In Kenya, Village Market is one of the biggest commercial centres. The upscale shopping mall in the suburbs of Gigiri has more than 150 outlets and stores spread across 210,000 square feet.

Hooman Ehsani, 38, and his younger brother, Soha, 29, have seen Gigiri’s landscape change over the years ever since their family set foot in Kenya from Iran in 1981. Village Market [Photo ...

Fearing reprisals, the Ehsanis came to Kenya in 1981, enroute to Australia. But that never happened. They, over time, built Nairobi’s upmarket Tribe Hotel and Village Market - which turned 20 ...