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The relationship between corporate social investment and financial performance of companies listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(African Development Finance Journal, 2021-12-22)
This study visualizes that companies seem to have, for far too long, relied on crude business analytical methods that only consider direct investment with its subsequent occasioned income. The companies have continued to ...
The relationship between information technology investment and financial performance of companies listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(African Development Finance Journal, 2021-12-14)
This study sought to establish the effect of information technology investment on financial performance of companies listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange. The entire 64 firms listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange ...
Corporate diversification, firm size and performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya
(ADFJ, 2022-02-04)
This study sought to establish the effect of size on the relationship between corporate diversification and performance of commercial banks in Kenya. Specifically, the study sought to; determine the effect of corporate ...
Securities Market Development and Economic growth in the common market for Eastern and Southern Africa Member States
(African Development Finance Journal, 2021-12-22)
Purpose:The purpose of this paper is to investigatethe effect of securities markets development on the economic growth of the Common Markets for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)member states. Design/Methodology:Thestudy ...
New hominin remains and revised context from the earliest Homo erectus locality in East Turkana, Kenya
(2021-04)
The KNM-ER 2598 occipital is among the oldest fossils attributed to Homo erectus but questions have been raised about whether it may derive from a younger horizon. Here we report on efforts to relocate the KNM-ER 2598 ...
Consumption patterns and characteristics of free-range chicken consumers in Embakasi Sub-County, Nairobi County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)
Consumption of free range chicken is on the increase in Kenya and more so in urban set up with sources being Peri-urban or rural areas. Limited information exists on consumption pattern of free range chicken among peri-urban ...
Environmental Risk Factors Influencing Diarrheal Occurrence among Children Under Five Years Old in Informal Urban Settlements: A Case Study of Korogocho, in Nairobi County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020-09)
The paper's main objective is to establish the relationship between environmental risk factors of childhood diarrhea
and its occurrence in the Korogocho slum in Nairobi County. The hypotheses to be tested were; no ...
Does Tenure Security Reduce Disaster Risk? A Comparative Study of the Nairobi Settlements of Kibera and Kawangware
(University of Nairobi, 2021)
While scholarship suggests that improving tenure security and housing significantly reduces disaster risk at the household level within urban settings, this assertion has not been adequately tested. Tenure security can be ...
Digital literacy and online child abuse among primary school children in Langata Sub-county, Nairobi City County in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021-07)
Kenya introduced Digischool to public primary schools to prepare children for today’s digital world attracting a cyber-threat landscape. Utilising a descriptive cross-sectional design within a concurrent mixed approach, ...
China’s Approach to Development in Africa: A Case Study of Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway
(Council on Foreign Relatioons, 2021-10-13)
China has become a major donor to African states over the past twenty years, but its
approach to development has become a source of debate among African opinion leaders and
outside experts. Some opinion leaders believe ...