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Lessons from Kenya’s youngest female PhD holders

Between living a lonely life under heaps of books and behind research labs and having to deal with nerve-wracking supervisors, pursuing a PhD has never been a walk in the park. It is a demanding journey where you shelve social life and other comforts, empty your coffers and make innumerable sacrifices in pursuit of one goal. Here are three Kenyan students who have found a way to hack the arduous academic journey.

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