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Charles Thuo used to design aircraft for Boeing. Then he got behind the wheel of a truck and discovered a $50 billion (Sh6.4 trillion) hole in Africa’s economy.
The 38-year-old Kenyan founder of logistics technology startup Apexloads sits at an unusual crossroads: aerospace engineer, US Army veteran, former owner-operator truck driver, and now tech entrepreneur trying to digitise one of Africa’s most fragmented industries.
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