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Kenyan bags German Africa prize

Kenyan tech entrepreneur Juliana Rotich.

Kenyan tech entrepreneur and founder of software project Ushahidi, which was introduced to monitor violence in Kenya following the 2007 general elections, Juliana Rotich has been awarded the 2019 German Africa Prize.

The prize was handed to her Wednesday by German Chancellor Angela Merkel in recognition of her business achievements, technological innovations and her outstanding sense of social responsibility.

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