Patrick Njoroge

Western AI models “fail spectacularly” in farms and forests abroad Big Tech’s AI tools trained on Western data often can’t recognize local crops, forests, or farming conditions without adaptation to local environments.

When researchers tried using Western-trained AI to map farms in Kenya, the system couldn’t recognize maize or cassava
https://restofworld.org/2026/ai-agriculture-local-data/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1773356281

Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It

Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/m...

'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. The Data Labelers Association is fighting back.

I met with AI data labelers in Kenya who are organizing their colleagues to fight the brutal working conditions and horrible pay given to the workers at the "bottom of the AI supply chain." They believe the NDAs they've signed are unenforceable so are speaking out:

www.404media.co/ai-is-africa...

iPads in Kindergarten, YouTube on Breaks: The School Screen-Time Battle Mounting evidence shows that excessive computer use can harm children, so parents are cutting back at home. Now, the debate has shifted to the classroom.

Mounting evidence shows that excessive computer use can harm children, so parents are cutting back at home. But some families are encountering an unexpected challenge as they try to rein in screen time: their children’s schools.

He Raps, He Rants, He Promises Change. Meet Nepal’s Presumptive New Leader.

In his 35 years, Balendra Shah has been a rapper, a mayor, an engineer and an unswerving fan of rectangular sunglasses. He is now on the brink of becoming Nepal’s youngest ever prime minister after his party scored a landslide victory in elections last week.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/w...

Teacher v chatbot: my journey into the classroom in the age of AI The long read: I was a newcomer, negotiating all of usual classroom difficulties for the first time. Throwing AI into the mix felt like downing a coffee in the middle of a panic attack

Teacher v chatbot: my journey into the classroom in the age of AI www.theguardian.com/education/ng...

🚀 Huge news for people living with #sleepingsickness!

Acoziborole, a one-day, single-dose oral treatment developed with Sanofi, has received a positive opinion from @ema.europa.eu for the treatment of the most common form of sleeping sickness.

👉 bit.ly/46ZFpEi

U.S. Attack on Iran Tests FIFA Ahead of World Cup

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/w...

Scientists: "Food gives you energy"

Me after eating:

U.S.-Israeli Attacks on Iran Disrupt Shipping in the Red Sea

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/w...

once your email storage is full you should be allowed to graduate from it. no more emails for you. you’ve seen enough emails. you’re free now

Invited symposia at the 28th ISSBD Biennial Meeting bring together scholars addressing key questions in developmental science. This week’s highlights include symposia chaired by Jennifer Lansford and Peter Titzmann.
Learn more:
2026biennial.issbd.org/invited-symp...
#ISSBD2026 #ISSBD

Scammers Want to Steal Everyone’s Savings, Especially Seniors’. Here’s How to Protect Yourself. Seniors are frequent targets for scammers, and the fallout is often hidden. Here is how to protect yourself and loved ones from devastating financial fraud.

Scammers Want to Steal Everyone’s Savings, Especially Seniors’. Here’s How to Protect Yourself.
www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...

Home River Bioblitz 2025 | Extended YouTube video by River Collective

Spent a day by a river in Limuru with children, collecting observations. Others did the same across Kenya and beyond. This Home River Bioblitz video captures the quiet work of citizen science. youtu.be/-s-Fp7JZH4Y?... @edutabafrica.bsky.social

Explore the latest issue of the International Journal of Behavioral Development (IJBD). Research by developmental scientists from around the world, advancing understanding of development across contexts — part of a science that cares.
👉 journals.sagepub.com/home/jbd

#IJBD #ISSBD

How can scholars translate academic expertise into consulting, advisory & applied roles beyond the university?
Join the CF-GO / ISSBD webinar with Dr Stephen Asatsa.
📅 Mar 13, 2026 | ⏰ 8:00 AM EST
👉 bit.ly/3MtgO3Q

Kenya strike delays flights at international hub airport - Live News Source link

Kenya strike delays flights at international hub airporthttps://livenws.site/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/73128dc0-0b24-11f1-9972-d3f265c101c6.jpghttps://livenws.site/kenya-strike-delays-flights-at-international-hub-airport/Kenya strike delays flights at international hub airport

How cheap Chinese phones catapulted Kenya into the global digital economy In his new book “Silicon Elsewhere: Nairobi, Global China, and the Promise of Techno-Capital,” writer Andrea Pollio charts the growth of Chinese investment and companies in the Kenyan capital.

restofworld.org/2026/china-k...

This week's story published by @readwithnabu and narrated by Moureen Nyarinda is about a little quiet girl called Kirabo. This story reminds us that you don’t have to be loud to belong.Listen:
Spotify: shorturl.at/yFARH
Website: url-shortener.me/7FW0
#PodcastMonday #SEL

This week's story published by africastorybook and narrated Aleya Kassam is about a boy who loves fishing. Listen to the story to learn empathy.
Listen
Spotify: shorturl.at/gAmy2
Website: shorturl.at/CEEMI

#PodcastMonday #AfricanChildrensstoriespodcast #Empathy

This might be useful. It’s best suited for children under about 10, but still worth trying depending on her interests.
open.spotify.com/show/5GCwzgj...

One eye open.
Common reed frog, identified using @inaturalist.bsky.social Considering retreat.
#CitizenScience #Nature #ExplorerMindset

Up on the leaves, briefly in charge of the afternoon.
Notched Shield Grasshopper identified using @inaturalist.bsky.social
#mobilephotography #nature #explorermindset ##citizenscience
inaturalist.nz/projects/hom...

The global developmental science community will gather in Incheon, South Korea, for the ISSBD 2026 Biennial Meeting, June 21–25.
We look forward to meaningful exchange, dialogue, and reflection in a changing world.
🔗 2026biennial.issbd.org
#ISSBD2026 #ISSBDBiennialMeeting #Incheon2026 #Korea #ISSBD

How Hate Groups and Terrorists Use Gaming Platforms to Recruit Young Children

How Hate Groups and Terrorists Use Gaming Platforms to Recruit Young Children. Fringe movements are using games and other online platforms to draw growing numbers of children to their causes, new data and dozens of interviews show.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/w...

Half the world’s 100 largest cities are in high water stress areas, analysis finds Exclusive: Beijing, Delhi, Los Angeles and Rio de Janeiro among worst affected, with demand close to exceeding supply

Half the world’s 100 largest cities are in high water stress areas, analysis finds www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Life after Molly: Ian Russell on big tech, his daughter’s death – and why a social media ban won’t work Molly Russell was just 14 when she took her own life in 2017, and an inquest later found negative online content was a significant factor. With many people now pushing for teenagers to be kept off tec...

Molly Russell was 14 when she took her own life in 2017, & an inquest later found negative online content was a significant factor. With many people now pushing for teenagers to be kept off tech platforms, her father explains why he backs a different approach: www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

“The Silent Category” At the heart of these pieces is a simple truth: The experience of displacement is not only about survival, but also about dignity, creativity, and resilience.

Poetry from Kenya by refugee poet Peter Kidi

“Ink stains his fingers
like wounds that never heal”

www.thenewhumanitarian.org/poem/2025/1/...

Kenya launches IPO of state oil pipeline firm, seeking $825 million Kenya began selling a 65% stake in its state oil pipeline company on Monday, seeking to raise 106.3 billion shillings ($825 million) in what would be East Africa's biggest initial public offering in local-currency terms.

Kenya launches IPO of state oil pipeline firm, seeking $825 million reut.rs/3LOB3Zn

Somalia-born, Kenya-raised, and NY-based Uman is exhibiting her work at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. Here is one of her creations…
(photo: Uman, “Sumac Tree in Roseboom,” 2022-23, acrylic, oil and oil stick on canvas; www.nicolavassell.com/exhibitions/...)