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Entrepreneurship

Initiative sets up art centre in Kisumu to boost creative industry

The creative industry in western Kenya has received a huge boost following the setting up of an art centre in Kisumu. Baraza Media Lab on...

Kisumu tourism cuisine lights up UN World Tourism Day fete

They came, planted trees, toured and rocked the lakeside County of Kisumu. The grand finale of the five-day-long World Tourism Week activities came to an...

How legal gaps are promoting illicit fish bladder trade in Lake Victoria

This story was produced in collaboration with InfoNile, and supported by the Pulitzer Center. Two years ago, Joyce Akinyi made a hard decision; the decision...

How a simple thirst earned Kisumu man Sh1 million

It was a normal Saturday afternoon for Willy Mmach at his small retail shop in Otonglo, Kisumu West. As he usually does in hot afternoons,...

Digital Marketing App to boost sales for Kisumu entrepreneurs

Kisumu entrepreneurs were all smiles as innovators launched a digital App to boost sales of their products and services. ...

27 pass out in empowerment program targeting women entrepreneurs

Twenty-seven women in Kisumu are the latest beneficiaries of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE). The beneficiaries on April 4, graduated in a colourful event,...

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Learning on uneven ground: Inside inclusive early learning in Kakamega

A random visit to early childhood education centres in Kenya, you are likely to meet learners as young...

Rethinking retirement in Kenya: Balancing dignity, security and purpose

By Chrispine Oduma A prominent Kenyan media personality started a very interesting conversation on retirement age. Giddy posted in...

Public or Private? How Kiambu parents are weighing pre-school options

It is a chilly morning in Juja town. Lagna Kiuria, a salonist, walks her five-year-old son past a public...

NSSF’s 17 per cent return and the future of Tier II, contracting out in Kenya

By Chrispine Oduma The enactment of the NSSF Act, 2013 fundamentally reshaped Kenya’s retirement benefits landscape by introducing mandatory...

ILO turns to cooperatives in fight against child labour in coffee, tea sectors

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has taken its initiative against child labour in the coffee and tea sectors...

Busia Governor Paul Otuoma grilled by EACC over Sh1.4b tender fraud

Busia Governor Paul Otuoma has been questioned by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) over Sh1.4 billion fraud...