How Kenyan man makes beautiful pencils from recycled newspapers

Mahamud Omari and his partners came up with the idea of making Momo Pencils from recycled newspapers after they realised most of the pencils used in Kenya are imported from China and India.

They put their mind together, bought machines and employed people who collect the newspapers from homes and offices. The move has helped to achieve two things: conserve the environment and provide affordable pencils for Kenyan school kids. They spoke to Citizen.Digital on this exciting venture.