
Winnie Sambu
@wsambu
Tweeting about research on poverty, food insecurity, mobility & transportation. University of Cape Town | World Bicycle Relief
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14-01-2011 10:28:09
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I invite you all to The The Fletcher School #AfricanaConference2023. This is a student-led & organised conference that'll feature speakers like: Prof. Yemi Osinbajo Martin Kimani, Permanent Mission of Kenya to the UN 🇰🇪 🇺🇳 Jane Munga Seth Owusu-Mante Lily Odarno +Tufts University Ghanaian drummers, Kiniwe, led by Prof. Poku.


I'm excited about the The Fletcher School #AfricanaConference2023 coming up this Saturday! Fletcher alum, Kingsley Moghalu OON, will be here and so will Martin Kimani & Permanent Mission of Kenya to the UN 🇰🇪 🇺🇳. Prof. Yemi Osinbajo will give the opening keynote, & our panel will have awesome Jane Munga and Lily Odarno!



Join Fletcher Africana Club, the Ralph Bunche Society, & World Peace Foundation next Tues, 2 May, to explore the deepening crisis in Sudan & what can be done about it, with indefatigable Chepkorir (Tapnyole) at the chair. You can register here: cglink.me/2dk/r2107630


A group of African students has come together to express its CONCERN about the war in #Sudan and how it has rendered educational and learning institutions inoperable. Please join us in sending this letter to: Yoweri K Museveni, AU PSC African Union @igadsecretariat William Samoei Ruto, PhD


Join me and Winnie Sambu next Wed to hear about our research concerning mobility mobility and social exclusion, and the bicycle market system, in Rwanda, Ghana, Malawi, Kenya, Zambia, Uganda...

With my person Winnie Sambu relaxing to a peaceful rendering of Edgar's serenade on strings directed by the incomparable Sue Perkins 💙 on this final day of MaryleboneMusicFest in Central London. Great music outdoors can really quench the heat of summer.

Call for abstracts: African Conference on Transport Research (ATRC) 2024, to be hosted by the Volvo Research and Education Foundations and Centre for Transport Studies. We invite you to submit extended abstracts with a word limit of 1500 – 2000 words. See details below: vref.se/event/call-for…



Interested in gender & mobility? Join our free online course, supported by 🚶♀️🚶♂️🚴🚍⚡ – and share with colleagues. Hear insights from powerofbicycles Winnie Sambu ITDP Africa @safetipinapp Marcela Guerrero Casas Lake Sagaris @Walk21Network Sonal Shah University of Lagos World Bank Africa


🗣️"Changing lives with bikes. The impact is immediate, we see more children in school, and improved income generation as people can access job opportunities. We see significant changes in people’s lives thanks to bikes." - @ Winnie Sabu, World Bicycle Relief powerofbicycles

Looking forward to participating in this discussion - hope you'll join us online or in person Constant Cap African Cities Research Consortium African Centre for Cities Marcela Guerrero Casas Carly Gilbert-Patrick Young Urbanists South Africa Active Mobility Forum Njogu Morgan KenyanCyclist Winnie Sambu powerofbicycles

Tomorrow, I'll moderate a session discussing Somalia's admission into East African Community. Dr. Bashir Sheikh-Ali, who wrote on this for Heritage Institute, and my good friend Sylvanus Wekesa, PhD, will share their insights on the topic. I welcome you all, especially the citizens of Jumuiya & IGAD.


Amazing tribute to your grandmother Terry Kipkorir. Her life is truly inspirational.

1/4: New Paper Alert!! Proudly presenting our latest paper "A novel regulatory interplay between atypical B12 riboswitches and uORF translation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Read full article: doi.org/10.1093/nar/gk…. Nucleic Acids Res


