Kennedy Odede knows what poverty is. He grew up in Kibera, the largest slum in the Kenyan capital Nairobi. It's a place ...

In Africa's largest slum town, a retired railway worker has turned an abandoned shack into a library for the local children.

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 ...

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 Christmas spirit. Hundreds of ...

Mr. Robert Mandela who many refer to as the pride of Embakasi is renowned fashion designer and CEO of Roma Designs Africa. App Your Game visited him at his workshop and below is what we prepared for ...

I had only lived in Kibera for 15 minutes when I saw a police officer and was arrested. But it would be years before I saw a real doctor. In 2001, at the age of 13, I had come to Kenya’s largest ...

Kenyan multi-talented artist Krysteen Savane, who is also the director of Anno's One Fine Day Art Centre, Kibera, has been awarded the insignia of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight ...

People try to put out a fire in Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, on Jan. 17, 2026. A fire broke out here on Saturday, causing dozens of houses burned down. No casualties have been reported yet. (Photo: ...

For residents of the Nairobi neighborhood of Kibera, the early Christmas ballet show celebrates community resilience and creativity. With perfect pirouettes and plies, dozens of young ballet dancers ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Mr. Robert Mandela who many refer to as the pride of Embakasi is renowned fashion designer and CEO of Roma Designs ...