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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: On February 24, 600,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Accra, Ghana. Two days later, another 504,000 doses arrived in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire....

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

A private hospital along Argwings Kodhek Road in Upperhill, Nairobi has in the past few weeks made it to the local dailies in...

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

UNAIDS data indicates that there are more than 136,000 commercial sex workers in Kenya. Nairobi alone has over 20,000. Over the past year,...

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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

By Andrew Bourne, Region Manager, Africa, Zoho Corporation Today, most people and households boast a multitude of smart devices, which bring a large...

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Minimum Tax An Idea Worth Pursuing

The newly introduced minimum tax has been greeted with mixed reactions and of course strong passions in opposite directions. The opponents of this...

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Investing in Mental Health Key in Recovery of African Economies

By Crick Lund, PhD and John Joska, PhD   The global economy has been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic. In Africa it has led...

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

Conflict in relationships can not be avoided. Two people process and react to life totally differently. This is channeled to a combination of...

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