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Where to invest in Sh5.8b Kakuma camp economy

Kakuma refugee camp

In a remote area of northwest Kenya lies a sprawling mass of tents and shelters made of mud brick and cement blocks. It is Kakuma camp, one of the largest and longest-standing refugee camps in the world - but also where businesses thrive.

For 26 years, the camp has provided refuge to many of the 20 million displaced people in sub-Saharan Africa. But this is just one side of the story.

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