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Kenya's real estate boom fails to ease housing crisis

Pangani housing project on course in this photo taken in 2021.

Kenya's booming real estate market, driven by major infrastructure projects, has failed to address a severe housing shortage, leaving over two million people in need of affordable homes.

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