Pandemic gives Africa the chance to take charge and reinvent itself
Ministry of Health officers inspect a ventilator that is being developed at Dedan Kimathi University's engineering laboratory in Nyeri County, central Kenya, on May 7, 2020. PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI | NATION MEDIA GROUP
The world counted losses from the worst pandemic to hit the earth in modern times. People reminisced about the companies that used to dominate economies before Covid-19 hit.
Students used video conferencing platforms like Zoom. Parents told their children stories about how the world came to a standstill. Nations that had amassed weapons worth billions of dollars to destroy other human beings in case of war found themselves powerless in the face of this new enemy.
