Locals see opportunity on trade mission to Kenya

Meetings with Kenya leaders plant seeds for new business/workforce partnerships

Todd Vettel with International Workforce Service, right, is pictured with Deen Albert of Grand Island Express on a recent trade mission trip to Kenya.
Todd Vettel with International Workforce Service, right, is pictured with Deen Albert of Grand Island Express on a recent trade mission trip to Kenya.

After returning from a trade and investment mission to Kenya last month two business owners from Aurora say relationships are forming which could create generational change on one end and a much-needed employee pipeline on the other of what they envision as a win-win global partnership. Laban Njuguna, a native of Kenya who owns and operates Zabuni Coffee in Grand Island with his wife Cora, and Int…