Dialysis in a shipping container, heart checks without internet: Kenya's engineers head to a continental final

Naom Monari started out as a student nurse; today her Renal Roads clinic — a dialysis unit built inside a converted shipping container on a trailer — tours rural Kenyan counties on a weekly schedule. She and Dr Alice Muhuhu, whose portable MoyoECG device reads heart signals with AI and no internet connection, are two of four finalists for the 2026 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, pitching in Johannesburg on 28 October.