The Nairobi International Trade Fair is an annual event that offers opportunities for regional, continental and global exhibitors to display and demonstrate their services and products. It also offers show goers an opportunity to meet people from different countries and backgrounds, thus creating a platform for interaction and exchange of ideas...

Part 2 in our series, where we introduce you to the people of EcoZoom from a firsthand perspective. Herein, meet ideas expert extraordinaire, Megan "the Italian Stallion" Iacobini de Fazio. Did we mention she boxes for fun?! I first came to Nairobi for a 6 month internship with a large...

Hi, I’m Sanath Bhat. I’m from Mumbai, India and am living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA to attend Carnegie Mellon University. I am a mechanical engineering intern at EcoZoom. I want to share why I joined EcoZoom and get back in touch at the end of my internship to reflect on...

More than 145 organizations from all over the world came together on the 28th of May to celebrate the first ever Menstrual Hygiene Day.   In Kenya, Wash United teamed up with 28 partners to organize a festival in Tharaka Nithi County which was attended by thousands of colorfully-clad school...

“Fifty bob,” shouts the matatu conductor. I’m squashed between at least fifteen other people on the ramshackle minibus, frantically fumbling for my wallet and hoping that I haven’t, once again, left it at home.  I give the conductor an apologetic look and shake my head. “Sorry,I don’t have any money.”...