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Faith Kinanu: Daring to defy odds in Isiolo’s male dominated taxi business

By Betty Luke Isiolo, Kenya - Ms. Faith Kinanu, the only female taxi driver in Isiolo thrives in a male-dominated sector two years after her fruit vending business collapsed following the hard economic times occasioned by the pandemic. Working in a pastoral county where a majority of the communities are patriarchal, she

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PATCHING THE MAT: ENTREPRENEURSHIP GIVING A LIFELINE TO KISUMU WOMEN RECOVERING FROM THE RAVAGES OF COVID 19

By Laura Otieno Kisumu, Kenya - A rusty workshop standing on a lowly piece of land welcomes you when you visit the Wathorego site in Kisumu, Kenya. Heaps of used synthetic hair paint an aura of destitution and gives the impression of unmanaged waste. However, the heap is a pile of

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