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The techie behind the rise of the online African consumer

By JEVANS NYABIAGE

KENYA: In 2007, the United States of America was slipping into a biting economic downturn. Companies were retrenching staff and moving to cheaper labour markets in India, China, Singapore, Philippines and a few African countries.

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