Migrant communities around the world lift trade between their new and former countries.
and more likely to create a new business.
"Everybody wanted Kenyan products, but the issue was bringing the products from Kenya to here," he says. "People could pick up the products when they went to Kenya, but it's not like they could do that every year." It was set up a decade ago by husband and wife Christina Lyropoulou and Michael Sofianos, who had gone to university in the UK. They now employ 14 people and supply imported Greek food and drink to restaurants, cafes, individuals, and other businesses.
"For me personally, it's about maintaining the connection with the motherland, the fatherland - whatever you call it," she says.
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