Series I: The Lives of Africans during the COVID-19 pandemic
Lily Kuo of the The Guardian describes the 100 days in Wuhan after the Coronavirus pandemic began as the days that changed the world. There has never been a time in modern history where all humanity was facing the same challenge, when we were all interconnected by crisis.
When the world is forced to look back for answers, will your story be heard? How would you like it to be told?
Juliana Mustapha (Niger)
Covid-19 is a very scary disease. Unfounded information makes you more afraid of the disease. It was annoying because we were working from home (telecommuting) and frustrating because some people in the community…
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Lebopo Bulayani (Botswana)
Not only did covid 19 change lives of entrepreneurs, depressed us, but it also made us think of ways in which we can survive and adapt to the changing times of this world…
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Mosa Chobokoane (Lesotho)
THE LIFE REIMAGINED-MY COVID-19 EXPERIENCE. When I first learned of the Coronavirus in November 2019, I thought it so remote to us. I never foresaw myself in the midst of a complete lockdown,…
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Mpho Mathaba (Lesotho)
Today marks two months and ten days since I completed high school; I am one of the lucky ones as they say. I recently received my final high school results and instead of…
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Idris Ola (Nigeria)
Riding Against The Pandemic Tide; A Short glimpse through the eyes of a Lagos doctor Throughout my medical training, we were constantly reminded that our training was next to the soldiers in terms…
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Thato Chobokoane (Lesotho)
From Ireland to Lesotho During a Pandemic As my flight did a descent into the Mountain Kingdom, I was quickly disillusioned by how missing home had caused me to romanticize the place. I…
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Sadio Sogoba (Mali)
Covid-19 in Koutiala It all began as a story, people were talking about it as a new illness but it sounded very far away. Some people said that the virus of Covid-19 doesn’t…
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Lily Mugane (Kenya)
Lily is a wife and mum to 2 girls and 1 boy residing in Nairobi, Kenya. I am an engineer by training currently working as a project finance professional in the telecoms industry.…
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Fati Mahmoud Wattigi (Ghana)
Being a Muslim has taught me to give thanks to God in every situation, being it good or bad. Though I didn’t have expectations, I was always saying 2020 will be my year.…
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Kevin Gnagne (Côte d’Ivoire )
When the pandemic began to hit our country, and the number of cases of Covid 19 began to increase, the city of Abidjan by order of the authorities came into confinement and was…
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Gloria Mwenge Bitomwa (DRC)
Wildlife conservation is one of the key areas where much efforts need to be invested with if we truly love this planet yet it’s the forgotten aspect of daily management of a country…
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Chifundo Chibaka(Malawi)
Recently CorpsAfrica partnered with MasterCard Foundation and as a CorpsAfrica volunteer I was presented with an opportunity to design and work on a Covid- 19 project with the people in my site. The…
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Tshepo Ntokozo Hlope (Kingdom of Eswatini)
Where cases of COVID 19 were reported, there was sealing off of that geographic area, banning entry and exit of population from the containment area, there was closure of schools, offices and banning…
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Puleng Zacharia (South Africa)
August 2020, I have lost count of the number of days that have passed by since President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the country-wide lockdown. I live alone with my furball Bambi, but in the…
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Christina Van Hooreweghe Ngoy (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
The new coronavirus 2019, or COVID-19, is an infectious disease that has created a catastrophic global public health crisis. In Africa, the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in February 2020 in Egypt.…
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Sesséa Lidwine Ganmavo (Benin)
So many first times, and still you have to dare! Cloth mask turned into clothing pageant washed every morning simultaneously with my personal belonging! Monthly budgeting of Artemisia (plant of the family of…
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Hugues Lokossa(Benin)
COVID19 has become the bedrock for social entrepreneurship in Benin. I had already made my decision to leave my former employer because I wanted a new challenge that would put me on the…
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Allan Nasoro (Malawi)
The perilous Covid-19 pandemic is a revolutionary multifaceted health problem that has affected every country across the globe. According to the World Health Organization the pandemic has affected over 5 million people and…
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Dr. Kopano N. Mokale (South Africa)
Day 55 of South Africa’s lockdown and I am in my private study with a cup of rooibos tea, while Lo-Fi jazz sets the mood. As one of three public clinicians serving the…
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Thakane Rethabile Shale (Lesotho)
Lessons while in Lockdown By Thakane Rethabile Shale Kingdom of Lesotho. Ecclesiastes 3 verse 1-8 says ” There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under the heavens: A…
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Gail Motloung (South Africa)
Hi, my name is Gail M and I’m the founder of Girl with a Purpose Foundation, a registered non-profit organization aimed to equip and empower youth. Although it was tough to cancel most…
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Juma Mkwela (South Africa)
My name is Juma Mkwela and in the best of times, I’m busy running Juma Art Tours – a social enterprise connecting the most vulnerable of Capetonians with the people visiting the Mother City* through art, bicycling,…
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Pa O. Diallo (Senegal)
The younger generation in its whole have always been the audience of ‘history tellings’ through books and certain studies which sometimes have some reserve regarding the truth. That is to say if that…
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Chelvin Ramsamy (Mauritius)
Youth Leader from Mauritius Combating COVID-19: SAREPTA Initiative Passionate about making a positive contribution to society since his life-changing journey at the President Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI Cohort 17) in South…
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Lesedi Senamele Matlala (South Africa)
Education is a fundamental human right that is globally recognized and recorded in many education policies, including among African countries. As a research educationalist and young leader in the education space, making sure…
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Donald Bico Kariseb (Namibia)
Namibia has not really been hit by Covid-19 in a very harsh way. However our daily life has been affected. The major effect of Covid-19 here has been the lockdown. Personally as an…
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SAREPTA Initiative (Mauritius)
As a young African leader, I would like to share the story of a group of young heroes leading during the COVID-19 crisis in Mauritius through SAREPTA Initiative which is a voluntary community action…
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Azil Momar Lo (Senegal)
In my whole modest career as a researcher/fact-checker, never have I witnessed so much misinformation and disformation, as Covid-19 is wreaking havoc upon the world. Studies have shown that fake news travel faster…
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