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The $6.8M credit engine hidden inside a Nigerian cassava patch

The $6.8M credit engine hidden inside a Nigerian cassava patch
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When Alexander Zanders stood on a patch of land in Oyo State in 2015, he planned to build a simple processing plant. But as the naira plunged, importing machinery became impossible. Forced to pivot, Zanders bought 100 acres, started farming himself, and ran a small experiment supplying 15 local m...

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