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Inspiring African women to get into rally driving 'would be a dream come true'

Meet Caroline and Tinashe Gatimu, the mother and daughter rally team from Kenya trying to inspire unexpected passions.

The pair are the first mother-daughter team to race at the World Rally Championship Safari, and 2024 marks the 71st edition of the Safari Rally in Kenya.

They told Sportshour's Shabnam Younus-Jewell about how encouraging more women to get into motorsport.

Photo: Kenyan mother and daughter rally drivers, Caroline Gatimu and her co-driver Tinasha Gatimu, driving car number 107 pose for a photo during the official flagging off ceremony of the 2024 World Rally Championship (WRC) Safari Rally at the Kenyatta International Convention Center. (Credit: SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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