NELLY MURUNGI Issued on: 27 MARCH 2020 Hasnain Noorani Hasnain Noorani is the founder and group CEO of PrideGROUP, a Kenyan-based group invested in diverse sectors, including hospitality, transport and energy. “The hospitality sector in Kenya generally has been deeply shaken by Covid-19 which continues to spread across the globe. This has severely affected our

NELLY MURUNGI Issued on: 27 MARCH 2020 Yacoub Sidya Yacoub Sidya is the CEO of MSS Security, a private security company operating in Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea. “Most of our customers are international companies. All of them shut down operations and sent everyone home. Therefore, we had scaled down by 85%. “The impact

NELLY MURUNGI Issued on: 27 MARCH 2020 George Gachara George Gachara is the managing partner of HEVA Fund, which provides financing to early-stage businesses in the creative industry in East Africa. “In light of recent developments concerning the coronavirus disease, we are taking necessary precautionary and safety measures to ensure that the wellbeing of our team,

NELLY MURUNGI Issued on: 27 MARCH 2020 Wandia Gichuru Wandia Gichuru is the co-founder and CEO of Vivo Woman, a Kenyan-owned clothing brand operating stores in shopping malls across the country, and Shop Zetu, an online store stocking African fashion brands. “We started feeling the impact of the Coronavirus in early February, when a container of fabric

ADDIS ABABA, GOMA, JOHANNESBURG AND KAMPALA Mar 26th 2020 “In the township people are not worried at all,” says Lesedi Kgasago, a student from Soweto, Johannesburg. Among his friends “corona” is seen either as something that afflicts white people or a fiction. When life is a struggle it is hard to worry about a threat you

By: Issa Sikiti da Silva [NAIROBI] Millions of people across Sub-Saharan Africa could face grave hunger in the first half of 2020 because of armed conflict, political instability and climate change-linked disasters, a report says. The report published by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) this month says that the countries affected will require life-saving food assistance and investment to

04/02/20 By: Sylvia Ng’eno  We need to ensure that Africa’s future farmers not only grow crops but careers as well, argues Sylvia Ng’eno By 2050, Sub-Saharan Africa will be home to a third of the world’s young people, who will play a key part in feeding future generations. No region is this phenomenon of having more young people in

16/8/2019 By: Inga Vesper Subsidies for manufacturing companies could help improve access to fertiliser in developing countries without increasing environmental stress, a team of international researchers has proposed. In an article reviewing scientific evidence, the team presented a strategy to manage global fertiliser use while minimising nitrogen pollution — a common side effect. They note that it will be essential