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Mary Njeri Kinyanjui explores the working lives and organisation of traders and artisans in Nairobi’s informal economy. Rather than treating markets only as collections of individual transactions, she examines the relationships, shared practices and local institutions through which people establish businesses, coordinate work and sustain livelihoods.
The book connects urban planning and economic thought with the growth of an African metropolis. It describes the spaces created by traders and residents, the interaction between official planning and self-developed neighbourhoods, and the ways goods, labour and services move through the city. Photographs accompany the discussion of markets and their urban surroundings.
At the centre is the utu-ubuntu business model, which emphasises social bonds, mutual support and community organisation. Chapters on associations, autonomous communities and cultural villages develop this approach. The study will interest readers of small-business development, urban geography and the practical organisation of economic life beyond formal corporate structures.