Kiwi: The 120-Year-Old Shoe Polish the West Abandoned, But Africa Refused to Let Die

A tiny tin of shoe polish, a Scottish-Australian family, two World Wars, an American cheesecake company, a monopoly scandal, counterfeit wars, and somehow, after more than 120 years, Kiwi is still everywhere in Africa. While the UK and US have been moving away from Kiwi, Africa has remained one of its biggest and most important markets. So how did a brand born in Melbourne in 1906 become so deeply woven into everyday life in Kenya, Uganda and across the continent? This is the story of Kiwi: where it came from, the people who built it, how wars turned it into a global giant, how ownership passed from family business to corporate empire, and why Africa became the market that refused to let this little tin disappear. #KiwiPolish #Kenya #AfricanBusiness #BusinessDocumentary #JustKatalina