Fiona Imball

Fiona is the part of the Secretariat for the Africa Sustainability Hub, which focuses on transformative, evidence-based, and action-oriented research that will generate the basis for addressing the underlying socio-technical challenges facing sustainable development in Africa.

Kenyan female pastoralist

Tackling Drought in Kenya: Livestock Insurance Policy to Help Pastoralists Beat Climate Change

Incorporating the views of communities that are often at the bottom of the pyramid, and whose voices are rarely heard in sustainability strategies is key to their success. One such inclusive technology in Kenya is the Index-Based Insurance (IBLI), an innovative tool against drought losses in Kenya that seeks to cushion pastoralist communities from the frequent spates of drought…

July 26, 2019