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By John Otieno and Agencies, Nairobi.   27th April, 2020. As the COVID-19 epidemic rages on in Africa and many leaders increasingly becoming desperate; the Tanzanian reform minded President Magufuli is innovating local solutions for anti-Covid-19 crusade. The President, the only East African leader who has thus far defied the copy-cat tendency of imposing lockdown policies, is further departing from the thinking of his fellows in the region. Last week his remarks went abuzz in social media when he promoted steam inhalation therapies to fight Corona. Western scholars may interpret Magufuli as being  lackadaisical in fighting the pandemic, but the scientist/chemist specialist President,  knows his way. This time around he has innovated another mechanism where through the Ministry of Education and other stakeholders, Tanzania has introduced digital education system to help students who are at homes now to continue with their studies. According to the Ministry O...

By John Njoroge, Africa54, SA.  The anti Covid-19 crusade(s) in Africa is yet again bringing into perspective diverse leadership from the Continent that is known for its strong immunity after countless years fighting known and unknown diseases. It worths our while to put Covid-19 into scrutiny. Globally, as positive cases hit the 1 million mark this week, countries in Africa are on the front fighting the Corona malade from different viewpoints and strategies. The 54 countries Continent has a merely 9,000 plus positive Corona cases and not more than 500 deaths (compare with 78,000 deaths world wide).  It will be up to scholars to empirically verify and confirm which are the best strategies to handle Corona globally and in Africa, but we are already able to see the good, the bad and the worse in our Continent.  Two major schools of thought are emerging; the anxity model and the elasticity model. Whereas the former focuses on a panic than a culculated f...

By John Njoroge, Africa54, SA.  The anti Covid-19 crusade(s) in Africa is yet again bringing into perpective diverse leadership from the Continent that is known far its strong immunity after countless years fighting known and unknown diseases. It therefore worths a while to put Covid-19 into analysis. Globally, as positive cases hit the 1 million mark this week, countries in Africa are on the front fighting the Corona malade from different viewpoints and strategies. The 54 countries Continent has a merely 9,000 plus positive Corona cases and not more than 500 deaths (compare with 78,000 deaths world wide).  It will be up to scholars to empirically verify and confirm which are the best strategies to handle Corona globally and in Africa, but we are already able to see the good, the bad and the worse in our Continent.  Two major schools of thought are emerging; the anxity model and the elasticity model. Whereas the former focuses on a panic than a a culc...

By John Njoroge, Africa54, SA.  The anti Covid-19 crusade(s) in Africa is yet again bringing into perpective diverse leadership from the Continent that is known far its strong immunity after countless years fighting known and unknown diseases. It therefore worths a while to put Covid-19 into analysis. Globally, as positive cases hit the 1 million mark this week, countries in Africa are on the front fighting the Corona malade from different viewpoints and strategies. The 54 countries Continent has a merely 9,000 plus positive Corona cases and not more than 500 deaths (compare with 78,000 deaths world wide).  It will be up to scholars to empirically verify and confirm which are the best strategies to handle Corona globally and in Africa, but we are already able to see the good, the bad and the worse in our Continent.  Two major schools of thought are emerging; the anxity model and the elasticity model. Whereas the former focuses on a panic than a a culc...

By John Njoroge, Africa54, SA.  The anti Covid-19 crusade(s) in Africa is yet again bringing into perpective diverse leadership from the Continent that is known far its strong immunity after countless years fighting known and unknown diseases. It therefore worths a while to put Covid-19 into analysis. Globally, as positive cases hit the 1 million mark this week, countries in Africa are on the front fighting the Corona malade from different viewpoints and strategies. The 54 countries Continent has a merely 9,000 plus positive Corona cases and not more than 500 deaths (compare with 78,000 deaths world wide).  It will be up to scholars to empirically verify and confirm which are the best strategies to handle Corona globally and in Africa, but we are already able to see the good, the bad and the worse in our Continent.  Two major schools of thought are emerging; the anxity model and the elasticity model. Whereas the former focuses on a panic than a a culc...

By John Njoroge, Africa54, SA.  The anti Covid-19 crusade(s) in Africa is yet again bringing into perpective diverse leadership from the Continent that is known far its strong immunity after countless years fighting known and unknown diseases. It therefore worths a while to put Covid-19 into analysis. Globally, as positive cases hit the 1 million mark this week, countries in Africa are on the front fighting the Corona malade from different viewpoints and strategies. The 54 countries Continent has a merely 9,000 plus positive Corona cases and not more than 500 deaths (compare with 78,000 deaths world wide).  It will be up to scholars to empirically verify and confirm which are the best strategies to handle Corona globally and in Africa, but we are already able to see the good, the bad and the worse in our Continent.  Two major schools of thought are emerging; the anxity model and the elasticity model. Whereas the former focuses on a panic than a a culc...