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Rwanda: This entrepreneur left nike to start her own business

  When Lauren Russell Nkuranga arrived in Rwanda with the Nike Foundation in 2012, she had the clichéd western belief that Africa is predominantly a place of war, poverty and disease, and is desperate for foreign-funded charity.But she quickly discovered that many countries on the continent were in fact growing at a rapid pace. For instance, Rwanda’s economy has expanded by an average annual rate of 7.6% between 2007 and 2016. “During my two years here with Nike in Rwanda, I saw Rwanda transform – new roads, new buildings, new businesses, new…

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