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IT’S A CLEAN SWEEP

THE term labour of love has seldom been more appropriate. She’s sacrificed a lot to get her “baby” off the ground – including her home – and every spare cent she has she ploughs back into her business.

Yet slowly but surely her efforts are being rewarded – and the cherry on top came when she recently scooped the Forbes Woman in Africa Technology and Innovation Award.

The awards celebrate African women in various fields who “are reshaping history, closing inequalities and pioneering new avenues of wealth and creation, and in turn lifting others with them”.

And Aisha Pandor (35) fit the bill, the judges felt. She’s the cofounder and CEO of SweepSouth,

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