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Africa in focus

Views on African politics, economics, and current affairs from the continent and beyond.

A worker walks past boxes of cooking oil at the Bidco factory in Thika, north of the Kenyan capital Nairobi January 21, 2012. Bidco is based in Thika, a manufacturing town a half hour's drive from Nairobi, which made a name for itself in the 1970s because of its thriving textiles factories, bakeries and motor vehicle plants. In the early 2000s, though, it grew to symbolise Kenya's decline. Bidco survived the hard times. It exports 20 percent of its output to other African countries, with a value of $40 million a year, says Vimal Shah, who runs the company. Picture taken January 21, 2012. To match Insight AFRICA/SPENDERS-INFLATION REUTERS/Noor Khamis (KENYA - Tags: BUSINESS FOOD EMPLOYMENT SOCIETY) - RTR2WRCJ

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