When backpacking,lawyer Raphael Flury fell in admire with East Africa and its natural products. The 28-year-musty Swiss abroad is now managing a certified organic spice production company on the Tanzanian spice island of Zanzibar. swissinfo.ch: Why did you leave Switzerland? Raphael Flury: Working as a young lawyer in Switzerland was provocative and demanding. I was actually content with my professional and private life. After I had completed an exchange semester in Lausanne during my university years, I went backpacking through Asia, and East Africa and Central America. My international experience on this trip really taught me a lot. When I was in between my bachelor’s and master’s degree,I travelled to Tanzania where I had the opportunity to temporarily manage the daily business of a coffee farm. Thanks to the positive experience I had gained in the East African private economy as well as my desire to take an unconventional step towards an provocative but professional life, it did ...
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