Growing up in a Kenya slum, Annastacia Mwende Muli always loved cars but never thought of becoming a mechanic. Now, she has gone from being a star pupil to a full-time job at a back-street Nairobi garage. These kinds of practical and artisanal skills are what's needed say experts like Jeffrey Okoro, the executive director of CFK Africa, a nonprofit working with youths in the slums. "There is a disconnect between our education system and the current job realities in the country," he says. "In reality, in Kenya, what is employing folks is the 'Jua Kali' sector or artisans." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES