How varsity students created a social-business portal

A screen shot of Jinspace

NAIROBI, KENYA: Few students can implement what they are learning while in still in school, but two youthful students Kepha Okello and Godfrey Makori have turned around their fortunes. The two, having realised that students in their campus had trouble getting contacts for people who offered services they wanted, created an online portal that enables users to socialise and also engage in business.

“We described this portal as a business social network. We called it Jinspace,” says Okello. “Jin” is a Japanese term which translates to “human” or “person,” explains 24-year-old Okello. So, this portal is like a human space.