The softening economy perforated by the coronavirus pandemic has seen electricity consumption drop in Kenya for the first time since the country’s disputed presidential elections in 2017. The drop bucks…
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Africa could lose between $90 billion and $200 billion this year as a result of the coronavirus wave that has rattled markets and shaken up lifestyles, McKinsey & Company warns…
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As President Uhuru Kenyatta this week announced that he and his deputy William Ruto would from next month each take an 80 percent pay cut towards coronavirus, questions are swirling…
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A Kenyan social enterprise run by a 29-year old impact investor is moving to create a central food bank for supply of basic food items to 6,000 poor homes with…
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The novel coronavirus is changing nearly every aspect of life across the world. Like any disaster, the Covid-19 pandemic is hitting sections of the population harder than the rest, though.…
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Nairobi’s slum dwellers are only slowly ditching the twisted belief that the deadly coronavirus ravaging the world is a rich man’s disease amid sensitization drives. It’s not hard to see…
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By Sachen Gudka Coronavirus is our wake-up call. No one could have predicted its disastrous impact. But that is the nature of disasters; most are sudden, unpredictable and leave in…
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A UK non-governmental organization (NGO) believes the deadly Covid-19 virus was first transmitted to humans from snakes possibly at China’s Wuhan seafood market – the epicenter of the first wave…
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The World Bank has offered Kenya $60 million (Sh6 billion) to fight Covid-19 after the country confirmed its first case on Friday and two more cases two days later. “In…
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Kenyan manufacturer Pwani Oil has reduced the prices of some of its edible oil and soap products so as to encourage consumers to take protective measures against the coronavirus disease.…
