Kenya: CoronaVirus Meter

Kenya’s Central Bank Urges Credit Guarantee to Weather Covid-19

5h | Bloomberg

Kenya urgently needs to establish a credit-guarantee program to reduce the risk of lending to small- and mid-sized companies ...

From Brazil to Kenya, coronavirus widows lose their husbands and then their land

1d | Reuters

Widows across the globe are being evicted, forced to give up property or to marry male relatives after their husbands die from the new coronavirus, land rights experts said on Tuesday. Women often ...

The Latest: Moscow explains nation's low coronavirus deaths

1h | YAHOO!

Moscow tries to dispel doubts over nation's low virus deaths. — British police say Boris Johnson adviser likely violated ...

Kenya Airways Sees Recovery a Year Away as Losses Mount

1d | Bloomberg

Kenya Airways Plc said annual losses almost doubled even before the part-state owned national airline was forced to ground ...

‘We were so ready’: LGBT refugees in Kenya live in fear as global resettlement is put on hold

1d | Washington Post

He’s one of nearly 500 migrants in Kenya, more than 3,000 across Africa and 10,000 worldwide —­ the vast majority of whom are ...

Kenya, coronavirus and the global education gap

23h | Al Jazeera English

The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted education for nearly 1.3 billion students worldwide. The dominant alternative model ...

Coronavirus update in Kenya: 123 people test positive

23h | Tuko

Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe confirmed 123 more people had contracted the virus in the last 24 hours, describing the ...

In vast Kenya camp, refugee journalists on coronavirus front line

1d | Al Jazeera English

KANERE is on a mission to raise awareness about pandemic in Kakuma, one of world's largest camps for displaced people.

Coronavirus – Kenya: 123 people have tested positive of COVID-19

23h | Ventures Africa

Download logo Today we have tested 3077 samples 123 people have tested positive of COVID-19 Nairobi is leading with 85 cases ...

Coronavirus in Kenya: Fearing 'money heists' amid pandemic

19d | Yahoo! News

In our series of letters from African journalists, Waihiga Mwaura writes from Kenya about concerns that money set aside for the fight against coronavirus is being misspent. The hashtag #Money Heist ...

Kenya Airways Sees Recovery a Year Away as Losses Mount

1d | Bloomberg

Kenya Airways Plc said annual losses almost doubled even before the part-state owned national airline was forced to ground ...

Strengthening Africa’s ability to ‘decode’ the coronavirus

4h | Devex

Genome sequencing, used as a technique to track mutations in the coronavirus, can help to ensure that vaccines, drugs, or ...

Kenya: In Mathare, measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 are disrupting other essential health services

5d | ReliefWeb

English News and Press Release on Kenya about Health, Protection and Human Rights, Children, Women and Epidemic; published on ...

The Latest: Moscow explains nation's low coronavirus deaths

1h | YAHOO!

Moscow tries to dispel doubts over nation's low virus deaths. — British police say Boris Johnson adviser likely violated ...

Kenya Researchers Explore Herbal COVID-19 Cure

6d | Voice of America

Kenya has stepped up efforts to find a local treatment for COVID-19. The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), East ...

Supporting Kenya to fight COVID-19

5d | ReliefWeb

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), through its Office for Africa, has donated and delivered Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) to Kenyan health authorities to support COVID-19 response ...

Kenya Church Leader Takes Services to Worshippers Amid COVID-19 Restrictions

6d | Voice of America

Kenya's ban on church services because of social distancing restrictions to slow the coronavirus pandemic, is not stopping ...

‘We were so ready’: LGBT refugees in Kenya live in fear as global resettlement is put on hold

1d | Washington Post

He’s one of nearly 500 migrants in Kenya, more than 3,000 across Africa and 10,000 worldwide —­ the vast majority of whom are ...

Urgent food help to Africa strained as Covid-19 adds to hunger

7m | IOL News

Measures to contain the coronavirus have reduced her earnings to about $2 a day, leaving her reliant on local food aid to ...

Feature: COVID-19 accelerates digital transformation of African agriculture value chains

5h | N.C.N. Limited on MSN.com

A farmer picks tea leaves at a tea garden in Nairobi, Kenya, Aug. 4, 2019. (Xinhua/Li Yan) Digital solutions are rapidly ...

Feature: COVID-19 accelerates digital transformation of African agriculture value chains

5h | N.C.N. Limited on MSN.com

A farmer picks tea leaves at a tea garden in Nairobi, Kenya, Aug. 4, 2019. (Xinhua/Li Yan) Digital solutions are rapidly ...

Kenya: €188m African Development Bank loan to boost COVID-19 response

5d | ReliefWeb

English News and Press Release on Kenya about Health, Recovery and Reconstruction and Epidemic; published on 22 May 2020 by AfDB ...

Kenya's KCB bank sees a quarter of loans hit by coronavirus

7d | Nasdaq

Kenya's biggest bank by assets, KCB Group KCB.NR, has restructured more than 110 billion shillings ($1 billion) of its loans ...

Kenya: COVID-19 crisis calls for continued policy accommodation – Standard Chartered

6d | FXStreet

Economists at Standard Chartered expect a 50bps cut to 6.5% by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) at the May meeting (100bps ...

Opinion: Creating a more equal post-COVID-19 world for people who menstruate

5h | Devex

What implications does COVID-19 have on the global menstrual health and hygiene agenda? WASH and health experts explain.

Kenya Steps Up Effort to Find Local Herbal Remedy for COVID-19

5d | Voice of America

Kenya has stepped up efforts to find a local treatment for COVID-19. The Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), East Africa's leading medical research facility, is testing the efficacy of an herbal ...

Livelihoods and Economic Inclusion - COVID-19: Emerging Practices (May 2020)

3h | ReliefWeb

English News and Press Release on World about Agriculture, Education, Refugees, Epidemic and more; published on 28 May 2020 ...

FACTBOX-Worldwide coronavirus cases cross 5.7 million, death toll tops 354,900

7h | Thomson Reuters Foundation

More than 5.71 million people have been reported infected with the novel coronavirus globally and 354,909 have died, a Reuters tally shows. Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and ...

Fighting the COVID-19 wars in churches around the world | Terry Mattingly

7h | The Knoxville News-Sentinel on MSN.com

For impoverished people around the world, the impact of COVID-19 has been far more profound than waiting for stores and shops ...

Kenya is losing her diplomatic grip in the East Africa region and should act fast

6h | The Standard Digital

Coming at a time when there is a quest for hegemonic supremacy between Kenya and Ethiopia, the country appears to be making ...