Turning the cactus into a cash crop
Food technologist and entrepreneur Dr Evelyn Okoth has taken the humble cactus and positioned it as an up-and-coming cash crop. From the fruit, she makes a host of products such as yogurts, jams and wine. The BBC’s Africa Business Report went along to her workplace in Nairobi, Kenya, to find out more.

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