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Josephine Abongo at her shop in Nakuru's Burma Market on May 16, 2024, She sells improved cook stoves. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Josephine Abongo's shop in Nakuru's Burma market would not win any beauty contests. From afar, it resembles a forgotten shack.

But a close-up through the gaps in the wood planks lining the windows reveals a flicker of warmth- a bustling hive of progress, fuelled by the relentless energy of a woman who traded research reports for revolutionary cook stoves.

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