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This is how hawking has gone digital

How hawking has gone digital
              Market traders are now using recorded clips to attract customers.

Touting as a form of advertising for small businesses is changing how buyers are wooed in Nairobi.

Small traders are slowly adopting the digital recording of voices – and even trying out parodies popularised on FM radios and TV – to sell theirs products.

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