East Africa: Mombasa's Matatus, 'Bad Forex Bureaus' and Chris Brown

23 October 2016
analysis

When I heard that American singer Chris Brown was coming to East Africa, I knew that I had to attend the show. What I didn't know was how. You see, the show was in Mombasa, Kenya and if you glance at the map, it doesn't necessarily seem like a stone-throw away.

Mombasa, for those who have got a chance to visit it or even heard about it, is a centre of the coastal tourism industry in Kenya. The city is the second largest in Kenya following Nairobi with a population of nearly 1.2 million people. It also lies next to the Indian Ocean which makes it strategically a trading area.

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