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Too good a deal? Meet the man wooing Kenyans into forex trade

Nahashon Mungai Executive Director, Global Markets at Standard Investment Bank

Mansa Musa, the 14th-century West African ruler believed to be one of the richest men who ever lived, has literally inspired a gold rush in Kenya, which is raising eyebrows.

Known as the golden king, Musa is said to have caused gold prices in North Africa to plummet for over a decade after dishing out so much of the precious metal on his pilgrimage to Mecca.

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