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He Picked Up Trash For $4 An Hour. Now He Runs A $1 Billion Construction Business

How a 12-year-old’s door knock connected him with now billionaire mentor —and launched a fast-growing construction empire powering tech giants like Google, Apple and Microsoft.

He Picked Up Trash For $4 An Hour. Now He Runs A $1 Billion Construction Business

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Bringing millions more Africans into the economy

By extending access to finance to 2.528 million low-income Africans and onboarding 78,438 MSMEs onto financing platforms, Access is using technology to widen economic participation, helping more…

  • Access Holdings reached 2.528 million low-income Africans in 2025
  • 78,438 micro, small, and medium enterprises onboarded onto financing platforms
  • Technology enables financial inclusion in remote African regions

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