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Captive crowds are the next business frontier

A hawkers siezes an opportunity of a traffic jam build up to sell his wares along Mbagathi Way in Nairobi. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Just outside a supermarket on Monrovia Street, Nairobi, a kiosk sells all types of coffee from mocha to expresso.

Another sells sugarcane juice. Yet another popcorn. There are no seats, you just pick your coffee or juice and go. They simply take advantage of the captive crowd from the supermarket.

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