Maputo, Mozambique – On a sweltering Saturday afternoon in Maputo, people line up at refreshment stands dotted around a conference venue hosting Mozambique’s biggest annual trade fair. But zipping between them in jeans and a black T-shirt – a tray of drinks in hand – one young woman is trying a different tack.
“Ludmila Malambe, tasty and nutritious,” announces the branding on her shirt, written in Portuguese below an illustration of a cup of baobab fruit juice. The picture mirrors the plastic cups on her tray – all filled to the brim and for sale for 100 meticals ($1.50) a pop as she makes her way through crowded pavilions in search of thirsty customers.
