African changemaker

Pauline Shegu

Safari Rally Driver

Kenya

Who they are

Pauline Shegu is a Safari Rally driver. Seven months pregnant, she survived an armed carjacking on a lonely Nairobi road — the moment that sparked her love of fast cars and, eventually, rallying.

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Ep. 16

Pauline Shegu

Pauline Shegu: Guns in My Face, Fire in My Belly

Rally driver Pauline Shegu on surviving an armed carjacking while seven months pregnant — and how it led her to motorsport.

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