Covid-19 crisis

Race for Machakos governor lays ground for titanic tussle

Reading Time: 4 minutes A titanic battle is shaping up in Machakos County as key politicians position themselves to succeed Alfred Mutua, who is […]

Polish team first to arrive for championships

Reading Time: < 1 minute Poland yesterday became the first country to land in Kenya ahead of the World Athletics Under- 20 Championships that gets […]

Time to reflect deeply on our food system

Reading Time: 2 minutes The coronavirus pandemic continues to have major repercussions on society and economies, threatening development prospects on a massive scale. Agriculture, […]

Covid-19 crisis has pushed more women out of work

Reading Time: 3 minutes Rachel Toku-Appiah  While many parts of the world are experiencing a decline in birth rates, in Africa we see a […]

Why developing countries face slow post-Covid recovery

Reading Time: 2 minutes INFORMAL:  A “strikingly” large percentage of workers and firms that operate outside governments’ line of sight in emerging market and […]

African governments must digitise to be innovative

Reading Time: 3 minutes Ryno Rijnsburger  It’s been said before, but it bears repeating – Covid-19 pandemic offers Africa the chance to leapfrog development […]

Filmmakers also received the blunt side of Covid-19 crisis

Reading Time: 6 minutes Filmmakers have also received the blunt side of the Covid-19 crisis. Since the government prohibited huge gatherings in order to […]

Kenya suspends India flights over Covid-19 crisis

Reading Time: 3 minutes The government yesterday suspended passenger flights to and from India following a surge in Covid-19 infections and deaths in the […]

Firm action needed to transform food systems

Reading Time: 2 minutes Reports that 1.4 million Kenyans are facing starvation has again exposed our fragile food systems and the need to build […]

Youth input vital in post-Covid public service delivery

Reading Time: 3 minutes VINCENT GUMBI The World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Covid-19 as a pandemic on March 11, 2020 with over 118,000 cases […]