Alice Kang'ethe: The economist fighting for a healthier Africa

Nairobi, Sept. 10 -- Early in Alice Kang'ethe's public-health career, on a trip to Mbita, a scorpion stung her. The pain was ferocious. She was far from a proper hospital, and her international health... Read More

What happens when Kigali keeps you waiting?

Nairobi, Sept. 3 -- You always run into someone you used to know in a hotel bar. At least I do. I had just walked into Serena Kigali's Executive Lounge Bar, the one silenced by thick carpet, with a s... Read More

Michael Njogu: 50, successful and still wondering what comes next

Nairobi, Aug. 27 -- You can dress like Tiger Woods, swing the best clubs money can buy, and still walk off the ninth hole with nothing to show for it, says Michael Njogu of golf. "Because the game, l... Read More

Here's how to get the rooftop bar set up right

Nairobi, Aug. 27 -- If you are going to do another rooftop bar, do one like Dijo, over at Mandrake on Westlands's Ring Road. Have a long, generous bar while you're at it. Make it elegant. In fact, ma... Read More

Homa Bay's bad roads aside, this pub offers beautiful nights

Nairobi, Aug. 20 -- Homa Bay is in the news for having terrible roads. The Mbita-Sindo road is atrocious, yes. I have a home seven kilometres from where the tarmac ends at Icipe in Mbita and normally ... Read More

Manoah Esipisu, the man who spoke for presidents

Nairobi, July 30 -- Manoah Esipisu, diplomat, former government spokesman and former High Commissioner to the UK, doesn't answer questions so much as wander through memory and history, building his ow... Read More

A banker who became the man people trust

Nairobi, July 2 -- Abraham Ongenge's father had a habit of saying, when something needed to get done and done properly: let Abraham do it. He said it about chores. He said it about responsibility. He ... Read More

Abraham Ongenge: A banker who became the man people trust

Nairobi, July 2 -- Abraham Ongenge's father had a habit of saying, when something needed to get done and done properly: let Abraham do it. He said it about chores. He said it about responsibility. He ... Read More

The man who turned a Sh45,000 loan into multi-generational oil company

Nairobi, June 25 -- Engineers, at least real engineers, build things that are meant to outlast them. Roads, bridges, structures, things that carry other people's weight. Peter Njeru Njagi has spent hi... Read More

At Ciel Lounge, Nairobi's cool children gather under one roof

Nairobi, June 25 -- I've never been one to sit in the VIP section of anything. It draws too much attention to one. People gawk. So it felt oddly surreal to find myself seated in the VIP booth at Ciel ... Read More

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