Richard Okello, a 35-year-old supervisor at the KEDA ceramics factory, said leveraging Chinese technology to produce outstanding floor tiles has boosted Kenya's affordable housing agenda, re-skilled local youth and created jobs. "This company has created a lot of jobs. It has provided a new m...
In addition, slum upgrading programmes are on course in Kibera slums, Nairobi as well as other parts of Kenya. Lastly, the paper highlights the contribution to various stakeholders as well as housing finance theory where limited literature exists on such government initiated programmes. Keywords: ...
On Nov. 27, the affordable housing project in Kenya of China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) held the "Witness Happiness" Cloud Open Day event. Abdi Ismail, Architect of the Park Road Affordable housing in Nairobi, led us to visit the Kenyan government's first affordable housi...
While there is no formal definition of what constitutes affordable housing in the Kenyan property market, according to the Kenya Mortgage Refinance Company Plc (KMRC),the ceiling for a typical three-bedroom unit is four millionKenyan shillings (KES). “However, it is very much dep...
Kenya is set to receive at least Sh8 billion from the UK to fund the construction of affordable housing. UK Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab said Wednesday the funding — which would come in tranches — is part of the UK government’s support of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s vision of provid...
Bank said on Wednesday the Kenya Affordable Housing Finance Project (KAHFP) will support the establishment and operationalization of the Kenya Mortgage Refinance Corporation, a largely private sector-owned and non-deposit taking financial institution under the supervision of the Central Bank of Kenya. ...
Housing is a fundamental human need, yet access remains a significant challenge in Africa, particularly for low-income families. Rapid urbanization exacerb
“IHS’s agreement with Mi Vida Homes is timely because Kenya has a pressing need for housing that is not only affordable but offers the quality that ensures users get a dignified living. A key way of ensuring this goal is removing the market risk for developer partners because this will no...
14Trees launches first 3D printer for construction made in Africa 14Trees delivers largest 3D-printed affordable housing project 14Trees announces Africa’s largest 3D-printed affordable housing project World first 3D-printed school opens in Malawi ...
3-D printed homes may be solution to Kenya’s affordable housing crisisKenya has an affordable housing problem, with the World Bank estimating the housing deficit at 2 million units. The government plans to build 250,000 houses each year, but experts say construction and financing need ...