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A Black American woman from Texas has opened up about what daily life in Nairobi truly looks like for a foreigner, filming her candid account from the rooftop observation deck of the Kenyatta International Convention Centre with the city skyline stretching out behind her.
Rachel Castile and her husband first touched down in Nairobi in September 2024 for what was meant to be an extended visit. Within weeks, the couple had decided to make Kenya home permanently, and by February 2025 they had relocated for good.
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One of Rachel's first stops after landing was a Safaricom outlet, where she picked up an e-SIM the same day. She quickly discovered that the mobile money platform M-Pesa was woven into almost every transaction in the city, from grocery runs to utility bills.
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To move money from her American bank account into M-Pesa, she relies on a transfer service called Sendwave.
Electricity, she learnt, works on a prepaid token model.
