Cryptocurrencies are making headlines for reshaping the financial world, but they’re also finding traction in developing nations. An American economist who pioneered blockchain technology for low-income urban customers has now expanded the cashless system to the countryside in Kenya
According to Kenyan humanitarian organisations and analysts, the al-Shabab terrorist group is recruiting young people who are suffering as a result of the pandemic. Local groups in Kenya organise outreach events in low-income districts to counteract their recruitment efforts
Wanini Kireri, Kenya’s first female assistant commissioner of prisons, is reshaping the prison leadership scene. Kireri is in charge of both men’s and women’s prisons across the country, where her kind yet firm leadership approach has been praised
More Than Half Of Nairobi’s Population Of Roughly 5 Million People Live In Slums, Where Drugs And Violence Attract Many Young People. A Organisation In One Community Is Using The Game Of Chess To Help Young People Change Their Lives
The COVID Pandemic Has Put A Burden On Families Who Are Compelled To Work And Study At Home Together, As Well As Couples Who Are Also Business Partners
After the High Court lifted a ban on donkey slaughterhouses in 2020, allowing them to resume selling the meat and skins to Asian markets, Kenya’s donkey population is once again under threat
Checking the spread of the coronavirus through handwashing is a challenge in Kenya, where many people can’t afford soap. To help, a Kenyan charity is making soap out of vegetables to hand out in city slums
Members of the ethnic Shona community in Kenya are celebrating their new status as Kenyan citizens after decades of being stateless
Former Kenyan street criminal Torez Omoll managed to turn his life around and start a charity helping people where he grew up – the slums of Nairobi. COVID-19 has hit these communities hard with unemployment
The Kenyan government says COVID-19 has forced nearly two million people out of work. As Mohammed Yusuf reports from Nairobi, many Kenyans who had steady jobs are now relying on informal work to survive
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