On Tuesday, we put up this wind turbine. It’s attached to our workshop where we make them. It’s not an ideal spot for a wind turbine, but here, we can monitor the functioning of the different components. This morning, I took at battery reading and was pleased to see it was fully charged over night.

I can’t say I was overwhelmed with excitement about this photo session. Jua Kali translates as ‘hot sun’, and the afternoon lived up to that name.

I’m helping put together a tasteful calendar of Jua Kali artisans to help raise money for a training programme which will help train artisans to build small-scale renewable energy technologies. We think it’s an exciting idea. If you would like to buy a calendar, head over to indiegogo.com/accessenergy - hit contribute and choose the calendar. 

A classic from the world music circuit, music from Kenyan musician Ayub Ogada, who is rumoured to be living in the same town as me.

Scenes from Kisumu’s Jua Kali district. My new office. These photos were taken one afternoon with my fellow colleague Allan, as we explored the streets, looking for a new workshop space.