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Chris Mburu: From a leaking village home to Harvard and the UN

Nairobi, Sept. 3 -- Somewhere in Geneva, at the capital of one of the most peaceful countries in the world, Kenyan lawyer Chris Mburu spends most of his waking hours worrying about human rights. As a... Read More


From a leaking village home to Harvard and the UN

Nairobi, Sept. 3 -- Somewhere in Geneva, at the capital of one of the most peaceful countries in the world, Kenyan lawyer Chris Mburu spends most of his waking hours worrying about human rights. As a... Read More


How agripreneur built firm to serve 100 million farmers

Nairobi, Aug. 19 -- For Dennis Karema, the difference between running a business and building one that can matter at scale is impact. "If I built a business that serves five people, yes, there is a l... Read More


The architect who quit employment at 33 to build value-driven firm

Nairobi, Aug. 4 -- Our conversation with architect Mark Mwoka starts with the black building in Westlands that hosts the Park Inn by Radisson. Mr Mwoka witnessed the progression of the building from ... Read More


The Kenyan chef training Rwanda's next generation of cooks

Nairobi, July 23 -- Bilal Auma Washikumba, a Kenyan chef, has made his way from the coastal kitchens of Mombasa to the fine-dining rooms of Nairobi and now to Kigali, where he is shaping menus, mentor... Read More


Prof Ayub Gitau: The new VC hoping to fix a decade of University of Nairobi turmoil

Nairobi, July 16 -- In that sea of an office that is the vice-chancellor's floor at the University of Nairobi (UoN), docked on the 18th floor of the UoN Towers, Prof Ayub Gitau revels in numbers. He ... Read More


How Master's student secured Sh1.5 billion to build solar business in Kenya

Nairobi, July 9 -- When Jonas Barman, a 40-year-old Swedish engineer, first came to Kenya, the idea of starting a solar energy company was far from his mind. In fact, he was looking for a school roof ... Read More


A rough guide for a Kenyan visiting China as a tourist

Our guide told us, June 24 -- Your tour guide is likely to advise you against photographing a certain rock in a historic world heritage site in north-western Beijing, China. They will say that it may ... Read More


What brought Lipa Later down? Founder opens up on the fall and his next venture

Nairobi, June 10 -- Having studied entrepreneurship at Strathmore Business School in Kenya and later at Babson College and Stanford University in the US, Eric Muli was bubbling with ideas. One day, h... Read More