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State Department for Technical and Vocational Education and Training Principal Secretary Esther Muoria, Fresh Produce Consortium of Kenya Chief Executive Okisegere Ojepat, and Fawakih Import and Export Ltd founder Hassan Nandwa during a recent tour of the firm in Nairobi. [Nancy Nzau, Standard]
When Hassan Nandwa, 27, shipped his first consignment of Kenyan mangoes to Egypt in 2019, he thought he had cracked the export market.
Instead, he lost up to Sh4 million. The shipment was delayed, rejected over phytosanitary concerns, then later flagged for fungal contamination after weeks at the port.
By the time the fruit was cleared, the business had already absorbed a devastating financial blow.
