In the 30 years that Josephine Muthoni has lived in Nairobi's Mukuru slum, she has never had a steady supply of clean water.

Sitting on a low bench at her shop in a Nairobi slum, Grace Wangari sifted through a handful of grains that a waiting customer had just ordered.

Kennedy Odede, the Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) founder, has been crowned a Kaya elder after rising from Kibera to touch the lives of 4.1 million Kenyans.

In the heart of Kibera, Kenya’s largest informal settlement, a group of Nubian women is transforming small urban spaces into thriving gardens through hydroponics and circular farming. Their initiative ...

A slum-based healthcare rightsorganisation wants the new HIV prevention drug to be first rolled out in poorneighbourhoods to bear much of the epidemic’s brunt.The lobby also wants healthcare workers ...

The 32-year-old, who last featured for Greek champions AC PAOK, stepped away from football in mid-2024 to care for her ailing father. The decision, though difficult, reflected her deep values and ...

In Kawangare, one of the many “informal settlements” – or slums – in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, Jane is often worried about the weather. The droughts and flood events that hit her neighbourhood are ...