Two tenacious Kenyan women are transforming a dilapidated, junk-filled library, in downtown Nairobi, into a hub for the city’s population and creatives. But first they must wrangle with the local government, raise several million dollars for the reconstruction, and confront the ghosts of a problematic colonial history still trapped within the library walls.

How to Build a Library is a 2022 (Egg)celerator Lab Finalist.