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Slum farming and toilet malls in Nairobi - Kenyan entrepreneurs
by Aidan O'Donnell
Article published on the 2009-10-03 Latest update 2009-10-12 17:27 TU
Kosovo's livestock farmers outside their pigshed, June 2009
(Photo: A O'Donnell)
In a huge slum in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, a group of young men have turned to raising livestock as a way out of poverty. From raising pigs they've moved into cattle rearing. Elsewhere in the city a business on a bigger scale is building "toilet malls" around the city to provide sanitation points attached to services like shops, shoeshining and phone recharging.
Entrepreneurs big and small in Nairobi
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