COVID 19 may disrupt the schedule of the African continental free trade agreement -AfCFTA
By Agnes Gitau In every of the African Union member states, fighting the spread of Covid19 is the top priority. Every country is dedicating already strained resources to public healthcare provision whose infrastructure in the continent is already very weak. This means pushing every other commitment including the launch of the Africa free trade continental More...
Kenya’s Ebola Workers Enlisted to Fight Coronavirus
Source: VOA By Mohammed Yusuf NAIROBI – Kenyan medical practitioners who helped in the fight against the West Africa Ebola outbreak have been deployed to Nairobi’s main hospital to treat coronavirus More...
Kenyan shilling holds steady against the dollar
The Kenyan shilling was stable on Monday due to commercial banks and some multinational companies offloading dollars to fund their activities, traders said. At 0950 GMT, commercial banks quoted the shilling More...
Tanzania – Elections to go ahead
TANZANIAN President John Magufuli said on Thursday the country’s October 2020 general elections will be held as planned despite the COVID-19 outbreak. ‘The elections will be held as planned. There are people More...
Kenya Briefing – Corona Virus
Today is the 16th day since Kenya confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19). We bring you key updates from the Nation’s special coverage team. You can subscribe to this newsletter directly here and More...
In the frontline of COVID 19 – Kenya diaspora healthcare workers make up the army of key workers
The healthcare workforce is a major employer in the UK and other developed economies, In United Kingdom, the sector accounts for an estimated 6% of the total UK workforce in 2016 to 2018 according to the Annual More...
Incidents of police brutality as Kenyans start 21 days of national curfew.
The country started its night curfew in a chaotic and shambolic way that will likely spread the virus even more amongst the security officers and the public. Many Kenyans rushed home to beat the curfew but many More...
Kenya : Economic measures to mitigate impact of COVID19
As Corona Virus continue to spread across the globe, Kenya has taken various preventative measures to prevent the spread of the virus and at the same time protect the economy. The country will go on partial lockdown More...
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson tests positive for coronavirus
REUTERS: The latest high profile political leader to test positive for Corona Virus is Prime Minister Boris Johnson and is said to be self isolating at home but confident that he is still capable to lead the nation’s More...
East Africa – Regional Health Ministers issue decisive measures on COVID19.
As positive cases of COVID19 surge in East Africa, the EAC member states met on Wednesday to explore regional coordination efforts to contain the pandemic and take measures against the spread of the virus across More...
