We blinked and the end of Season 03 is here!!! We thought it would be great to wrap it up with a small catch up amongst the Café Construct team with our gratitude for our guests and listeners in our journey so far. Thank you for being a CaCo listener. We shall be back with Season 04 in 2023, InshAllah...till then Have a Cup on Us! ________ GUEST INFO: ________ SHOW NOTES: ________ OUR SOCIALS Check out our WEBSITE. Join the CaCo FACEBOOK community: Follow our INSTAGRAM . Read our TWEETS. ________ Have a Cup on Us. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cafe-construct-podcast/message

I bet only one of you reading this has ever attended a development plan review meeting organised by your county. Why is this the case? And planners do you care to know how to break this norm? In this episode, Nasra, a media consultant and trained urban planner, joins me in a captivating conversation about traditional urban planning in Kenya and goes ahead to challenge us to new ways of thinking about the practice.  Simply put, how can we use media to improve the urban planning practice? Happy Listening. ________ GUEST INFO: Connect with Nasra Omar on LinkedIn ________ SHOW NOTES: ________ OUR SOCIALS Check out our WEBSITE. Join the CaCo FACEBOOK community: Follow our INSTAGRAM . Read our TWEETS. ________ Have a Cup on Us! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cafe-construct-podcast/message

Architectural Designer/ 3D Printed Architecture and Digital Fabrication enthusiast. My guest today continues to build her architectural journey with wide strokes that mix to form a whole, positively. Join me as we converse with Lynette Masai the redirection and combinations of skills in her journey. Happy Listening. ________ GUEST INFO: Connect with Lynette Masai on LinkedIn ________ SHOW NOTES: ________ OUR SOCIALS Check out our WEBSITE. Join the CaCo FACEBOOK community: Follow our INSTAGRAM . Read our TWEETS. ________ Have a Cup on Us! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cafe-construct-podcast/message

SN 03 EP 16 with Kimari Ndonye, Co-founder of Botbuilt Construction Limited. Entrepreneurship is no walk in the park and it may from time to time take a toll on an Entrepreneur. In this episode, we have a candid conversation on entrepreneurs and their Mental health. Join us as we discuss some of the struggles entrepreneurs face relating to Mental health, what stages they face these challenges most, how they deal with the challenges and what are some of the lessons they have learnt through it all. Happy Listening  _____ GUEST INFO: Check out BOTBUILT CONSTRUCTION LTD on Facebook. Email them at: [email protected] [email protected] _____ SHOW NOTES: ________ OUR SOCIALS Check out our WEBSITE. Join the CaCo FACEBOOK community: Follow our INSTAGRAM . Read our TWEETS. ________ Have a Cup on Us! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cafe-construct-podcast/message

SN 03 EP 15 with Judy Mali, a Registered engineer. Experience is the best teacher. From growing your skill and knowledge in employment, to learning to prioritise different relationships as we grow older, my guest takes us through her crossroads and the outcomes of those choices. Join me as we discuss Eng. Mali's transition through employment. Happy Listening. ________ GUEST INFO: Connect with Judy Mali on LinkedIn ________ SHOW NOTES: ________ OUR SOCIALS Check out our WEBSITE. Join the CaCo FACEBOOK community: Follow our INSTAGRAM . Read our TWEETS. ________ Have a Cup on Us! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cafe-construct-podcast/message

SN 03 EP 14 with Sarah Lebu, an Urban planner. As a trained urban planner, there are several ways you can put your degree into use: @wowmomkenya ’s Peninah is passionate about transportation and creating child friendly spaces, @watetu_gachoki is making development and strategic plans in the government while @sa_mburu and Kelvin Ritho are successfully running their private practices touching on different urban issues. Today, I present Sarah (@making.the.dr) who is passionate about obtaining equity in terms of public health and services for the urban poor. As she rightfully says, we cannot progress as a country if we are only developing one side of the population.  Tune in to learn more about her journey from Uganda to Kenya to the US, in the pursuit of her passion. Happy Listening. ________ GUEST INFO: Connect with Sarah Lebu on LinkedIn ________ SHOW NOTES: ________ OUR SOCIALS Check out our WEBSITE. Join the CaCo FACEBOOK community: Follow our INSTAGRAM . Read our TWEETS. ________ Have a Cup on Us! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cafe-construct-podcast/message

SN 03 EP 13 with the Team, an Architect, a Researcher and an Educator. Café Construct hosts letting you in...hearty laughs, mental health check in and more. Join us as we give you our life update, insight into how we juggle the different aspects of our lives and the challenges that come with it. And as we near closing on season 3, we share sneak peaks into what we are looking forward to and have planned. Happy Listening. ________ GUEST INFO: Connect with us on our socials ________ SHOW NOTES: ________ OUR SOCIALS Check out our WEBSITE. Join the CaCo FACEBOOK community: Follow our INSTAGRAM . Read our TWEETS. ________ Have a Cup on Us! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cafe-construct-podcast/message

SN 03 EP 12 with Bear, an Architect and Construction Entrepreneur. The journey of 1000 miles completes with small steps taken over time. My guest today is the embodiment of our mantra to live consistently and keep pushing patiently for your goals. Join me as we discuss Bear's transition from a graduate Architect to Contractor to Events Architect and set design. May you be as inspired as I was. Happy Listening. ________ GUEST INFO: Connect with Bear on LinkedIn ________ SHOW NOTES: ________ OUR SOCIALS Check out our WEBSITE. Join the CaCo FACEBOOK community: Follow our INSTAGRAM . Read our TWEETS. ________ Have a Cup on Us! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cafe-construct-podcast/message

SN 03 EP 11 with Kerubo Karanja, an Architect and one of the Café Construct Podcast hosts. ________ In this episode Kerubo takes us through six lessons she's learnt from running an Architectural Practice for two years now. A career update of how it has been stepping out on her own shared from a raw and honest perspective. This is part of the ongoing blog series by the same name that is published on the CaCo website. Happy Listening. ________ GUEST INFO: Connect with Arch. Kerubo Karanja on LinkedIn Follow her on Instagram ________ SHOW NOTES: Read this series; 'The Diary of a Kenyan Archipreneur' on our blog Read other Café Construct blog posts ________ OUR SOCIALS Check out our WEBSITE. Join the CaCo FACEBOOK community: Follow our INSTAGRAM . Read our TWEETS. ________ Have a Cup on Us! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cafe-construct-podcast/message

SN 03 EP 10 with Planner Joan Watetu, a Physical Planner with the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning and also the Principal Consultant at Eliye Consults. ________ Once again, we bring to you a young planner but this time a female, who works in the government and also finds time to run her own Consultancy. That's right, it's not illegal to run your own firm while working in formal employment...in fact it's recommended when you are still building up your clientele. As a Planner with the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning, Watetu takes us through her self employment journey right from campus all the way to seeking full time employment. Adding on to what our planning colleagues from private Consultancies share, Joan gives a glimpse into life as a government employee. We even share the salary details... Happy Listening. ________ GUEST INFO: Connect with Planner Joan Watetu  on LinkedIn ________ SHOW NOTES: ________ OUR SOCIALS Check out our WEBSITE. Join the CaCo FACEBOOK community: Follow our INSTAGRAM . Read our TWEETS. ________ Have a Cup on Us! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cafe-construct-podcast/message