Balloon Kenya, or ‘doing’ Complexity Economics Charlie Satow, 2014 Kericho Fellow When you live in a big city, you often get to know the geography of different ‘islands’ within it without being able… Continue reading
Introducing the first ever 2014 Kericho fellows! They are an eclectic bunch of extremely bright, funny, passionate and ambitious individuals from the UK, Germany, Zimbabwe, Scotland, Norway, Netherlands, France, USA and Sweden. Oh – and… Continue reading
One thing I can say about the Master Trainers Program is that it turned out far much better than I actually expected. I remember when we went through the training, all I could… Continue reading
I think the best way to explain why we do what we do is through a little story. I was lucky enough to go back to Kenya this January for our Master Trainer… Continue reading
I flew into Kenya with a lot of assumptions. Some have held, but mostly they fell away as soon as I stopped to chat to a local. In the media, Kenya is portrayed… Continue reading
Macdidan works on Hope and Vision Alley. Like many others, he is a second hand shoe seller. He once studied and worked as a welder, but selling second hand shoes provided him with… Continue reading
When we met Rebirth, they had jobs ranging from railway track engineer to dairy farmer. They came together with the vision of starting a business to bring coffee to the low and middle… Continue reading
Its only two weeks into the Balloon Kenya program and it has already been an amazing experience! I’ve made some awesome friends with the other Fellows and Kiran and Doug, the program coordinators,… Continue reading
When I look back over my year since Balloon Kenya I find it hard to see how I’ve fit it all in. It’s been a whirlwind, and I can see the influence of… Continue reading
In 2012 I was funded by the University of Northampton to deliver an entrepreneurship curriculum to Youth Groups in Nakuru, Kenya. The course sought to identify and research problems within the community in… Continue reading
