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Handcart Economy

They link the numerous and diverse activities that dot Nairobi's business environment, hence supplementing the role of other transport modes. Whichever way you turn, from the suburbs to the city centre, the backstreets to the highways, handcarts jostle for space with motorists, their sky-high loads moved from A to B. They ferry anything and everything….from fresh produce, cereals, clothes for sale, shop supplies, furniture, construction material, water and even household goods. But the story is neither in the invention nor the indiscipline in traffic; the story is in the economics of it all — the money. We seek to understand the sectors economic potential and social development through the revenues and services rendered. We also want to find what can be done for the sector to realize its full potential.

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11 minutes