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"We decided that instead of waiting for someone to create a podcast that focuses on Africa, why not just create one" The 1000 African Voices project is a project aimed at breaking down the boundaries that divide Africa. It's founders are based in South Africa and they started out officially in
Read MoreWomen in the southern parts of Narok county in Loita community are venturing into beekeeping as an alternative source of livelihood. This, as they seek to play an active role in the conservation of the Loita forest ecosystem. The Maasai Beekeeping initiative in conjunction with Friends of Loita Forest conducted
Read MoreI recently had a chat with a friend called Mitch. She owns a cake making joint in town. She also bakes cakes for sale and sells cake making ingredients and kitchenware. Her business has been operational for the past four years. It was one of those random catch up talks
Read MoreVihiga Governor Dr Wilber Ottichilo has embarked on renovating and equipping Vocational Training Centers (VTC) in an effort to empower youths for the Job market. Unemployment, the Governor said, is becoming a major problem especially among youths who lack technical skills. Dr Ottichilo however noted that a large part of the
Read MoreTalk about self-employment among the youth and you might have to search for long before you find another of Paul Kihuha's echelon. 31-year old Paul alias Protisa, makes film equipment from ordinary metal, the likes you will find in any hardware and which many use to make doors and windows. He
Read MoreWhat is it that rings in the minds of people when the word ‘slum’ is mentioned? Crime? Drugs? Poverty? As we enter Mathare Social Justice Centre, we ask ourselves what it is that social justice means to these people, because right at the entrance to their main office are the words
Read MoreHe deferred his studies and booted playing rugby for some time to set up business and stabilize himself financially. His entities have now employed 5 people. He is a youth leader, born and raised in Kibera, Kenya's largest slum. Collince Onyango studies Bachelor of Commerce in Kenyatta University. In the
Read MoreElijah Mwanga Achija is a man in grey old age. I find him beating grotesque scrap metals to shape. The sun is shining on his mottled scalp. ‘This is where money is,' he tells me as he wipes creeping rivulets of sweat down his chin. 'It is one dollar a day!’
Read MoreShenzhen Star Instrument Co., a global supplier of smart meters and associated technologies, will expand its Africa operations by building a manufacturing facility at Tatu Industrial Park. The new plant, which will produce and assemble metering solutions for energy, water, and gas, will start construction in Q4 2019. Speaking during the
Read MoreBien has finally proposed to his long time girlfriend Chiki Onekwe. The sensational singer who is one of the four members of the Award winning band; SautiSol may be the second in the group to tie the note after Polycarp Otieno, popular as Fancy fingers, married his longtime girlfriend
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