About Us

In 2015, after experiencing a fire in Mukuru Informal Settlement that left around 200 metal sheeting and timber houses completely destroyed, Kwangu Kwako’s Co-Founders; Simon Dixon and Winnie Gitau, took up the challenge to come up with a housing product that was affordable, secure and simple in design to meet the challenges of informal settlement environments, be a replacement of mabati (iron sheeting) housing and meet the needs of families. In January 2016, the first prototype was set up after 3 months of product design. The prototype enabled Kwangu Kwako to obtain first hand customer feedback from tenants and landlords from informal settlements. This exercise greatly contributed to the initial development and acceptance of the product. Since then we have delivered several projects that has also seen the product and team grow. We currently have delivered housing and custom structures such as classrooms and offices in Nairobi County and other counties such as Kisumu, Machakos and Kiambu.