Kenyan firm Techlait sets up new e-learning platform for children

By Rachel Ombaka,

A Kenyan tech-company has set up a new e-learning platform for children who are still at home in the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic. Also Read: Le...

coronavirus , E-Learning , Techlait

British envoy Jane Marriott reveals how she survived sexual assault

By Rachel Ombaka,

British High Commissioner to Kenya Jane Marriott has revealed her own sexual assault experience that occurred 17 years ago. Also Read: Domestic vio...

GBV , sexual harassment , SGBV

COVID-19 pandemic drives spike in suicides in Japan

By CNN,

Eriko Kobayashi has tried to kill herself four times. The first time, she was just 22 years old with a full-time job in publishing that didn't pay ...

coronavirus , suicide

Why Oxford’s Covid-19 vaccine could do more for the world than other shots

By CNN,

In the days since Oxford University and AstraZeneca unveiled the results of the partnership's Phase 3 Covid-19 vaccine trials, a growing number of que...

coronavirus , covid-19 vaccine

Coronavirus vaccines no shot in the arm yet for emerging markets

By Reuters,

Emerging markets have surged on the prospect that coronavirus vaccines will become widely available soon, but analysts think the rally is overplayed g...

coronavirus

Investors in publicly listed firms at NSE set for barren dividends season

By Kepha Muiruri,

Investors in publicly listed firms at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) are set for barren dividends returns for the year as companies continue to...

dividends , nse , profits

La Liga president Tebas ‘ready’ for Messi exit

By Agencies,

La Liga president Javier Tebas says he is "ready" for the exit of Lionel Messi - while criticising Manchester City, a club he believes could sign him....

Barcelona , exit , La Liga president Javier Tebas , Lionel Messi , manchester city

Defiant ‘Ghost’ maintains Afcon dream far from over, Wanyama cautious

By Jacob Icia,

Harambee Stars head coach Jacob ‘Ghost’ Mulee is adamant it is not over yet for the team’s 2022 Africa Cup of Nations dream, despite the recent ...

afcon , comoros , Harambee Stars , Jacob 'Ghost' Mulee , Victor Wanyama

WHO sees limited COVID-19 vaccine doses in early 2021

By Reuters,

The World Health Organization’s chief scientist said on Monday she expects there to be “very limited” COVID-19 vaccine doses available in the fi...

coronavirus , covid-19 vaccine , moderna

OPINION: The seismic economic effects of coronavirus

By Rachel Ombaka,

Every day, the Ministry of Health provides us with COVID-19 statistics detailing new cases and deaths. For many of us this exercise has even become...

coronavirus , Oxfam , social protection

Trump ignores deepening COVID-19 crisis while Biden demands action

By CNN,

Joe Biden has spent these early days as President-elect pleading with Americans to pay attention to the relentless surge of Covid-19 -- with deaths ...

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Before Biden inauguration, 70,000 more could die from COVID-19 in the U.S.

By Reuters,

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to make controlling the coronavirus a top priority and is likely to push for mask wearing mandates and more...

coronavirus t , COVID-19 , Joe Biden , President Donald Trump

Biden cements victory by flipping Arizona, as Trump keeps transition in limbo

By Reuters,

President-elect Joe Biden cemented his electoral victory by capturing the battleground state of Arizona late on Thursday, but the transition to his ad...

‘Corona ikianza tulikuwa na kazi, lakini sasa hatuna’: Why Albert Otieno and Beatrice Mbendo now depend on social protection

By Rachel Ombaka,

Albert Otieno, 32, lives with his mother, two children and a cousin in Kayole, one of Nairobi County's most densely populated estates. Also Read: T...

coronavirus , Oxfam

Free cash transfers take Ksh.6billion from Safaricom’s M-Pesa purse

By Kepha Muiruri,

The roll out of free mobile money transactions has punched a Ksh.6.1 billion revenue hole in Safaricom's M-Pesa service in six months to September 30....

coronavirus , free cash transfers , M-pesa , Safaricom

U.S. sets new record for increase in COVID-19 cases day after election

By Reuters,

The United States set a one-day record for new coronavirus cases on Wednesday with at least 102,591 new infections and as hospitals in several states ...

coronavirus , COVID-19 , U.S Election , who

Pregnant women with COVID-19 face higher risk of severe illness and death, study says

By CNN,

Pregnant women infected with the coronavirus are more likely to become severely ill and die from Covid-19, and they're at increased risk for premature...

coronavirus , COVID-19

COVID-19: CS Kagwe raises concern over political rallies as Kenya records 724 new cases, 14 deaths

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The number of COVID-19 cases in Kenya has risen to 56,601 after 724 more people tested positive from a sample size of 5,085 tested in the last 24 hour...

coronavirus , COVID-19

Ashoka launches initiative to support African social entrepreneurs addressing COVID-19

By Agencies,

Ashoka, the association of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs has launched the “Changemakers United Africa” initiative, a collective effor...

Rapid COVID-19 tests for Kenyan truckers revive African Economie

By VOA,

The International Organization for Migration is providing rapid COVID-19 tests to thousands of truck drivers across Kenya as part of an effort to rein...

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