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Covid-19 vaccines in Africa
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With Vaccine Deliveries To Accra and Abidjan, The Race For Equity Begins 

Covid-19 vaccine in Africa: Many African countries have expertise in conducting rapid and effective mass vaccination campaigns, often immunizing millions of people in a single week. In 2016, for example, 41,000...

A sign at the Nairobi Hospital. It has played host to several leaders and dignitaries from around East Africa in recent months.
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Medical Tourism: Dignitaries Admitted in Kenya Reveal Multi-Billion Opportunity

While Kenya's public health system is weighed down by corruption, inadequate funding, mismanagement and labour disputes - its private facilities seem to be...

Sex workers pictured in Nairobi. Commercial sex workers are calling on the government to include them in the first phase of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout in Kenya.
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Covid-19 Vaccine: Why Kenya’s Sex Workers Should be First in Line

Kenya needs to consider the welfare of sex workers even as it rolls out Covid-19 vaccination in hospitals across the country. Not only...

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Allow Young Mothers Back to School Unconditionally

The impact of the Covid-19 school closures on teenage girls and its adverse negative effects on education is becoming clear. Worrying reports from...

Depiction of smart home technology. Today, most people and households boast a multitude of smart devices.
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Sensory Surveillance & Smart Devices: Why We Should Care About the Cost of Convenience

Most of us buy smart devices for the innovation and convenience they promise without giving much thought to how these gadgets handle data...

Tax
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Minimum Tax An Idea Worth Pursuing

Businesses are taxed on their profits, and that option still exists provided the tax on profits is more than tax on gross receipts.

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Investing in Mental Health Key in Recovery of African Economies

It is estimated that mental illnesses cost $2.5 trillion globally in 2010, and this cost will rise to over $6 trillion by 2030

domestic violence in Kenya
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COVID-19: Gender-Based Violence Cases Rise

Violence against women has long been recognized as a global epidemic

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