How we got into world of insect farming

Lincy Osore farm manager at Bugslife demonstrates how to collect Grillus bimaculatus crickets eggs to agro - tourist at Bugslife farm in Machakos County.[Wilberforce Okwiri,Standard]

When Eric Shem Ariwi visited Kenya from his Hong Kong-based business in 2019, he never imagined that his visit would turn into a relocation to Kenya. Then Covid-19 set in and with it the travel restrictions that led to the global shutdown.

“When I left Hong Kong, I knew the company would run well in my short absence. Little did I know that the short visit would turn to a prolonged, uncertain one,” says Ariwi, adding that it was only a matter of time before the firm started feeling the pinch of the consequences of the pandemic.