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Talk 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
Read MoreInvestigative journalist John Allan Namu used his smartphone to relay what was happening at the Dusit D2 hotel during the attack in January. We caught up with him and he shared his experience in using the mobile phone and its place in journalism today. "If you are able to verify the
Read MoreRecently, I installed a data recovery app in my smart phone which got the job done and recovered every piece of information deleted since purchase of the device. While the move was out of necessity, it got me thinking about the illusion that is security and probably privacy. In the modern
Read MoreThe Nairobi-hawker situation has grown into a menace not only for the Nairobi City Council but also for the pedestrian, businessman and traffic authorities. On an average afternoon, Kenya’s capital city looks like a market place with hawkers showcasing their wares in what primarily should be pedestrian walkways. The situation
Read MoreTop among the worlds' agenda is environment friendly policies and products. While most individuals sit in roundtable conferences discussing on it and sipping from numerous plastic water bottles, Fred Onyango or Freddie as he is popularly known is a man of action. Together with his team of 5, they use
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