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The celebration for this year was under the theme <em>&lsquo;Investment in Women and\u00a0<span class=\"marki6m886wp3\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Girls<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"markwzv8o7mqz\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">in<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"mark0r7gnmdu2\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">Science<\/span>\u00a0for\u00a0<span class=\"markwzv8o7mqz\" data-markjs=\"true\" data-ogac=\"\" data-ogab=\"\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogsb=\"\">In<\/span>clusive Green Growth.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>AFIDEP will mark this day by holding a brown bag with Engineer Lucy Wanjiku &#8211; Founder, CEO and Engineering Director at Ecocycle Ltd, a green solutions engineering firm seeking to save the environment from pollution and distraction. 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