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How I make a cool Sh30k per month selling briquettes

This night driver took a loan, built a small factory and the rest, as they say, is history.

Esmond Nduati is a driver. After attending a friend’s wedding in Nanyuki, he started making briquettes.

Briquettes are blocks that are made from combustible biomass such as charcoal dust, sawdust, rice husks or paper and are used for cooking in a jiko

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