Listen Makena Mwiraria abandoned a lucrative career in pharmacy to venture into the arts. Her African Heritage Design Company (AHDC) – now trading as ARI Africa Limited has been instrumental in raising the profile of African crafts from mere souvenir trinkets to objects of art with world-class appeal. Born in Meru in the 1960s, Makena […]
Listen Magdalene Odundo is an accomplished artist, specialising in crafting handmade ceramics. She draws inspiration from countries like China and Mexico and also from the Ancient Greeks and Romans. She is a Professor of Ceramics at the University for the Creative Arts (formerly Surrey Institute of Art and Design University College) in Farnham, England, and […]
Listen Joy Mboya is the Executive Director of GoDown Arts Centre. She was a member of the band Musikly Speaking, remembered for Jamriambo, the hit song that raised the profile of Kenyan music in the early 1990s. A trained architect, she continues to influence the art scene through research, study and training. An encounter with […]
Listen Koki Mutungi was the first female pilot to fly with Kenya Airways in 1993. And in 2014, she went down in history as the first woman in Africa to receive a Captain of the Boeing 787 ‘Dreamliner’ certification. Mutungi developed a passion for flying from as early as age five, watching her father a […]
Listen After the First World War, Florence Kerr Wilson, fondly known as Florrie, came to Kenya with her husband, Major WH Wilson. The couple settled in Timau and took up farming until Major Wilson’s death in 1928. It took a four-day business trip in John Carberry’s Fokker Universal plane dubbed ‘Miss Africa’ to convince Wilson […]
Listen Choice of semen for artificial insemination and type of feed have a huge impact on the volume and quantity of milk your cow will produce during its lifetime. Improving quality milk from your cows Selective breeding and proper feeding is the key to high milk production, a prominent Nakuru County commercial dairy farmer says. […]
Listen Livestock is one of the sectors with a huge economic benefits and the potential for job creation especially in value addition. It will play a big role in the manufacturing pillar of the Big Four Agenda. Sh. 135.6b – Total value of marketed livestock and related products in 2018, up from Sh125.4 billion in […]
Listen Pioneering a home-grown make-up line to meet the needs of the African woman has earned businesswoman Suzie Wokabi a permanent place in Kenya’s beauty Hall of Fame. When Suzie Wokabi was declared 2014 winner in the Wholesale and Retail Category of Africa’s Most Influential Women in Business and Government, it was a bold statement that she had arrived. […]
Listen The harsh realities of climate change that have made weather patterns less predictable and led to prolonged periods of drought are popularising a more sustainable feeding system. Death of animals due to severe droughts in Kenya’s dry lands has been a cause of massive losses to pastoralists. In an attempt to mitigate the blow, […]
Listen At the age of 14, Patricia Lulu Mbela decided she wanted to become a fashion designer. She has come a long way since then, and now boasts over 20 years of fashion industry experience. She is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and head designer at fashion de – sign and ethnic jewellery house POISA, which creates garments […]