What would you like to share? List on Soko A business or a service you offer from home. Listing is free. List a room or 1-bedroom for rent Free, open to anyone, shown on our Nyumba rentals list Add a church, mosque or place of worship Where wakenya gather to worship Submit photos Events, gatherings, celebrations Tell us about an event In Thunder Bay or anywhere in Canada Jamhuri Day 2026: count me in Coming on Saturday, Dec 12, or able to help Share a job posting You are hiring, or you saw a job worth sharing Share a story or news Achievements, milestones, community news Give a newcomer tip What you wish you knew when you arrived Nyumba: rented, or report a listing Take my listing down, or tell us about a scam or a problem Something else Ideas, corrections, anything
Your Soko listing Prefer WhatsApp? Message Wakenyatbay WhatsApp (David) at +1 (415) 881-7831 and we'll fill this in with you. Or use the contact form .
Any Thunder Bay business or provider that welcomes and serves the community can list here, whatever the owner's background.
What best describes you? * A shop or office customers visitShops, restaurants, salons, firms, licensed trades From home or on the goHair, cooking, events, tailoring, tutoring and more. No paperwork needed. Who are you listing? * Myself or my business Someone I know, with their OK Business or trade name (first name is fine) * What do you offer? (1–2 sentences) * Category (up to two) * Food and drink Nyama choma and grilling Home cooking and catering Baking and cakes African groceries and food stores Restaurants Beauty Hair braiding, locs and weaves Barbers Salons Makeup and henna Events Catering MCs, DJs and live music Photo and video Décor, tents and rentals Ruracio, wedding and party help Home and family Tailoring and kitenge fashion Childcare and elder care Cleaning and moving help Tutoring and Swahili lessons Professional services Tax and paperwork help Settlement and newcomer support Money transfers Real estate, insurance and mortgages Legal and accounting Trades and tech Auto repair Construction and handyman IT and phone repair Unified communications and business phones Transport and delivery Neighbourhood City or town *
Province * Ontario Quebec British Columbia Alberta Manitoba Saskatchewan Nova Scotia New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut Service area * Choose one Thunder Bay only Northwestern Ontario Ships across Canada
How should people contact you? * WhatsApp Phone Email Through Wakenyatbay onlyPeople message us and we pass it on. No number or email is shown. WhatsApp number to show * Phone number to show * Email to show * Street address Hours
Website or social link Tags (optional) Kenyan-owned African-owned Speaks Swahili Woman-owned Newcomer-run Also (optional) Available for events Delivers or ships Takes custom orders Place of worship Name * Type * Choose one Church Mosque Temple Fellowship or prayer group Other Denomination or tradition
Address * Service or prayer times Languages used Contact person Phone
Email Website or Facebook
Anything else people should know About the photos What do the photos show? * When were they taken? Google Photos album link A whole event? Make a Google Photos album and paste its link here, or choose a few photos below. How to share an album
The people in these photos know they may be shown on the website, and a parent or guardian said yes for any children. * The job Who is sharing it? * I am hiring, or I work for the employer I saw this job and want to pass it on Job title * Employer * Type of work * Choose one Full-time Part-time Contract Casual Seasonal Internship or co-op Volunteer Where * Choose one In Thunder Bay Remote Hybrid (Thunder Bay and remote) Elsewhere in Northwestern Ontario
Pay What is the job? * What do they ask for? Link to the job posting How to apply Give us the link, or tell us how to apply. If the posting was on paper or in a group chat, add a photo of it below.
Closing date * Considers work permit holders? Not sure Yes
We take jobs down after the closing date. If the posting has no closing date, put one about a month from today.
The event Event name * Date * Start time
End date (if more than one day) Venue * Address
City or town * Province * Ontario Quebec British Columbia Alberta Manitoba Saskatchewan Nova Scotia New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut
Category Cultural celebration Community gathering Newcomer welcome Sports Youth Women Fundraiser Educational Other What is happening? * Organizer Contact for questions
Tickets or registration link Your story Headline * Category Thunder Bay Kenyans Ontario Diaspora Kenya Settlement Culture Lifestyle The story * Jamhuri Day 2026, Saturday, December 12 This helps us plan food and space. It isn't a ticket, and nothing here is published. We'll message you when details are confirmed.
Are you coming? * Yes Maybe Can't come, but I can help Adults Children
Can you help with any of these? Finding a venue Cooking or food Music or DJ Children's activities Setting up or cleaning up MC or programme Photos Sponsors or donations Anything else? (a venue you know, dietary needs, ideas) Your tip for newcomers Topic * Choose one First 30 days Housing Jobs and careers Banking and money Health care School and childcare Winter Getting around Kenyan food and shops Other Your tip * Bereavement notice Pole sana. We only publish a notice when the family has agreed to it.
Full name of the deceased * Date of passing * Date of birth
Born at (home town) Passed at
Family Funeral, memorial or prayer details Family contact Email for condolences
I am family, or the family has agreed to this notice * Your room or 1-bedroom Free. We show the neighbourhood, never your street or house number. Renters contact you directly; we don't pass messages along. Your listing comes down after 30 days, or sooner when you tell us it's rented.
What are you renting out? * A room in a shared home A whole unit1-bedroom, bachelor or basement suite Do you live there and share the kitchen or bathroom with the tenant? * Yes No Neighbourhood * Nearest bus stop
Rent per month (CAD) * Available from *
What's included? Anything else about the place (optional) Street address * Private. We use it to check the place is real and never publish it.
Phone or email renters should use * This is the one contact detail we publish with your listing.
The place is open to anyone. I understand Wakenyatbay doesn't publish wording about who I'd prefer as a tenant. * Renters can see the place in person before paying anything, and I won't ask for money, ID or immigration papers before a viewing. * Take down or report a Nyumba listing What's happening? * It's my listing and it's rented It looks like a scamFor example, they asked for money before a viewing The details are wrong or the ad is gone We act on it within one business day, and take a reported scam down the same day. Nothing you send here is published.
Which listing? * Anything else we should know? Your message What would you like to tell us? * Photos (optional) Photos are sent as they are, at full size. You can choose as many as you like.
Choose photos About you Your name * Email * Phone or WhatsApp *
We need both. We read every submission before it goes online, and we may call or WhatsApp you to check the details first. We never publish your email or phone number unless you put them in the fields above.
How should we credit you? (optional) Wakenyatbay may publish what I sent. Any photos are mine to share, and the people in them are OK with it. *
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