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I embraced aggressive marketing and it paid off

Morine Aringo, Founder of Hando Afrikan Designs wears her customed protective face mask before demonstrating a skit on how keep 'Self Distancing' to the locals after distributing free protective face masks to help fight the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID -19) pandemic to the Kasarani estate residents in Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina,Standard]

When an ambitious girl with great love for style and fashion found herself working in the big city, she knew she had to find a way to bring her passion to life. And so Morine Aringo gathered her savings and bought a sewing machine. She also rented a little space, hired a tailor and got to sketch some designs. That heralded the birth of Hando Designs in 2017. Over the years, Hando Designs has grown from a little shop with one tailor, to a big outfit with two branches; in Nairobi and Kisumu. She shares with Hustle, her business journey 

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