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Meet Kenya’s first lady of coffee

Founder and Chief Coffaholic VAVA Coffee Vava Angwenyi

Miss Vava Angwenyi woke up and did much more than just smelling the coffee: she decided to earn a living from it.

The unmarried mother of one, who refers to herself as Chief Coffaholic, owns Vava Coffee, a social enterprise that aims to positively impact local communities and contribute to better future prospects for the 30,000 coffee farmers she works with.

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