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Meet the woman taking livestock auctions across borders

Martenique Scott from Namibia never planned on hosting auctions. Starting out in the game industry, she soon found herself trading rhinos, giraffes, and livestock across borders.

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But today, through her company Real Time Agri, she’s building markets for African farmers by running livestock auctions in Namibia, Tanzania, and Kenya.

In this interview with Farmer’s Weekly editor, Janine Ryan, Scott shares how her journey has unfolded, the challenges of cross-border trade, and why she believes affordable, adaptable livestock is the key to Africa’s future.

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