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Exporters Without Borders: Why You Should Start a Company Instead of Working in Aid – In Development

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evidence and argument for a developing world

A successful commercial firm does something no NGO can. June Jambiha was a quintessential hustler. Like many in Kenya’s capital of Nairobi, she sold clothing as an informal entrepreneur, her income in 2018 swinging wildly, from $400 one month to $60 the next. This uncertainty made it nearly impossible to plan: hard to save, borrow, or commit to anything beyond the next week. But in Kenya, where over 80% of jobs are informal, hustling was less a choice than the only option available. June joined my company, Wasoko, a B2B e-commerce platform linking small shops to large manufacturers, as a teles

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