating the region’s first public Observatory and Planetarium.

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As part of the 2018 Africa Science Week-Kenya (ASW-Kenya), Nairobi Ideas Podcast is featuring interviews with some of the exceptional scientists from our Faces of Kenyan Science campaign.

Take a listen as our host, Dr. Rose M. Mutiso, CEO of the Mawazo Institute sits down with Dr. Stellah Bosire, Founder and Executive Director of the Stellah Bosire Fund and a medical physician looking beyond the stethoscope to use science for good and who advocates for health as a human right.

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As part of the 2018 Africa Science Week-Kenya (ASW-Kenya), Nairobi Ideas Podcast is featuring interviews with some of the exceptional scientists from our Faces of Kenyan Science campaign.

Take a listen as our host, Dr. Rose M. Mutiso, CEO of the Mawazo Institute sits down with Dr. Hamisi Babusa, an accomplished novelist, lecturer and and senior administrator at Kenyatta University who is pioneering the use of Kiswahili science fiction novellas to educate children on science.

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As part of the 2018 Africa Science Week-Kenya (ASW-Kenya), Nairobi Ideas Podcast is featuring interviews with some of the exceptional scientists from our Faces of Kenyan Science campaign.

Take a listen as our host, Dr. Rose M. Mutiso, CEO of the Mawazo Institute sits down with Kago Kagichiri, Co-founder and former CEO of Eneza Education, one of Africa’s leading mobile learning platforms and a tech-enthusiast on a journey to tackle the shortcomings of the continent’s education systems using technology.

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