Cafe Construct Podcast

SN 04 EP 08 with Wandia Muraguri a Sculptor, furniture-maker and Fundi. She runs a workshop, documenting her process on social media as she designs, builds furniture and also does constuction DIY at her apartment. She is hooked to entrepreneurship, and no matter how many times she's failed before she keeps coming back to explore how her artistic skills can be translated into a business in the cons...

SN 04 EP 07 with RealEstate Agent and Property Manager Ruth Kikenyi. Ruth, our episode guest got into the Real Estate profession and a decade later has been exposed to the good and challenging and is still in love with her job through it all. She talks to us about her career growth and progression from newbie to seasoned practitioner. How can you carve your place in the market as well? Take inspir...

SN 04 EP 06 with Ace Oreal, Chief Creative Director of Lehem Interiors. Are you an engineer because your parent thought it was a more reputable profession? Or an urban planner because it was chosen for you by University admissions? Many of us are pursuing certain careers because of reasons other than passion. Well, our episode guest Ace Oreal, is here to challenge us to follow our passion - his ma...

SN 04 EP 05 with Judy Wambui a Construction Manager and founder of Build with Judy Choosing to close down a business is one of the most difficult decisions to make! In this refreshingly honest episode, Judy talks to us about her season in entrepreneurship - running a construction equipment rental business.  The conversation delves into her journey to starting it; running it and why she chose to cl...

SN 04 EP 04 with James Odongo a trained urban planner and the Chief Administrative Officer at KEPRO (Kenya Extended Producer Responsibility Organisation) He left master planning behind to focus on advocacy and research with the objective of working towards a sustainable future for Kenya. He is currently the CEO of KEPRO, whose purpose is to accelerate the growth of Kenya's recycling ecosystem, lea...

SN 04 EP 03 with Yassin Hussein a Construction Manager who has been practising in the construction industry for 16 years! Need I say more? And to add some flavour, he successfully turned his car passion into a reliable revenue stream. Now he is 'balancing' full-time work as a PM/QS and running a car clinic. So you know he has a lot of good tips to share on: changes in the industry over the last 15...

SN 04 EP 02 with Nyambura Maina an Urban Planner and Environmental Consultant. She gives tips and advice on entrepreneurship in the construction industry, based on her, almost a decade of, experience.

SN 04 EP 01 with Architect Andrew Muriga, Director at BEAM Design Studio. Get the ins and outs of running an architectural business and what you need to know before diving into self employment.

SN 04 EP 00 with Brenda Amondi, Nyambura Kariuki, Whitney Atieno and Kerubo Karanja - THE CAFE CONSTRUCT TEAM. We let you in on where we have been and what this new seasons holds. Tune in. ______ Follow us on INSTAGRAM

SN 03 FINALE: 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: ________ OU...

SN 03 EP 18 with Nasra Omar a trained Urban planner and Media Consultant. 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, joins me in a captivating conversation about traditional urban planning in Kenya and goes ahead to challenge u...

SN 03 EP 17 with Lynette Masai a 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 o...

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...

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...

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 dif...

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 p...

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...

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 o...

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.....

SN 03 EP 09 with José Maria, a Talent Development Advisor at Medair and Co-founder & Director of Qreed Consulting Group. In this episode we take a deep dive into how to prepare yourself for your next job interview and ace it!... with real life scenarios.  Join us as we discuss how you can stand out in your job interview by connecting your skills to the research you have done on the compan...

SN 03 EP 08 with Robert Oboch, a Project Manager currently based in Saudi Arabia. It is hard to imagine a life in the Middle East after all that we hear about Kenyan househelps in Saudi Arabia. But in this episode, we discover that, for a construction professional, the reality is far from what you might expect.  Our guest today, a project manager in Saudi Arabia, previously working in Oman fo...

SN 03 EP 07 with Nothando Moloi, a Quantity Surveyor and YouTuber based in SouthAfrica. As the episode guest, Nothando Moloi aptly put it..." we search the internet so much for answers; it's good to have people who are putting the answers out there." Join me as I talk to this Quantity Surveyor about the side of her that loves to create Construction content and publish videos on work- life on her Y...

SN 03 EP 06 with Mutave Nellie, a Construction Manager passionate about sustainable travel, living life with enthusiasm and effecting change in construction and social spaces. Travel + Construction. Two beautiful journeys acting in symbiosis.  Join my guest and I as we delve deeper into this. Resonating with those full of wanderlust while embracing its importance in one's construction output....

SN 03 EP 05 with José Maria, a Talent Development Advisor at Medair and Co-founder & Director of Qreed Consulting Group. Securing a job is a job in itself! Once you've worked on your brand collateral, how does it fair  in the recruitment and interview process? Join José and Whitney as they discuss  the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) - how your CV can fair with it as well as how to h...

SN 03 EP 04  with Planner Kelvin Ritho Gitonga, MKIP. The urban planning field is very dynamic and requires professionals to stay up to date with methodologies, approaches and current issues. Our episode guest, Resident Planner Ritho and Assistant Registrar- Kenya Institute of Planners (KIP), gives us a brief look into the field and what a young professional needs to keep in mind. ...