the new generation

Arjun Singh Assa

orn and raised in Mombasa, Kenya, Arjun Singh Assa grew up in the thick of his family’s woodworking company. ‘Our home was above the workshop, so mornings began with me opening the doors for the employees and leaving for school to the sound of the machines running,’ he says. ‘In high school, I was more interested in fine arts, but financial challenges meant I joined the family business, not realising it would become my passion. It was then I began to learn about timber, how it’s grown, processed