The first day I met Bi Kidude was during the TEDex event in Dar es Salaam back in September 2011.

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That was the reason I jumped at the opportunity in January, 2009 to visit Kenya and Tanzania as a guest of the Nairobi and Dar Es Salaam chapters of the Young Presidents Organization.

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