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Fast internet brings tech jobs to Nairobi's poor neighbourhoods

A woman runs as a commuter train passes through Kibera slum, in Nairobi, Kenya, March 24, 2022. [Monicah Mwangi, Reuters]

Daniel Nzoma's face glows in the light of a computer screen as he reviews computer codes used for driverless cars and crop disease detection, an unusual job in Nairobi's crowded Pipeline neighbourhood.

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