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Robert Kibet is a freelance development journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. He has written for the Guardian UK, IPS, IRIN, IDN, Kenya London News and African Confidential.
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In rural Kenya, the Waata people were displaced by the creation of a national park. But solar-dried pineapples have offered a lifeline to women who had struggled to make a living from farming in the past.
Tourism to Africa is set to jump to 134 million visitors by 2030. But the majority of high-earning jobs in the industry are held by men, a new report from the U.N.’s trade and development body has found.
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