Mary is a single parent of two children currently residing in Kawangware, Nairobi Kenya. She currently works as a cleaner on Lynk, a digital gig platform that connects workers to clients. Prior to joining Lynk, Mary worked as an untrained housekeeper. While she was grateful to have a stable income, she wanted to have more...
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Reducing post-harvest losses in dairy farming through innovation
Milk delivery challenge for dairy farmers in West Pokot Susana, 53, is a dairy farmer from Kaptabuk, West Pokot county in Kenya. She sells her milk to the Kaptabuk milk co-operative where she has been a member since 1994. Every day at around 5:00 am, Susana would walk 3 kilometres from her home to the...
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Paving the way for women to thrive in the construction industry
Real estate and construction sectors are important economic drivers in Kenya, currently contributing 8.2% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). According to the National Construction Authority, the construction industry is made up of 511,676 skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled artisans with women underrepresented in all categories with a proportion of only 19%.Construction is predominantly perceived...