Covid start-ups thriving beyond the pandemic

Ukulima Tech

Elizabeth Onyango, Ukulima Tech CEO, showcases one of their hydroponics, vertical step gardens, in a backyard. PHOTO | POOL 

Businesses that were started to solve pandemic-related economic problems are today thriving as Covid-19 enters its endemic phase and life creeps back to normal.

Technology start-ups addressing the challenges of working from home and contactless transactions were among the many, but even as countries lift vaccine and mask mandates and employees troop back to the office, these start-ups remain resilient.