“We cannot rely on the traditional mortgage route," said ... A company, 14Trees, has used the technology to build a showcase house in Nairobi and 10 houses in coastal Kilifi County.

Nairobi’s most prestigious neighborhood ... The neighborhood is comprised of single-family homes whose styles range from traditional European estates to ultra-modern residences complete with ...

The home of Michael Nzau, a traditional healer, is in a narrow lane of a slum in the Kibera district outside Nairobi. The tiny, two-room mud house has no electricity, but Mr. Nzau says he doesn't ...

A machine layers special mortar to form concrete walls and cuts the building time by several days compared to traditional brick and mortar work. A company, 14Trees, has used the technology to build a ...

In Nairobi, Kenya, more than half of the city’s 4.4 million population live in informal settlements – homes built from readily-available materials – yet these settlements occupy less than 5% ...

“We cannot rely on the traditional mortgage route,” said ... has used the technology to build a showcase house in Nairobi and 10 houses in coastal Kilifi County. The company’s chief ...