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At 50, I’ve finally found my start-up idea: urinals

Toll Global's Frida Mcharo explains how the waterless urinals that her company instals work

“One of the most repulsive things about a public space is a stench coming from the toilets,” says Frida Mcharo as she leads us to three empty seats at Sagret Hotel along Milimani Road in Nairobi.

No matter how good the food and drinks are in a restaurant, or how great the music is at a club, a smelly toilet ruins everything, she adds.

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