LAKX

23/10/2019

Backyard urban farming.

Spent some time at Pocket City Farms with Heather McCabe and Adina Oosterwikj. Such a good model of urban city farming.

Ideas on using small spaces, opportunities to volunteer on the gardens, group workshops etc..

11/09/2019

Australia Kenya Business Conference and Exhibition

Her Excellency, Alison Chartres, Australian High Commissioner in Kenya and His Excellency Isaiya Kabira, Kenyan High Commissioner in Australia. What great representation of both Australia and Kenya at this conference.

They both gave keynote addresses at the occasion. Congratulations KCWA organising committee. Great conference!

11/09/2019

Brain Gain!

This term is really so descriptive. I heard Prof S Makinda (EBS) applying it so well in a conversation at the Australia-Kenya Business Conference and exhibition in Perth. It describes the intellectual (and other) value added to Kenya by those in the diaspora- rather than brain drain!

At the conference, many WA Kenyan Australians with businesses in Australia talked about their work in Australia as well as their brain gain contribution to Kenya!

I later met with Dr. David Mickler (Director, Africa Research & Engagement Centre, UWA) one of the keynote speakers to explore collaboration opportunities for the LAKX Initiative.

16/07/2019

A little snippet expressing how we are feeling. Hearts beating, excited, approaching new territory for us, but looking forward and trusting Gods Hand in it.

01/02/2019

Alliances.

As the LAKX Initiative develops we are growing the collaboration alliances required to address the multi-faceted factors involved in building capability among small scale in Kenya.

We have recently formed another working alliance- with Cross Frontier International (CFI). The Latitude 4-40 Consulting Directors Mwaniki Wa-Gichia and Nyambura Mwaniki recently met with Lucy Mimano- CFI's Chief Executive Officer.

08/08/2018

Thanks to those who have liked our page.

We are committed to making a difference to institutions, communities, legacies, environments and economies in Kenya and East Africa as the Lord helps us.

Much appreciated!

The LAKX Initiative enables change in East Africa through knowledge exchange with collaboration part

24/07/2018

At Latitude 4-40 we are passionate about developing capabilities of communities and institutions in East Africa. We have designed a vehicle to facilitate this known as the Knowledge Exchange Initiative.

In collaboration with Kym Kruse (RegenAG) we worked with a small group of small scale farmers in Kenya to develop a foundational regenerative agricultural capability among them, that is sustainable and owned by them.

Our second phase of the Knowledge Exchange Initiative (Agriculture) in Kenya, will be launched soon. It will have a broader scope of collaboration and a wider set of stakeholders. We are also developing new alliances in Kenya and will have our own Latitude 4-40 East African Representative.

Exciting days ahead.

20/07/2018

Our social enterprise, the LAKX Initiative, involves the promotion of Kenyan artworks in Australia.

This promotion uses a model of informal rotating/revolving temporary exhibitions held in various institutions as artwork on loan.

We have just completed a rotation at the Kenyan High Commission in Canberra, Australia.

Thank you Kenyan High Commission for supporting the promotion of Kenyan art.

30/06/2017

LAKX Agro-Technology
We are working hard at developing a business eco-system that addresses the life-cycle of value addition in agriculture using agro-technology and ensures sustainable agricultural value addition.
Some of our collaboration experts met with us recently to discuss the eco-system and develop some approaches.

10/02/2017

ONE AUSTRALIAN TOURIST PER KENYAN DIASPORA PER YEAR CAMPAIGN

The LAKX Initiative is supporting the Kenyan High Commissioner in Australia campaign of "One Australian Tourist per Kenyan Diaspora per Year", to promote tourism into Kenya. Some of the LAKX collaboration partners have spent time in Kenya as tourists and have enjoyed themselves.