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Rhodes Journalism Review, 2013
John Mwangi stands in his wooden shed counting bags of maize neatly bundled in burlap. The 90kg b... more John Mwangi stands in his wooden shed counting bags of maize neatly bundled in burlap. The 90kg bags sit on slats raised two feet off the earthen floor, protecting the maize from damp and rodents. A few hens scratch the earth, pecking at the grains that have fallen out. The 44-year-old farmer finishes counting at 149 and takes out his cellphone. He enters the number into a message and hits the send button. A few seconds later, he receives a text message with the latest price of maize in Nairobi. He puts the phone back in his overall pocket, content that he knows how much he will earn from these bags of maize.
International Journal of Modern Trends in Engineering and Research, 2015
Autobiography and Natural Science in the Age of Romanticism, 2016
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference of Fluid Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer (FFHMT'16), 2016
Afrique Renouveau, 2014
Le jour se leve sur Nairobi, la capitale du Kenya. Les embouteillages sur Ngong Road, l’une des p... more Le jour se leve sur Nairobi, la capitale du Kenya. Les embouteillages sur Ngong Road, l’une des principales arteres de la ville, s’etendent sur des kilometres, tandis que les matatus (taxis collectifs), bus et voitures tentent de se frayer un chemin dans le quartier des affaires. Au dernier etage du complexe Bishop Magua Centre, qui borde Ngong Road, Antony Njoroge, fondateur de RevWeb une societe de developpement de logiciels au niveau local,.s’est deja mis a l’ouvrage et tape a l’ordinateur, une tasse de cafe chaud a portee de main. Il est le,
Rhodes Journalism Review, 2013
John Mwangi stands in his wooden shed counting bags of maize neatly bundled in burlap. The 90kg b... more John Mwangi stands in his wooden shed counting bags of maize neatly bundled in burlap. The 90kg bags sit on slats raised two feet off the earthen floor, protecting the maize from damp and rodents. A few hens scratch the earth, pecking at the grains that have fallen out. The 44-year-old farmer finishes counting at 149 and takes out his cellphone. He enters the number into a message and hits the send button. A few seconds later, he receives a text message with the latest price of maize in Nairobi. He puts the phone back in his overall pocket, content that he knows how much he will earn from these bags of maize.
International Journal of Modern Trends in Engineering and Research, 2015
Autobiography and Natural Science in the Age of Romanticism, 2016
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference of Fluid Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer (FFHMT'16), 2016
Afrique Renouveau, 2014
Le jour se leve sur Nairobi, la capitale du Kenya. Les embouteillages sur Ngong Road, l’une des p... more Le jour se leve sur Nairobi, la capitale du Kenya. Les embouteillages sur Ngong Road, l’une des principales arteres de la ville, s’etendent sur des kilometres, tandis que les matatus (taxis collectifs), bus et voitures tentent de se frayer un chemin dans le quartier des affaires. Au dernier etage du complexe Bishop Magua Centre, qui borde Ngong Road, Antony Njoroge, fondateur de RevWeb une societe de developpement de logiciels au niveau local,.s’est deja mis a l’ouvrage et tape a l’ordinateur, une tasse de cafe chaud a portee de main. Il est le,