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Money under shades: How Eric Kinoti built a million dollar business out of nothing

Eric Kinoti was delivering supplies to a party in progress when something…

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John Obidi: From unemployed youth to fast-rising African entrepreneur

He was unemployed for several years despite being a graduate of Computer…

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Hafeez Oladimeji Agoro: The “giant” from Nigeria

At 7ft 4in (224 cm), Hafeez Oladimeji Agoro claims to be one…

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Pierre Kompany’s long road from DRC camp to Belgium’s first black mayor

Vincent Kompany’s life is the stuff of little boys’ and girls’ dreams.…

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Saray Khumalo becomes the first black African woman to conquer Everest

A South African business executive reached the top of Mount Everest on…

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Nigerian kids build robots to help with household chores

ays, where kids want to be doctors, lawyers, engineers, seem to be…

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Chris Kirubi: The poor orphan boy who became one of Kenya’s richest men

Chris Kirubi is well-known as one of the richest businessmen in Kenya…

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Amon Abraham Okechukwu: The one-legged high jumper poised to conquer the world

Nigerian athlete Amon Okechukwu dreams of breaking the world high jump record…

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Meet Tapiwa Dingwiza, a Zimbabwean fashion designer inspiring the visually impaired

Zimbabwean-born fashion designer Tapiwa Dingwiza incorporates Braille into her fashion designs. She…

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The priest who befriended an imam

Unlike Ghana's chief imam, Father Andrew Campbell, the parish priest of Christ…

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