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Furniture order for Jack Ma visit puts start-up on global map

Jackie's Jewels founder Jacky Chirchir at her Ngong Road workshop (left) and seats at NaiLab made by Jackie’s Jewels (right). Visiting billionaire Jack Ma sat on one of these. PHOTOS | DIANA NGILA / COURTESY

By  Lynet Igadwah

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

If you have a keen eye for fashion, the one thing that must have stood out when Chinese tycoon Jack Ma visited business incubator Nailab recently was that he sat on an African-themed round armchair.

Right next to him, comfortable in a similar seat, was United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) secretary-general Mukhisa Kituyi. The two dignitaries also used matching ottomans.

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