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Grantees 2025

  • Alex Sebaana, Makerere University. Infrastructure and Socio-economic Development of Jinja: A Case of the Busoga Railway (1912-1990)
  • Kyakyo Betty, Makerere University. The social Implications of Tourism Heritage Sites on the Development of Toro Region: A Case of Fort Portal (1954-2020)
  • Eric Magale, University of Pretoria. Mobile Money, Informal Trade and Livelihoods at the Kenya-Uganda Border Points.
  • Lorna Kimaiyo, Columbia University. Construction of Gender and Ethnic Identity through Sport among the Kalenjin of Kenya, 1940-1990.
  • Mercy Chepkirui, University of London. Administration of Justice for Urban Refugees in Kenya: Responses to Sexual and Gender Based Violence.
  • Muluba Moses, Makerere University. Migration, Culture and Social Exclusion of the Batwa Ethnic Group in Kisoro District, 1930-2021.
  • Daniela Cocco Beltrame, University of Manchester. African Youth in Urban Social Movements: Research Co-production with Slum Dwellers International (SDI) in Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Mercy Kariuki, Kenyatta University. The Intersectionality of Environmental Change and Gender Dynamics at Manda Town Ruins from the 7th Century- 21st Century.
  • Mwangi Mwaura, Oxford University. Encounter, Disposal, Arson and Transcendence: Geographies of Second-hand Clothes from the UK to Gikomba Market, Nairobi.
  • Safietou Ly, Universite Paris Cite. Les Commerçants Musulmans à Nairobi. Solidarité, Développement, et Négociation de la Présence en Ville d’une Minorité Stigmatisée.
  • Loise Muchemi, Catholic University of East Africa. Role of the Agikuyu Chiefs as Intermediaries in Inland Slavery in Central Kenya, 1950-1930.
  • Dennis Odhiambo Ochieng Irwin, Kenyatta University. A History of the Funeral Culture of the Luo of Siaya County c.1850–1960.
  • Fidelis Kioko, Tharaka University. A History of Akamba Benga Musicians in Kenya, 1970-2010.
  • Sindayihebura Théophile, University of Burundi. La socio-histoire de la pêche sur le littoral du lac Tanganyika, au Burundi.
  • Eliott Dreux, Sorbonne Université IV. Expansion urbaine et risques fauniques à Nairobi : quand la croissance de la ville expose les habitants aux attaques des hyènes.
  • Hillary Bobo, National Intelligence Research University. AI, Social Media Disinformation and Polarization During the Gen-Z Protests in Kenya.
  • Kelvin Leshan, KU Leuven. Land, Planning, and Displacement: Colonial Legacies and the Politics of Forced Evictions in Nairobi’s Informal Settlements.
  • Marta Perotti, EHESS Paris. Wimbo wa mapambano. The aftermath of the GenZ protests in activist spaces and in artists’ political engagement.