Covid-19

No one gets a buzz out of her work quite like Wangari Kuria. The 36-year old urban farmer is passionate about organic farming and healthy eating and has never stopped…

African countries are at the forefront in strengthening their public health systems to tackle COVID-19. While there remains huge uncertainty, the rates of infections and deaths in the region have…

It is now clear that COVID-19 has brought with it challenges that have drastically affected the 17 sustainable goals with the main focus of this report being two goals; Health…

Kenya has inked four financing agreements with France towards strengthening Nairobi’s health system, modernising its public transport, developing rural areas and improving water access and sanitation. The deals, totalling €142…

African youths are working tirelessly to help curb the Covid-19 situation in their communities. Despite the unending challenges brought by the current pandemic, the situation has also created opportunities for…

Kijenzi, a local manufacturing startup in Kisumu has been doing the most during this time of COVID-19.  Made up of medical engineers who have teamed up to provide solutions to…

Some 1.7 million urban poor families in Kenya are set to have their living conditions upgraded through modernised basic infrastructure like clean water in a social project funded by the…

Africa’s food import bill matches the size of Tunisia’s economy and could outgrow it as a result of a witches’ brew of Covid-19 crisis, desert locust invasion and natural disasters.…

Africa’s food import bill is likely to balloon, lifted by a deadly mix of shocks including the Covid-19 pandemic, desert locust invasion and natural disasters such as floods and drought.…

Kenya will reopen its airspace to international flights next month on August 1 as resumption of domestic flights takes off next Wednesday. The East African nation has also lifted restrictions…