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Cafe Construct Podcast
by CAFE CONSTRUCT
Welcome to the Cafe Construct podcast. Your go-to for tips to achieve success in the Kenyan Construction Industry.
Episodes
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Translating my Fundi-skills into a Business
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...
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My Slice of the RealEstate Pie
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…
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The Passion-preneur
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...
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Making Peace with Closing up Shop
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...
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Paving the Sustainable Way
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...
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A Construction Manager's Toolbox
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...
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Thriving as a Self Made Entrepreneur
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.
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Building Visions: A Conversation with an Archpreneur
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.
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Pilot Episode - Season 04!!
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
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Season 03 Finale
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...
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Planning for the people and by the people
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…
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Architectural Exploration
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...
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Mental Health Series
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...
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Civil Engineer Transiting Through Employment
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...
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Urban Planning meets Public Health
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...
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Team Mental Check-in
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....
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Diversifying my Skills within Construction
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...
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Diary of a Kenyan Archipreneur - Series Tag: June 2022
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…
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My Career Moves as a Planner
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…
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Tips for your Next Job Interview
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…
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Project Manager practising in the Middle East
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…
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Quantity Surveyor creating on YouTube
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…
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A Construction Manager balancing Work and Travel
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....
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Securing a Job, is a Job in Itself
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...
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Urban Planner in Private Practice
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)…
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Kenyan Architect in South Africa
SN 03 EP 03 with Arch. Moses Kimani, Founder and Creative Director of Anwani Architects & Development Planners Being trained in Kenya is sometimes succeeded by practicing outside the country. In this episode Arch. Kimani shares his experience working in South Africa for several years. Addressing...
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BOTH ME...Plant Operator and Model
SN 03 EP 02 with Nancy Thinwa a Plant Operator, Model and Fashion Entrepreneur From pampering to necessary roughness, our guest, Nancy, dabbles in a bustling modelling career on one end as well as operating powerful Construction equipment and machinery on the other end as a Plant Operator. Her...
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Your CV Versus Your Brand
SN 03 EP 01 with José Maria, a Talent Development Advisor at Medair and Co-founder & Director of Qreed Consulting Group. These days organisations are looking for three-dimensional characters who positively contribute to the company culture and are enjoyable to work with. How can we begin to...
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The Pilot- Season 03!!!
S3 EP00 with Brenda Amondi, Nyambura Kariuki, Whitney Ogutu and Kerubo Karanja- THE CAFÉ CONSTRUCT TEAM Listen in to find out what we have in store for you in Season 03. ________ OUR SOCIALS Check out our WEBSITE. Join the CaCo FACEBOOK community: Follow our INSTAGRAM . Read our TWEETS. ________...
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Season 02 Finale
Where did the time go? The end of Season 02 is here!!! and we thought it would be great to wrap it up with a conversation amongst the Cafe Construct team. This episode has deep conversations combined with the lightness and good fun of the team. You will also get to know what it has been like to…
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Female... In the World of Construction
SN 02 EP 20 with Catherine Wathika a Project Manager. It is often implied, in the construction industry, that having a woman in the team is limiting. What does it take to change this narrative? Our guest , a project manager in Nairobi, Kenya gives us a brief look into her work life . Discussing...
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The Tilisi Story
SN 02 EP 19 with Ranee Nanji, co-CEO of Tilisi Developments Ltd. From the known to the unknown, my guest jumped into the real estate sector and learnt from experience. Join in as they explore the influence to a semi rural area through an urban development that speaks to the changes the real…
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Working Moms Part II
S2 EP18 with Nyagaki Gichia-an Engineer & Tech Educator and Peninah Ndegwa-a Transportation planner and the founder of Wowmomkenya. Nanny Cams? Home-schooling? Stay-at-home Parenting? Do any of these topics ever cross your mind? In Part 02, Brenda continues the conversation with a Transportation...
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Mental Health in the Workplace
SN 02 EP 17 with Whitney Ogutu and Brenda Amondi discussing anonymous stories shared by our Employed and Self employed listeners. Are you mentally healthy or is stress affecting your job performance and productivity? For this episode, Whitney gets into a topic rarely discussed, that she is...
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Engineer in Business
SN 02 EP 16 with Eng. Mercy Mugure, the Principal Engineer and Managing Director of EngPlan Consulting Engineers. Starting your own Practice is one of the most challenging directions you can take in your career however, when things fall into place it can definitely be the most rewarding. This...
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Building Our Arch-Viz Company
SN 02 EP 15 with Amman Karim, co-creator of Ident Limited. Personal brand- Karim CG Visuals. Do you have dreams of specialising in Architectural Visualisation and making a business out of it? In this episode, Amman Karim shares with us the associated challenges and wins of self-employment with…
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Local Versus Foreign Teams
SN 02 EP 14- ANONYMOUS SHOW Is foreign education better than local education? Is it easier to work with a local team or an international one? What misconceptions do we have about our local skills as compared to that of the international community? This episode's guest has had several…
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Starting Our Construction Company
SN 02 EP 13 with Kimari Ndonye and Joseph Ntimama, Co-founders of Botbuilt Construction Limited Are you thinking of starting your own Construction Company? Join Whitney as she gets into a candid discussion with two buddies and business partners on how they resigned from their 9-5 jobs to start a...
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Fatherhood
SN 02 EP 12 with Samuel Mburu, Principal Consultant for KREIS Spatial Planning and Consulting Associated Don't be fooled that all fathers use their paternity leave to take care of their side hustles. For the committed partners or single fathers, the first few weeks are just as demanding yet...
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The Business Mindset
SN 02 EP 11 with Godwin Njoroge, co-creator of Lab Oculus. It's not easy to start a business in the world of Construction, it's even harder to stay in business. In this episode, we have a candid conversation about entrepreneurship. Listening to your gut, accepting yourself and carving your own…
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Get to Know Us Tag
S2 EP 10 with the CaCo (Cafe Construct) team With lovely tidbits from season 01 join Nyambura Kariuki as she hosts the ladies in a wonderful random question and answer session borrowed from our first season. Learn how we've aged and also check out how we answered the same questions in season 01...
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The Career Switch
S2 EP09 with Catherine Kadzo and Nancy Achieng Join Whitney as she gets into a candid discussion with two former practising Interior Designers on what made them leave the industry... and if their change in career is temporary or permanent. It's their story, not necessarily yours but a reminder…
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Study Abroad
S2 EP08 with Elizabeth Ondula and Eunice Nthambi When you consider pursuing higher learning, no doubt the first thing that comes to mind is how to finance the course. The additional dynamic of studying abroad can especially be an overwhelming one. In this episode, we try to help you figure it…
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Starting Your Own Firm
S2 EP07 with QS Diana Mumbua Deciding to start your own firm requires a major shift in priorities and mindset. You take on an additional set of responsibilities that can get overwhelming especially without the proper systems and structures in place from the start. Join our discussion on the…
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House on Fire
S2 EP06 with Michael Mathenge Fire is one of the most common disasters in Kenya, but it doesn't have to be fatal. Do you know what to do? Join me and my guest Michael Mathenge, a registered Architect in Nairobi, Kenya and currently specialises in fire systems design in MULLARD FIRE PROTECTION as…
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Kazi ya Mjengo
S2 EP05 with Stephen Ndele. No job too big; no job too small, Stephen is on the road to software engineering but a small detour led him to becoming a construction worker. We talk about this phase of his life and its outcome together with the associated challenges and lessons learnt from 'kazi ya...
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Working Moms
S2 EP04 with Nyagaki Gichia-an Engineer & Tech Educator and Peninah Ndegwa-a Transportation planner and the founder of Wowmomkenya. There's so much to consider when it comes to juggling motherhood and workplace duties. How do you approach the challenges of being a new mom and especially the...
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Degree Aside...
S2 EP03 with two young professionals in the world of Quantity Survey. There's school... then there's the real professional environment. What are the real life challenges and mistakes made by the young professional Quantity Surveyor? Let's have a real conversation about this. ________ OUR SOCIALS...
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Beginner's Guide to Building your own home (Special edition)
S2 EP02 special edition with BOTBUILT CONSTRUCTION LIMITED To our listeners who are not in the construction industry and would like to familiarise themselves with what it takes to build your own home, this episode is especially for you. Happy Listening ________ OUR SOCIALS .Join the CaCo FACEBOOK...
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Thirty Editions Later...
S2 EP01 with Arch. Martin Tairo of Architecture Kenya Design Workshop and Buildesign magazine Ever thought about the world of writing and publishing in Architecture? Join Nyambura Kariuki as she delves into this area with the mastermind behind Buildesign magazine. He let's us in on his journey to...
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Welcome to the Cafe Construct podcast. Your go-to for tips to achieve success in the Kenyan Construction Industry.
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