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I kept poultry, now I teach people to fly

Lucy Karanja co-founder and CEO of capital connect aviation limited at her office in Wilson airport in Nairobi on 15/7/2015.PHOTO BY EDWARD KIPLIMO.
Lucy Karanja co-founder and CEO of capital connect aviation limited at her office in Wilson airport in Nairobi on 15/7/2015.PHOTO BY EDWARD KIPLIMO.

As we sit at the restaurant of the Aero Club of East Africa, the hustle and bustle of the airport is palpable. The loud whirring of plane engines with accompanied cold winds as they land and take-off takes some getting used to.

Aviator Lucy Karanja doesn’t bat an eyelid as she explains that the noise and cold are very much expected in her line of work. She’s bubbly, articulate and well poised. She’s the co-founder and CEO of Capital Connect Aviation Limited, an aviation training school based at Nairobi’s Wilson Airport.

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