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My goal is to create markets for cassava

Elizabeth Gikebe at Mhogo Foods in Banana, Kiambu.She learnt the skill of processing flour at KIRDI. [Yvonne Kawira, Standard]

Elizabeth Gikebe grew up in a neighbourhood where more than 70 per cent of residents were small-holder farmers struggling to make ends meet.

The main problem was the middlemen who exploited the farmers.

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