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Turning heat to cooling, inventor reduces food waste and adds jobs

Dysmus Kisilu, the innovator of Solar Freeze [Courtesy]

Growing up under the care of his grandmother in rural eastern Kenya, Dysmus Kisilu saw how hard farmers worked–and, often, how little they earned.

Even today, when the potato harvest comes in each year, a 90kg sack sells for just Sh2,000 in the local market, as supplies soar, he said.

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