Ongata Rongai, Kenya – On the ground floor of an apartment block in the town of Ongata Rongai, south of Nairobi, two rockets stand upright on metal pillars, their aluminium skins catching the light. They look out of place here – too ambitious, too futuristic for a space meant for laundry lines and water tanks. But for Eugene Awimbo, this is exactly where Kenya’s space dream begins.
For more than 10 years, this self-taught inventor has spent his days cutting metal, soldering wires and studying rocket designs from a workshop in his modest home.
