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Exotic EPZ Managing Director Jane Maigua (left) points at assorted macadamia nuts during an exhibition at Strathmore University Buisness School. PHOTO | COURTESY
It took Jane Maigua and her co-founders 18 months to secure the capital required to establish Exotic EPZ’s macadamia nuts processing facility.
Struggling to secure local financing, they found support from an international importer interested in the nut supply from Exotic, providing the initial funding. Today, Exotic EPZ employs more than 100 individuals, mostly women and youth, while sourcing from 9,000 smallholder farmers across 12 regions in Kenya.
