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Dr. Alex Awiti, Vice Provost of the Aga Khan University, writes that meritocracy assumes that all achievement is unaided externally and is due solely to individual effort. The belief that the world is meritocratic is nearly universal.

In Kenya, local tech publication Gadgets Africa has announced a new partnership with Nation Media Group to launch Vifaa Tech Festival, a consumer tech expo to be held on 11 and 12 June. The event aims to spark conversations around consumer technologies beyond gadgets.

Dr Alex Awiti, Vice Provost of the Aga Khan University in Kenya, writes that it is estimated that 83 percent of vaccine shots worldwide have gone into the arms of high-and upper-middle income countries.

Dr Alex Awiti, Vice Provost of the Aga Khan University in Kenya, writes that the dominant model of economic development, raising incomes and alleviating poverty, is predicated on a technocratic, formulaic fantasy.

In Kenya, the fourth edition of the Female Journalists Mentorship Programme was launched on 8 May, bringing together a fresh cohort of journalism and mass communication students from five local universities.