Tag Archives: road

Afternoon Nap

Afternoon Nap

A man sleeps on an island beside Mbagathi Way in Nairobi.

Boyhood Dreams

Boyhood Dreams

A boy relaxes on a rock at a construction site in Njoro near Nakuru.

Jostling For Position

Jostling For Position

Matatus try and overtake each other in a bid to get to Nairobi faster along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway in the outskirts of Naivasha. Public Service Vehicles are the leading cause of road accidents in Kenya.

Long Way Home

Long Way Home

A man leads his loaded bicycle through traffic in Ngong, Kenya.

The Road to Nothingness

The Road to Nothingness

Vehicles take a detour due to construction on the Nakuru-Eldoret higway near Njoro, on the outskirts of Nakuru Town.

Pimping Wheelbarrows

Pimping Wheelbarrows

A laborer at Nairobi’s industrial area paints wheelbarrows under what is knows at the “Jua Kali” industry. Jua Kali, literally “hot sun” in Swahili, is the name for micro enterprises, roadside industry in Kenya.

From Africa Unchained

The Western concept of industrialisation has met with little success in most African countries. The poor performance of industries has [...]

The Weary Road

The Weary Road

A worn out stretch of the Nakuru-Eldoret Highway between Timboroa and Burnt Forest.

Road Closed

Road Closed

A “Road Closed” traffic and detour sign along the Nakuru – EldoretĀ  highway near Salgaa.

Road Construction Equipment

Road Construction Equipment

A road construction equipment from China seats besides the road at Salgaa, near Nakuru Town.

Waiting in Traffic

Waiting in Traffic

Traffic Costs Nairobi $746,000 Per Day

The Kenyan capital of Nairobi is struggling with crippling car congestion — a problems some say is so bad the country should consider transferring its capital to another city.

“Once known as East Africa’s green “City in the Sun”, Nairobi is so choked with traffic that Kenya’s architects suggest moving to [...]

Cane for the Factory

Cane for the Factory

Land in northern Ghana to produce ethanol for export to Sweden

Posted by NGO News Africa on: Monday, December 21, 2009

Large tracts of land in the northern part of Ghana will be used to cultivate sugarcane for the production of ethanol for export to Sweden, the GNA has reported the Vice President as saying. The [...]

Back of the Truck

Back of the Truck

Men transported at the back of a lorry in Nairobi.

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