Nelly's Forbes 30 Under 30 News Spreads via The MidWeek

Nelly Cheboi is a celebrated social entrepreneur, <a href="https://www.forbes.com/profile/nelly-cheboi/?sh=179de9a85764" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Forbes 30 under 30</a> honoree, and<a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/14/world/education-technology-recycling-kenya-poverty-cnnheroes/index.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> CNN Hero</a>. After growing up in rural Kenya and lifting her family out of poverty, she focused on her community.

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Tyler's mom wanted The Midweek to do a story on Nelly Cheboi but as a surpise. She called <a href="https://www.shawlocal.com/author/katrina-je-milton-/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Katrina Milton</a> to pitch the story. Katrina took a little longer to call Nelly, so every day Tyler's mom would ask Tyler if Katrina had called. Tyler who did not want to ruin the suprise couldn't find a cryptic way to ask so in the end Nelly found out. Nelly now really wanted to story to happen because this was such a sweet thing her mom in law was doing. Katrina finally called. When the story came out, it was on the cover of The Midweek. A very known newspaper in Shabbona. So people in town kept bringing their copy to Tyler's parents. Everywhere they went, people kept asking about TechLit Africa.

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Shabbona woman named to Forbes’ ‘30 Under 30′ for her nonprofit work in Kenya

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Tyler Cinnamon is a American programmer and entrepreneur. He started TechLit Africa with Nelly Cheboi in 2018 to disrupt poverty with used IT devices.

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Nelly's Forbes 30 Under 30 News Spreads via The MidWeek