{"id":6667,"date":"2020-11-26T14:09:48","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T14:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/us\/?p=6667"},"modified":"2020-11-26T14:17:13","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T14:17:13","slug":"prestigious-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selfhelpafrica.org\/us\/prestigious-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya Businesswoman Wins Prestigious Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A young Kenyan business-woman who has collaborated with Self Help Africa since the early days of her start-up, has won a prestigious international award for young African agri-entrepreneurs.<\/p><p>Elizabeth Gikebe, who set up her cassava processing and retail business, Mhogo Foods four years ago received the top prize in the \u2018Women Empowered Business\u2019 category at this year\u2019s ADB AgriPitch Competition, celebrating the achievements of young African entrepreneurs.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube 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