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NGO eyes green jobs creation as startups win Sh310,000

Left: Marceline Obuya, Co-Founder, Jacob's Ladder Africa, Urbanus Mwagangi founder of Empire Innovations, which won The grand prize of Sh 200,000. The company creates renewable energy-powered machinery for sustainable agriculture. Right is Nicholus Kimali, Technical Director, Ubuntu WaterHub Africa during the Demo Day in Westlands, Nairobi. [James Wanzala, Standard]

A Panafrican non-profit organisation Jacob's Ladder Africa is targeting to create 30 million green jobs by the year 2033. The organisation revealed this on Friday last week when its Greenlabs initiative hosted its demo day in Nairobi.

The day marked the culmination of the hackathon competition designed to inspire and engage young aspiring entrepreneurs.

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