5 Street Food Businesses You Can Start in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania By 6pm on any weekday, the corner outside Nairobi’s Kencom bus stage fills with a queue that has nothing to do with matatus. It is the smokie pasua vendor, a metal display box glowing under a bare bulb, splitting open smoked sausages and … Read more
A Johannesburg e-hailing driver checked his fuel budget on 30 June the way he does every month end. He had read that government was fully reinstating the fuel levy from 1 July, so he braced for a higher bill at the pump. Instead, when he filled up on 2 July, 95 unleaded cost him less … Read more
At Balogun Market in Lagos, a trader restocks her stall every Friday. She buys a carton of soap, sells every bar by Sunday, and hands her supplier roughly the same amount of cash the following week. On paper she is busy. In her pocket, she often cannot say whether she made money or simply moved … Read more