1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1078+ words) Curtains displayed at Blessed Home Curtains along Tom Mboya street in Nairobi on July 28,2026. When Mercy Akoth moved to Canada nearly three years ago, she quickly discovered that setting up a home away from Kenya came with unexpected costs, particularly…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (484+ words) Before Abuja’s streets fill with vehicles, workers and the morning rush, Gift Habila is already at work. At about 4:30 a.m. each day, while much of the city is still asleep, Gift prepares food for her six children before setting out…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1667+ words) One email, every weekday morning. African markets, politics and business — filed from our newsroom in Rio. Yesterday’s subject line: “Algeria cuts diplomatic ties with the UAE” —The stakes. Nairobi remains East Africa’s main expat duty station, so housing and schooling…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (335+ words) Retired Springbok prop Tendai Mtawarira swapped rugby boots for something far more polished: a stunning triple-storey mansion perched along KwaZulu-Natal's scenic Dolphin Coast. The former loosehead prop, affectionately known as "The Beast", spent over a decade terrorising opposing scrums for…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (263+ words) A laundry worker known as Njeri has become an unlikely internet sensation after a home-tour video of her tidy Mwihoko bedsitter went viral on TikTok, leaving Kenyans genuinely impressed by how much she has done with very little. For KSh…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (72+ words) Independent Newspaper Nigeria ATUNDA Reimagines Discarded Textiles As Functional Art In New Nigerian Design Venture A new Nigerian art and design studio, ATUNDA, is transforming discarded textile materials into furniture, lighting, home décor, and Ngozi Uma is a Nigerian Arts…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (375+ words) Nyambura Arnold, a Kenyan living in Canada, recently picked up a paintbrush to colour her own walls; not out of passion, but because securing a professional painter proved far harder than she ever anticipated. Back in Kenya, Arnold said, painting…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (191+ words) Easton Apartments, a residential complex linked to President William Ruto's daughter Charlene, has undergone significant renovations along Nairobi's Jogoo Road. Easton Apartments, a residential complex located along Nairobi's Jogoo Road in the Eastlands area, has undergone significant renovations, drawing public…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (260+ words) President William Ruto hands over homes at the Chepalungu Affordable Housing Project in Bomet. Speaking during the handover, Ruto said affordable housing would enable more Kenyans to live closer to jobs and businesses while reducing pressure to subdivide productive farmland…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1058+ words) In Australia, domestic work is one of the jobs that provides a good income for Joy Nguyen. Every morning at 9:30, after dropping her children off at school, Joy Nguyen (born in 1986, Sydney, Australia) drives to her clients' homes in the…...