Brenda Wanjiku
Founder & Exporter · Green Valley Exports
Brenda started aggregating avocados from her family's farm in Murang'a and selling to Nairobi restaurants. At 24 she cracked her first export deal to a Netherlands supermarket chain. She now works with 340 smallholder farmers and exports 80 tonnes per season.
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The District That Built Itself.
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