“I was worried about survival of my business… I am now sure my grocery shop will be around for many years to come!” Can you imagine (as a refugee) having to apply for resettlement not once, not twice, not thrice but seven times with no success? Frustrating isn’t it? That is the story of Solomon […]
Women entrepreneurs supported by AAH Kenya’s Kakuma project are among hundreds of exhibitors participating in this year’s cultural festival popularly known as Tobong’u Lore (welcome back home) that is taking place August 15-18 at Ekalees Cultural Centre in Lodwar town. They are here with a vibrant display of colourful hand-woven baskets and bowls, bags and […]
“My mother was a hairdresser and she is the one who showed me how to braid, that’s how I got interested in hairdressing.” At just nine years old, Joyce Ozua was already learning how to braid hair by observing how her mother styled hair working as a hairdresser back in Congo. Now in her mid-twenties, […]
“It is very unusual to see ladies working in motor vehicle mechanics and I really want to encourage more to do so that’s why I applied for the training”. At just twenty-two years old Apiya Amina already describes her decision to acquire skills in motor vehicle mechanics as an example of women’s ability to take […]
Among the 3,050 entrepreneurs recently selected for the latest cycle of the Tony Elumelu entrepreneurship programme is Peter Diing Manyang, the Executive Director of a small self-help group of some twenty two refugees from Kakuma refugee camp, which has been lending small amounts of money to start-ups and small business in the camp. The self-help […]