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Breakthrough: After years of struggle, woman opens factory in Mombasa

By Joackim Bwana | 1yr ago
Roak Swahili Wear's Rosaly Akinyi inspecting some of her stock of shoes at her newly opened Roak Swahili Wear in Mombasa County on Thursday 7th March 2024. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

When her mother succumbed to cancer in May 2021, Rosaly Akinyi was left with the huge burden of fending for her four siblings.

With no job, Akinyi who graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance option, from Maseno University in 2018, ventured into sewing footwear.

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