Kwangu Kwako Limited

Co-creating opportunities for dignified living that are accessible to underserved communities

Sector(s)
Housing Development; Education;
Countries Impacted
Kenya
Cumulative Impact
4240
Women's Economic Power
Yes
Established
2015
Program Year(s)
2024, 2023, 2021, 2019
Operating Status
Operating
Headquarters
Shelter Afrique house, Nairobi PO Box 23933-00100, Kenya
industry, innovation, and infrastructure
quality education
decent work and economic growth
sustainable cities and communities

Description

Kwangu Kwako Limited enhance and save lives through providing a safer, healthier and more secure housing alternative to the current widespread mabati and bush pole shacks ( informal structures). We improve the quality of life for families living in informal structures by replacing them with better structures. Our product is a simple, modular precast concrete structure made by local people from locally available materials.
Our proposal is different because it benefits all the stakeholders, tenants, the community, and also the structure owner or structure owner or landlord. It is our belief that other solutions have failed to gain significant traction because they were not attractive to the major stakeholders who control 86% of the land – the structure owner or landlords. Kwangu Kwako provides a solution that is attractive to the structure owner or landlord AND improves housing for the tenants. In addition to this, the structure owner or landlord themselves will be investing in the solution thereby securing buy-in, self-financing, and therefore long-term sustainability of the improvement.
Other project areas include building schools, manufacturing/fabricating modular toilets, and installing in previously single-room units.