Ramadhan Juma grew up in the rough neighborhood of Magongo where many boys shun education at an early age to later graduate in life as criminals. However there are many who failed to advance academically owing to their poor family backgrounds. Ramadhan fell in this category and although he was
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Ibrahim Bwajuma
Ibrahim Bwajuma always thought he would always live with tag of the wretched of the earth having been brought in Mombasa’s sprawling estate of Changamwe where life is struggle for the fittest.Here he grew up not knowing where the next meal would come from and he was destined for crime
Ali Wambogo
For a former hawker who was doing so badly that he almost owed almost every hawker in his street Of operation, life was only getting unfair. To escape from the high number of creditors baying for his Blood, Ali Wambogo began plotting to relocate from Mombasa to a far flung
Abdi Musa Mzee
Indeed Musa’s journey towards attaining his ever elusive quest of earning money began when he paid a visit to the KYBT centre and shared with the team his life experiences and the misery he had gone through in the search of money which would surely define his life. “At the
NURU SAID ABEID
When a cross-section of African women and particularly those from Kenya get divorced, they tend to lose hope in life. As a result many especially those without a particular ounce of income succumb To depression of bringing up children single handed. However, there are Exceptions. There are bold and brave
Kassim Mohammed Omar
When Kassim Mohammed was informed about the Kenya Youth Business Trust (KYBT) by an uncle He was at first apprehensive. He had heard numerous stories about the infamous pyramid schemes that conned thousands of Kenyans their hard earned savings and he had grown wary of financial Institutions offering loans including
Mwaka Abdalla
Mwaka Abdalla, who is 30 years old now, grew up in Likoni in a family of 8 children and a single mother. Her mother was a nursery school teacher and struggled to take her children to school. Mwaka studied until high school but was unable to continue to college to
Mohammad Ali Athman
Mohammad Ali Athman (27) grew up in Old town in a family of 4 siblings. His mother was a tailor while his father is a light transporter. Mohammad studied to form four level before his father became very ill and he had to take over his father’s business for he
Antony Kalume Mulewa.
Having being raised by a single mother, Anthony Kalume of 25 years, always dreamt of being his own boss and be self employed. His biggest inspiration was his mother who raised all her 7 children single handedly without depending on anyone. She too, is a business woman who keeps trying