Global crisis , local solutions

  1. Posted on Wednesday 13 May 2009 - 09:20
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    Neville Omondi, VoicesofAfrica mobile reporter in Nairobi, Kenya
    Kenyans are now finding ways of overcoming the financial crisis. The global financial crisis getting worse and worse especially in developed countries, but its effects are felt on the Kenyan market where cloths and other imported commodities are getting more and more expensive. Kenyans are now taking advantage of the situation by operating 'financial crisis friendly' businesses.
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    They include repair work and manufacturing locally commodities that used to be imported. That solution makes two categories of people happy: on the one hand those getting jobs and thus income, and, on the other, those who can afford cheaper commodities.

    This mobile report feature a tailor’s workshop where manually maneuvered sewing machines are used to repair old cloths and to make new ones at affordable prices.

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