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Copia, a Kenyan e-commerce firm that takes mobile phone orders for goods ranging from clothing to food and delivers them through local agents nationwide, has gone into administration.
Copia, a Kenyan e-commerce firm that takes mobile phone orders for goods ranging from clothing to food and delivers them through local agents nationwide, has gone into administration. (Shutterstock)

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