This past Sunday, as Max Verstappen's Red Bull car zigzagged triumphantly across the Baku Street circuit, the defending Formula 1 champion raised his fist to the air in celebration, saluting the black and white checkered flag that marked another dominant victory. It was a back-to-back win following his Monza triumph.
Thousands of kilometres away in Nairobi, the sizeable crowd of women gathered at the Kentwood Address Lounge watch party on Kiambu Road, erupted in screams of excitement while the men raised their glasses in toast.