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Ex-convicts find their fresh start in seaweed cosmetics

 

Seaweed has for decades been popular along the Kenyan coastal region, especially among fishermen who use it for bait. It is also an important food source for marine animals.

Around the world, seaweed is used to make food, beauty products, fertilisers and industrial gum and chemicals.

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