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Social group Tosheka Textile walks from the Lions’ Den with Sh8m

A member of Tosheka Textile group spinning cotton fibre to make yarn using a home-made drop spindle (left) and a hand-woven carpet made from cotton yarn (right). PHOTO | FILE

Kenyan social enterprise Tosheka Textile has walked away with Sh8 million in capital injection after two panellists of the reality show Lions’ Den invested in the firm in exchange for a 20 per cent stake.

Tosheka, which has contracted over 3,000 people, makes fashionable textile line using natural and recycled fibres as well as using environmentally-friendly techniques that preserve traditional skills and knowledge.

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