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Woman who has made an impact in banking and education sector

Mary Akelo, the founder of Nairobi-based Makini schools. (Photo:Standard)

By Kiundu Waweru

Kenya: Thirty five years ago, armed with nothing but a passion for children and dismayed by the falling standards of education in public schools, a career banker thought of starting a school.

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