My first stop in Nairobi was at AAA Growers headquarters where I met with Ariff Shamji, a fourth generation Indian-Kenyan. Ariff and his wife Farah had the opportunity to travel abroad to complete their university studies in prestigious American universities, but upon graduation they did not hesitate to return to Kenya. The traditional path for someone like Ariff would have been to join his family construction business. Instead, the young Ariff—fresh out of college—chose the agricultural sector. With no experience whatsoever and against his family’s advice, Ariff went into farming. After an initial trial project with tomatoes, Ariff realized that if he was to succeed he would have to scale up right away.
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