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Uchumi plans 12 new stores in East Africa

Uchumi Supermarkets plans to open a dozen new branches across East Africa this year, to capture the growing number of middle class spenders in the region, its chief executive officer said on Friday.

Consumer demand is a motor of Africa’s economic and investment surge, and analysts see middle class buyers with swelling disposable income as fuelling this boom across the fast-growing region.

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