Nairobi’s Eastleigh markets itself as a retail tourism hub

Tourism PS Fatuma Hirsi with National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale during the Firi Festival Eastleigh Business and Cultural expo at Eastleigh High School, Nairobi. [Nasibo Kabale, Standard]

What was once a sleepy residential neighbourhood in Nairobi's Eastland’s, has now morphed into East Africa’s commercial hub in just two decades.

It is estimated that Eastleigh hosts investments worth billions of shillings and contributes at least 30 per cent of taxes collected by Nairobi County.