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A rocket lifts off against a clear sky trailing smoke, illustrating the modern space industry.

From a Nairobi Rooftop to the Forbes List: How Wanjiku Kanjumba Is Forcing Africa Into the Space Race

She built a space-logistics company with no money while still a graduate student. Forbes Africa has now named her among the continent's brightest innovators under 30.

about 2 months ago5 min

The hemicycle of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, where lawmakers approved the bloc's tougher migrant return rules.

The Country Europe Wants to Borrow: Why Kenya Has Become a Candidate to Hold the Migrants the EU Sends Away

Brussels is shopping for places to park rejected asylum seekers, and Nairobi keeps coming up. For a nation that exports its own people, the offer is a strange mirror.

about 2 months ago5 min

City skyline silhouetted against an orange sunset at dusk

Diaspora Sunset, Thu Jun 25: The Lifeline Home Grows Thinner and Costlier

about 2 months ago3 min

Colorful historic townhouses and wooden boats lining the Nyhavn waterfront canal in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The Salary Floor in Copenhagen: How Denmark's New Pay Rules Reshape the Path for Kenyans Eyeing Europe

about 2 months ago5 min

An American flag flying against an open sky, representing the path to United States citizenship.

The Price of Belonging: How a Proposed US Fee Hike Could Put Citizenship Out of Reach for Kenyan Green Card Holders

about 2 months ago5 min

A smartphone resting beside banknotes, illustrating mobile money transfers and digital remittances to Kenya.

The Phone That Beat the Bank: How Mobile Money Became the Diaspora's New Way Home

about 2 months ago5 min

City buildings along the beachfront in Durban, South Africa, where many foreign nationals have faced anti-migrant threats.

A Field in Durban, a Plea to Nairobi: How Xenophobia Is Driving Kenyans Out of South Africa

about 2 months ago5 min

The hemicycle of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, where new EU migration and return rules were approved.

The Waiting Room at the Edge of Europe: Why Kenya Is Being Eyed as the Continent's Deportation Address

about 2 months ago5 min

A smartphone screen showing live financial data resting on a US dollar bill, illustrating mobile finance and digital lending.

Built in California, Felt in Nairobi: How Tala's Global Reset Puts Up to 100 Kenyan Tech Jobs on the Line

about 2 months ago5 min

The Dubai skyline at dusk, with the Burj Khalifa rising above the city's towers

The Gulf Door That Opens Only for Those Already Gone: How a New UAE Rule Rewards Kenya's Diaspora

about 2 months ago5 min

The west facade of the United States Supreme Court building in Washington, DC, under a clear sky.

The Arrivals Hall That Became a Trap: How a US Supreme Court Ruling Leaves Travelling Kenyan Green Card Holders in Limbo

about 2 months ago5 min

The Tokyo skyline glows at night, a destination that just became more expensive to enter for Kenyan visa applicants.

The Stamp That Costs Five Times More: How Japan's Visa Hike Lands on Kenyan Travellers

about 2 months ago6 min

Sunrise breaking over the horizon

Diaspora Morning Brief, Fri Jul 24: Court Halts Airport Strike; Gulf Warnings Deepen

about 1 month ago3 min

Sunrise over a hazy African skyline at dawn

Diaspora Morning Brief, Thu Jul 23: Red Sea Strikes Push Oil Past $100

about 1 month ago3 min

The skyline of a Gulf city at dusk, where tens of thousands of Kenyan migrant workers are employed.

The Calm After the Sirens: What an Iran Ceasefire Means for the Kenyans Who Keep the Gulf Running

2 months ago5 min

Sunrise over an open landscape at dawn

Diaspora Morning Brief, Mon Jul 27: Airport Strike Called Off; Kindiki Locks In Ruto Ticket

27 days ago3 min

Sunrise mist over a green landscape

Diaspora Morning Brief, Sun Jul 26: Remittances Slide as NFL Star Deported

28 days ago3 min

City skyline glowing under a warm dusk sky

Diaspora Sunset, Sun Jul 26: The Paperwork and the Plate

28 days ago3 min

Sunrise over a misty landscape

Diaspora Morning Brief, Sat Jul 25: Court Keeps H-1B Fee Frozen; Ebola Surges Next Door

29 days ago3 min

Sunrise over a misty African landscape at dawn

Diaspora Morning Brief, Fri Jun 26: Green Card Ruling Jolts Kenyan Travellers

about 2 months ago2 min

Kenyan General Service Unit police officers deployed at Uhuru Park in central Nairobi

The Anniversary the State Cannot Script: How June 25 Returns to Test Ruto, the Streets, and a Watching Diaspora

2 months ago5 min

Sun setting in golden light over open water and a distant shoreline

Diaspora Sunset, Fri Jul 24: One Strait Carries the Whole Ledger

about 1 month ago3 min

Crisp banknotes fanned out on a table, representing money sent home by workers abroad

The Envelope That Came Up Short: How a Gulf Tax and a Distant War Are Thinning Kenya's Diaspora Lifeline

2 months ago5 min

A city skyline glowing at dusk

Diaspora Sunset, Wed Jul 22: Boston, Olympia, and the Right to Earn

about 1 month ago3 min

Sunrise over a field, symbolising a new day of diaspora news

Diaspora Morning Brief, Mon Jun 22: US Denaturalization Jitters; Australia's $2,000 Visa Door

2 months ago2 min

Sunrise over misty hills, symbolising a new morning

Diaspora Morning Brief, Wed Jul 22: Court Shields TPS Work Permits; Caregiver Wage Win

about 1 month ago3 min

Sunset light over a darkening sky at the close of day

Diaspora Sunset, Thu Jul 9: The Distance Between Papers and Protection

about 2 months ago4 min

A wall of grey wildfire smoke rises over homes and open ground in Superior, Colorado.

The Fourth Without Fireworks: Wildfires, Smoke and an Anxious Holiday for Kenyans in Colorado and Utah

about 2 months ago5 min

Aerial view of an iron ore mine cut into the red earth of Western Australia's Pilbara region

From Nairobi Runways to the Red Dirt: How Mercy Muigai's Mining-Camp Videos Are Rewriting the Kenyan Dream in Australia

about 2 months ago5 min

A city skyline at dusk

Diaspora Sunset, Sun Jun 28: The Cost of Coming Home, and Being Counted

about 2 months ago3 min

A single ballot paper being dropped into a sealed transparent ballot box at a polling station.

The Ten Thousand Who Can Vote: How Kenya's Plan to Reach a Million Citizens Abroad Hits a Funding Wall

about 2 months ago5 min

Kenyan shilling banknotes fanned out, representing the diaspora remittances that support millions of households back home

The Smaller Envelope: How Gulf Turmoil Pushed Kenya's Diaspora Lifeline Into the Red

about 2 months ago5 min

Health workers in protective gear screen arriving passengers' temperatures at an international airport during a disease outbreak

The Form Before the Flight Home: How an Ebola Outbreak in Central Africa Reached the Diaspora's Doorstep

about 2 months ago5 min

People walk along a Dublin street toward a church on an overcast Irish afternoon

The Cold That Became Home: How a Woman From Chogoria Quietly Became Irish

about 2 months ago5 min

The Dubai skyline at dusk, with the Burj Khalifa rising above the city's towers in the United Arab Emirates.

The Stamp at the Gate: How a New UAE Rule Just Made Dubai Easier for Kenyans Living Abroad

about 2 months ago5 min

A hand holding cash banknotes, evoking money sent home by Kenyan workers in the diaspora.

The Money That Stopped Coming Home: How the Gulf's Troubles Turned Kenya's Diaspora Lifeline Negative

about 2 months ago5 min

Service members raise their right hands to take the US oath of citizenship at a military naturalisation ceremony.

The Oath She Earned in Uniform: How a Soldier from Kapkatet Became American the Hard Way

about 2 months ago4 min

A health officer screens an arriving international air passenger for Ebola symptoms at an airport checkpoint.

The Form Before the Flight: How Congo's Worst Ebola Surge in Years Reached Kenya's Borders

about 2 months ago5 min

New Americans raise their right hands to take the oath of citizenship at a United States naturalization ceremony.

The Price of Belonging: How Washington's $570 Citizenship Fee Hike Reaches Kenyan Kitchens in America

2 months ago5 min

Construction workers on a building site, illustrating labour conditions on large overseas construction projects

The Wiring of a Promise: How Kenyan Electricians Ended Up at the Center of a US Consulate Labor Scandal in Milan

2 months ago5 min