by Michelle Anekeya | Sep 1, 2025 | News
For more than three decades, Joyce Wangui has sold sugar, cooking oil, and mobile phone airtime from a tin-roofed kiosk in the winding alleys of Mukuru Kwa Njenga, one of Nairobi’s most densely packed informal settlements. Her kiosk, weather-beaten but orderly, is the...
by Michelle Anekeya | Aug 25, 2025 | News
In the dusty backstreets of many Kenyan towns, a common frustration echoes among residents of informal settlements — the taps are dry, or they’ve never existed. Despite rapid urbanisation, thousands of low-income households in Kenya’s cities and towns still lack...
by Michelle Anekeya | Aug 18, 2025 | News
By Tahia Afsah Khan In Bangladesh, the sanitation sector has long been male-dominated, its operations grounded in perceptions of physical strength, stigma, and deeply rooted social taboos. Yet, across the country, a quiet revolution is underway. Women are not only...
by Michelle Anekeya | Aug 11, 2025 | News
In the heart of Nampula, Mozambique’s third-largest city, the neighbourhood of Namicopo is on the brink of transformation. Home to nearly 74,000 people, this densely populated area is one of the most underserved communities in the city. Access to clean, piped water is...
by Michelle Anekeya | Aug 4, 2025 | News
Zambia is urbanising at one of the fastest rates in sub-Saharan Africa. But behind the skyline of this rapid growth lies a pressing and often overlooked reality. For millions living in low-income urban settlements, safe drinking water, dignified sanitation, and...
