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Dakik, first Tanzanian woman to summit Everest, named Tourism Ambassador

Rawan Dakik, 20, the first Tanzanian woman and youngest African to summit Mount Everest. PHOTO | COURTESY

By  BEATRICE MATERU

Tanzania’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism Friday named Rawan Dakik as the country’s Tourism Ambassador.

Ms Dakik, 20, is the first Tanzanian woman and youngest African to summit Mount Everest. She reached the mountain’s peak on May 25.

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