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Got some free 500k? Think beyond wines and spirits!

By Awal Mohammed | 4yrs ago

If you give half a million to a Kenyan youth, you can bet that they will rush to start a wines and spirit shop outside their hood, the other will be quick to start importing shoes on wholesale and selling them on retail online while the other will bury their fortune on importing clothes from Turkey and China.

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