Career launchpad: How moving to South Africa turned our fortunes around

An aerial view of Cape Town, South Africa.

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Stanley Kioko, 36, wasn't just chasing adventure when he got into a Toyota Prado with some friends to travel from Nairobi to South Africa. He was stepping into the unknown, driven by the hope of finding better opportunities and living beyond the boundaries of his familiar life.

Their first stop outside of Kenya was Namanga, followed by Arusha. "Our first meal outside the country was in Arusha," Stanley recalls. "That's when it really hit us that we had left Kenya." The journey took nearly seven days.

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