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A date with Africa’s youngest billionaire

By Kiarie Lilian | 8yrs ago

Having a fortune worth more than half the current value of Kenya's Eurobond and being dubbed Africa's youngest billionaire while still in his 20s has not gone to Mr Ashish Thakkar's head.

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