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Mzansi Meat Company has created Africa's first lab-grown burger. Image: @VosJames/Twitter

Beef

Cape Town-based startup creates Africa's first cultivated lab-grown beef burger

By Rafiq Wagiet

John Maytham speaks to Brett Thompson, co-founder and chief executive officer of the Mzansi Meat Company.

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