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…then get on the way now – Visit Kenya virtually Fighting wanderlust with Urban Change Lab Are you missing travelling as much as we are? Seeing other places like the warm indian ocean, interacting with nice strangers, getting surprised by new experiences like being chased by a mountain goat. That’s what we love, you too? …

The International Women’s Day is globally celebrated every 8th March to commemorate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day is formally recognized to accelerate gender parity, unity, reflection, advocacy and action for women’s rights and equality. It is well known that women are disproportionately affected by poverty and patriarchal power structures. …

Solitude, the state of being alone; the state of being in isolation. Some people intentionally put themselves in solitude while others circumstantially find themselves in the state. You are likely to have found yourself in this state after COVID-19 took a majestic stroll on the world. Somebody once asked me,  “What is likely to cause …

2020 was certainly a lot of things to a lot of people. Difficult. But largely the pandemic and its aftermath has been of great annoyance, an economic chokehold, a death sentence, a constant painful reminder of our mortality and a time for deeper introspection on everything that “defines” us in the stillness or anxiety, wherever …

My name is Claudiah Wanjiru and I am proud to be a model for Urban Change Lab. Urban Change Lab makes unique pieces of art customized for each individual. This is what makes me such a great fit for Urban Change Lab. Each item is unique in it’s own way and has a story to …

Imagine a world with no gifts, talents or skills. Gloomy, right? I believe our gifts are like diamonds, attractive in appearance and great in the value they carry. Our gifts connect us to greater things, things that are much bigger than who we are as individuals. Talents are our birth rights, manuals that help us …

“My wife is a medical doctor”, whenever possible I insert this sentence in a suitable or unsuitable place. I do this in full awareness of what I am doing. A part of me inserts the sentence with a bad feeling, a part of me with pride. “My wife is a medical doctor”. How is that …

This sculpture of a “Female African Buddha” is based on an idea from John from Starnberg, Germany. John had seen a sculpture of a buddha at a friends house and wanted something related as he has an interest in Buddhism. His concrete idea was “I want a statue of a Buddha made of carved hardwood. …

We are growing! Archana Golla is a psychoanalyst based in Berlin and joins our advisory board. You might wonder why we want to have a psychoanalyst on the board? The reason: We operate in a sensitive area, in a context where we need to make sure that our clients, the craftsmen and women and us …

We made it to the Brussels Airlines Magazine!! They have been doing a series on founders and Jochen Baumeister, our founder, was featured in this month’s issue. In this feature, we get an insight of how the Urban Change Lab idea was birthed and how it works. © binspired by Brussels Airlines

I had a sit down with the Founder of the Urban Change Lab, Jochen Baumeister and got to learn about him. Curious about how the Urban Change Lab came about, I asked and got answers to when, how and why he started the platform. I now have a better understanding and I hope you all …

Beauty queens, we know them for their looks, charming smiles and sophisticated walks. But sometimes we tend to fixate so much on the outer image and fail to penetrate beyond the exterior hence missing their value. A true beauty queen should not only be beautiful on the outside but also on the inside. In case …

Sometimes customers ask us whether it is possible to order handicraft products in Africa with a clear conscience in view of climate change? They wonder whether it would not be better to have their items made by the local craftsman considering the CO2 effect of an order. For this reason, we did some calculations. The …

Automated translation, i.e. the translation of text via an IT system, offers the opportunity to translate back and forth between different languages in milliseconds. We at the Urban Change Lab have recently started using automated translation with DeepL to enable dialogue between our customers in Europe and our craftsmen in Africa so that everyone can …

We were very proud to be invited to the Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy in Germany to present the Urban Change Lab at the Start-up Night! Afrika 2018. Have a look: our Presentation slot starts at minute 1:21:10 Source: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy

I was just entering the shade hotel in the green area of Karen and immediately being greeted by a huge banner at the entrance of Kivuli garden written Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. It was the day for the annual Urban Change Lab meet up for craftsmen and I being the Local operation …

The Urban Change Lab is very special to me. Setting it up is a labour of love. This first blog post is long overdue, frankly I have been procrastinating. Why? Because I prefer to implement an idea rather than to write about it. Because I really like doing something concrete. The Urban Change Lab, and …