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How Kenya’s growing super-rich make and spend their billions

Kenya’s billionaires made their vast wealth through entrepreneurship, particularly in real estate and construction, a new survey has shown.

According to Standard Bank’s inaugural African Wealth Report 2020, most of Kenya’s high net-worth individuals (HNWIs) also attributed their success to good ideas and timing, giving credence to the adage that wealth creation is a function of working smart than working hard.

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