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Without City Jobs, Tech-savvy Kenyan Youth Head Back to Farm

When Francis Njoroge graduated with an engineering degree in Nairobi, he expected to earn a six-figure salary. Instead he found himself working as an electrician on a three-month contract, for 20,000 Kenyan shillings (about $200) per month. Realizing permanent and well-paid jobs were hard to come by in the Kenyan capital, he decided to move back to his parents' farm in Kimandi, a village about 150km away, and start his own business planting and selling tree seedlings. "My...


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