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Produce vaccines, be self-reliant to avoid mistreatment, Africa urged

Continent needs to build on its own ideas to develop its own capacity to deal with the pandemic, NMG Chairman says.

Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo and Nation Media Group Chairman Wilfred Kiboro at the Kusi Ideas Festival 2021.

NDUNG'U: Africa can turn the negative impacts of illness into a chance to build itself

Face masks.

The pandemic has had a devastating effect on African economies. In order to move forward, we need to learn and change.

WASUNNA: Strong leadership fought Covid: next step is research

Health workers.

Most of the research taking place for Covid-19 is happening in North America and Europe, yet Africa has a different genetic profile.

KYOBUTUNGI: Low infection and death rates perplex scientists

Catherine Kyobutungi.

The fear was rooted in the belief that most African countries, with overstretched and underfunded health systems, would not be able to cope.

FOKUO: We’ve unique opportunity to bridge digital divide and change our lives

E-learning.

Most Africans get access to the internet through data from their cell phones, but the gap stands at a high of 49 per cent in 2019.

The ICU at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi.

LAKHANI: Transforming strategies to facilitate a post-Covid-19 era that’s full of hope

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