Covid-19

The fight against desert locusts has been dealt a major blow as shortage of pesticides and motorised sprayers grips the market amid supply chain disruption. According to Cyril Ferrand, the…

In the second week of March the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic. By mid-March the disease had spread rapidly in many countries around the world. Governments are…

Rwanda National Police (RNP) on Sunday, April 12 announced the usage of drones to further raise awareness of the coronavirus pandemic in local communities. “We have added drones to our…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…