Kennedy Odede, aged 41, is a Kenyan social entrepreneur and the founder of Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO), a grassroots movement that started in the slums of Kibera. He made history in July ...

In Kibera, often called Africa's largest urban slum, some roadside vegetable stands are accepting an unconventional form of payment: Bitcoin. Approximately 200 residents in the Soweto West area of ...

Bitcoin is quietly taking root in Kibera, Kenya's largest informal settlement (or slum). In July 2025, more than 200 locals now use BTC as a working medium of exchange for everyday transactions, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Young people studying in the library in the Kibera slum, the largest slum in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. The community advocacy ...

It's the day after International Women's Day. On March 8 each year, the United Nations declares a special day to pay tribute to the accomplishments of women, to express how much they are valued and to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Frank Corva writes about Bitcoin adoption around the world. Six and a half kilometers from the city center of Nairobi, Kenya lies ...

In an instant, more than 1,000 patients at my health care clinic outside Nairobi lost access to lifesaving HIV treatments. Thousands more could no longer receive treatment for tuberculosis or ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. “I have never met my father. And don’t know how it feels to have one,” said the Kibera-raised Mammito. Popular ...

John Kibera loved robbing the dead as there were no police in graveyards In his heydays as a robber, he relied on newspaper obituary pages to pick targets Now reformed, Kibera preaches in the streets ...