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COVID-19 Kenya

Google Shows that Kenyans Are Starting to Go Back to Work

In April, Kenyans were almost always at home after the COVID-19 crisis hit the country, and the nationwide lockdown was initiated. This is according to a report from Google which noted a significant decrease in the number of people...

How to Fight COVID-19 in Africa’s Informal Settlements

The COVID-19 pandemic has cost hundreds of thousands of lives in the world’s richest cities but poses an even greater threat to cities in the developing world. There are now more than 150,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across Africa,...

Safaricom Offers Free Data for Frontline Health Workers in Kenya

Safaricom Kenya has just announced new plans to improve communication support for COVID-19 pandemic response teams. After a request from the Mutahi Kagwe, Cabinet Secretary of Health, the mobile operator will be providing more resources meant to make operations...

African Tech Companies Unite Against COVID-19 through Safe Hands Kenya Alliance

'Safe Hands Kenya' is the nationwide public health awareness campaign backed by renowned Kenyan tech firms including Twiga, Jumia, KOKO Networks, Ushahidi, Copia, Lynk and M-KOPA. They join a broad alliance of community organisations providing rapid mass sanitation with...

8 People Arrested for Spreading Fake COVID-19 News in South Africa

Eight people in South Africa have been arrested for disseminating false information regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, confirms Police Minister Bheki Cele during a media address on Tuesday, 7 April 2020. Previously, Cele and other authorities have on multiple occasions warned...

COVID-19 News: Kenya’s Judiciary is Sending Court Judgements via Email and Videochat

Kenya's Judiciary, the country's ruling court authority, is sending out notices on social media informing lawyers that it will be delivering pending judgements through electronic means - including videochat and emails - writes Tech Weez. Like many other government and...

Kenyan Education Ministry to Use Youtube, Education Cloud as Tools for Remote Learning

As societies around the globe shift to accommodate the changes in routines and behaviour caused by the coronavirus pandemic, and the education systems of many countries creep to a halt to spare learners from infection, countries are left to...
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How Can AI Smart Telematics Enhance Safety in South Africa?

The rapidly expanding and widespread use of systems like AI language models and other natural language processing (NLP) tools...
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