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Jul

2023

By The African Mirror

You can’t hold a good creative down

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VELMA PAMELA, BIRD STORY AGENCY JECINTA Njoki Kimani graduated with a biochemistry degree but you wouldn't guess that when you walk into her office. Located in Nairobi, the first thing one notices is the massive display of big, bright "statement" earrings with unique hues and distinctive aesthetics. Some lie on the table, packed and ready to go, while others are being photographed for marketing purposes. And it is all thanks to a material she came across when looking to keep her daughter occupied during the COVID-19 shutdown. "When Covid hit the country in 2020, I needed to find ways to…

May

2021

By The African Mirror

COVID-19 widens learning gap for girls

COVID-19

JAMILA AKWELEY OKERTCHIRI Seventeen-year-old Muniratu Adams, a form two student of the Jeyiri D/A Junior High School at Funsi in the Wa East District of the Upper West Region of Ghana, is fortunate to have returned to school this January after the long COVID-19 shutdown. Ghana’s education sector was one of the hardest affected by the pandemic and for many girls, particularly those in rural areas, the consequences of school closures means many will never return to their schooling. “It was difficult for me to come back to school,” she tells IPS. “When I was home, I did not think…