I’m the head of CFK Africa, a nongovernmental organization that empowers youth and fights extreme poverty in Kenyan slums. The sudden dismantling of USAID means lives are being disrupted ...

Bitcoin [BTC] adoption in Kenya has surged, even in informal settlements, with growing acceptance in the country’s largest ...

A Kenyan company has introduced bitcoin into what is widely considered Africa’s largest urban slum. About 200 people are ...

I have been researching slums in Nairobi and speaking with low-income residents in the capital. I’ve watched Gen Zers grow up since 2010 when some were just 5 years old. That same year, Kenya ...

I grew up in Kenya’s Kibera slum, the largest urban slum in Africa, and experienced extreme poverty firsthand. I was a street child, constantly scraping by for food and water, and lacking basic ...

Growing up in a Kenyan slum, Annastacia Mwende always loved cars but never thought of being a mechanic. Now, she is the star pupil at a back-street Nairobi garage. Kenya needs more like her ...

MATHARE, Kenya (AP) — Joseph Kariaga and his friends once lived the “gangster life” in Nairobi’s Mathare slum, snatching phones, mugging people and battling police. But when Kariaga's ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — With perfect pirouettes and plies, dozens of young ballet dancers gracefully moved between the makeshift iron houses of one of Africa’s largest urban slums, spreading ...

Bitcoin adoption in Kibera, Kenya, is growing, but many locals are using it speculatively, requiring more support for long-term success.

In Kenya's Kibera slum, Bitcoin is providing financial inclusion where traditional banking services fall short. Through ...