•   Entrepreneurship is a force for good. Research shows that where women-owned businesses thrive, the community wins. Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest rate of female entrepreneurship globally, with approximately 26% of female adults engaged in entrepreneurial activity. Entrepreneurial activity crosses different countries, generations, social backgrounds and is backed by courage,
  • “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”, as Nelson Mandela says. Education is central to reduce poverty, eliminating gender equality and fostering peace. But about 265 million children and adolescents around the world still do not have the opportunity to enter or complete
  • How does Christmas look like in Kenya? HOW DO I SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS? In the Maasai language [also called Maa or Kimaasai] it's 'nchipai e Kirismas' In Swahili/Kiswahili [a language spoken in Kenya] Happy/ Merry Christmas is 'Heri ya Krismasi' and the response is 'Wewe pia' [you also] TIME TO
  • The weather was humid and hot and the streets full of matatus, the small colorful minibuses that inundate the streets of Nairobi. We were looking forward for what would be the first official training session with the Karioko artisans. The sun was high and the car drove fast. A table

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