About Us

About Us

We are a social enterprise that connects campus students in need of course books for courses like Medicine, nursing, law, accounting, etc to sellers of used and affordable books, revision papers, and notes

We also run book reading sessions for students in schools that are based in low-income areas and informal settlements

We have worked with students from KMTC Gatundu, Eldoret and Nairobi, Catholic University, JKUAT, KENYATTA UNIVERSITY, Mount Kenya University

Our Vision

Our vision is to become the largest and leading online bookselling and reading in the entire world

Our Promise

We promise to fill the gap and connect buyers of books and sellers around the world

Our Mision

To provide used quality literature and course books to students who lack access to books at the lowest prices possible

Meet Our Professionals

When your mission is to be better, faster and smarter, you need the best people driving your vision forward

Isaiah Chweya

Senior Advisor
60-year-old Recently Retired Teacher BeD Arts (Geography and Kiswahili) Author at Pizpoint publishers

Phebe Monari

Student at CUEA
20-year-Old Student studying International Relations at Catholic University of East Africa CUEA

Message From Founder

I founded Soma For Africa with an objective to enable sustainable learning through affordable exchange of reading material. We are proud to be a contributor to the success of our partners and we look forward to nurturing our growing network, Inspiring students to innovate and iterate, and partnering with stakeholders to improve the learning experience Thank you for taking interest in our work, please reach me on phebe@somaforafrica.or.ke and I’ll be excited to share more

Our Clients

A list of Clients we have worked with