KENYA MOJA

For Joan Nyambura Mugera, the road to the automotive industry was not the path her academic record appeared to be preparing her for. She had performed exceptionally well at Loreto Girls High School in Limuru, where she attained an A grade in the 2010 KCSE examinations, and subsequently joined the University of Nairobi to pursue medicine. On paper, it was the kind of trajectory many families would consider an ideal outcome. Joan eventually realised that medicine was not where her interests lay. She left medical school and began moving towards the field that had captured her attention much more deeply: automobiles. Her decision was not simply a rejection of one career. It was the beginning of a much more personal search for work that made sense to her. That journey eventually led her to formal automotive training. Joan enrolled at the Railway Training Institute and completed a Diploma in Automotive Engineering in November 2024. Today, the name 4Real_KE is increasingly associated with...

There is a particular kind of laughter that comes from recognising yourself in somebody else. That is what makes MC Exodus , the stage name of Kenyan comedian Eric Obuya , so effective. His comedy does not depend on complicated plots or elaborate production. Instead, he takes familiar conversations, everyday misunderstandings and ordinary human behaviour and stretches them into moments that audiences can instantly recognise. Today, MC Exodus is one of the recognisable faces of Kenya’s fast-growing digital comedy scene, with third-party TikTok tracking placing his account at more than two million followers and over 40 million likes. Those numbers tell the story of his reach, but they do not explain the distance he travelled to get there. Before the followers, collaborations and viral videos came a period of uncertainty in which simply finding somewhere to sleep could become a daily challenge. That contrast is what makes Eric Obuya’s journey worth looking beyond the laughter. His story ...

Public speaking is often treated as a performance skill. You learn how to stand before a crowd, organise your thoughts, control your voice and deliver a presentation without losing the room. At iSpeak Academy , however, communication is positioned as something much larger: a leadership capability that can shape how people present ideas, build relationships and influence others. That philosophy sits at the centre of the work of Bennyhinn Walubengo , the Kenyan orator, author, speech trainer and founder associated with the iSpeak movement. His professional profile identifies him as an orator, strategist, speech trainer, author and minister, while iSpeak Society describes its mission as raising excellent orators, disruptive leaders and a generation of change-makers. The organisation that has grown around that vision is now more structured than a conventional public-speaking programme. iSpeak Academy describes itself as a Nairobi -based global public-speaking and capacity-building ins...

For many Kenyans, buying a smartphone is no longer a decision made after walking into a shop and asking what is available. The search often begins on a phone. A customer sees a device on TikTok , checks its specifications, looks at the price, watches another video, asks a question on WhatsApp and, if everything feels right, makes an order without ever visiting the shop. Esther Nduta has built her business around understanding this shift. Her name has become closely associated with the fast-moving world of smartphone content on TikTok, but stopping the story there misses the bigger picture. Behind the videos is Zuri , a Nairobi-based electronics business with a physical retail presence, an online store and a product range extending beyond smartphones into laptops, televisions, accessories, printers and other technology products. That distinction matters. TikTok may be where many customers discover Zuri, but it is not where the business ends. From a Nairobi shop to a digital sto...

For decades, agriculture was built around a familiar rhythm. Farmers waited for the rains, planted when the seasons arrived, and harvested when nature allowed. That rhythm is becoming increasingly uncertain. Droughts last longer. Rainfall patterns are less predictable. Floods destroy infrastructure and wash away livelihoods. The challenge facing Kenya is no longer simply producing more food. It is building systems that can continue producing food despite a changing climate. This is why the conversation around irrigation, land restoration and climate resilience has become central to Kenya's development agenda. At the State Department for Irrigation , Joel Tanui occupies a position directly linked to this challenge. He serves as Secretary responsible for Land Reclamation, Climate Resilience and Irrigation Water Management, a role that places him within the government's efforts to restore degraded landscapes, strengthen water management systems and improve resilience against cl...