{"id":180501,"date":"2024-09-13T09:32:39","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T07:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/east-africa\/kenya\/kenyan-street-food-businesses-thrive-on-tiktok-amid-economic-challenges\/"},"modified":"2024-09-13T09:32:39","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T07:32:39","slug":"kenyan-street-food-businesses-thrive-on-tiktok-amid-economic-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/east-africa\/kenya\/kenyan-street-food-businesses-thrive-on-tiktok-amid-economic-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenyan Street Food Businesses Thrive On Tiktok Amid Economic Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"79\">In a challenging economic landscape where a recent survey by credit firm Tala highlights that two-thirds of permanently employed Kenyans have turned to side hustles, street food vendors are carving out a vital niche for themselves. Leveraging TikTok, these entrepreneurs are not merely selling food; they&#8217;re sparking a digital revolution with local dishes like smocha &#8211; a mix of smokies, chapati, and salad. This innovative approach is rapidly turning such dishes into staples, captivating food lovers&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/202409130060.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more on AllAfrica.com<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>South Africa Today Africa \u2013 East Africa <a title=\"Kenya\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/category\/east-africa\/kenya\/\">Kenya<\/a> News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a challenging economic landscape where a recent survey by credit firm Tala highlights that two-thirds of permanently employed Kenyans have turned to side hustles, street food vendors are carving out a vital niche for themselves. Leveraging TikTok, these entrepreneurs are not merely selling food; they&#8217;re sparking a digital revolution with local dishes like smocha [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":180502,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn08.allafrica.com\/static\/images\/structure\/aa-logo-rgba-no-text-square.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[250],"tags":[258,256,6817,6977,3576,5074,430,4524,257,254,7714,29132,33857],"class_list":["post-180501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kenya","tag-africa","tag-africa-news","tag-businesses","tag-challenges","tag-economic","tag-food","tag-kenya-news","tag-kenyan","tag-news","tag-south-africa-today","tag-street","tag-thrive","tag-tiktok"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn08.allafrica.com\/static\/images\/structure\/aa-logo-rgba-no-text-square.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/africa-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}