The United Nations Development Programme and Jumia Uganda have launched an online platform – to enable small and medium enterprises to connect with consumers to sustain livelihoods in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

#AfricaTogether combines musical and comedy performances with information from Covid-19 first responders and fact-checkers from across Africa.

Africa Data Centres Association supports business continuity and offers free hosting of 2U servers for Corona virus fighting applications in Africa.

An estimated 90,000 people in Korogocho, Kawangware, Kibra and Mathare are set to benefit from Safaricom Foundation funded water projects geared towards prevention of the spread of COVID-19.

Huawei has taken its ICT Academies which are run in several South African tertiary institutions, online to ensure that students do not miss out on crucial learning during the Covid-19 outbreak.

Thousands of people in the counties of Homabay, Siaya, Migori, Kisii, Bungoma and Busia are expected to benefit from sanitation booths set up by Safaricom Foundation in partnership with Scope International to help curb the spread of COVID-19.

Five humanoid robots have been delivered to Rwanda where they will assist in coronavirus screening, deliver food and drugs to patients, as well as act as video-conferencing links between patients and doctors.

The application called E7mi was developed by a Tunisian start-up specialised in digital marketing tools for foreign companies.

Safaricom Foundation, in partnership with local NGO, SPEAK and Uasin Gishu County, has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) worth KES 1 million as part of efforts to support the COVID-19 outbreak response in the County.

The collaboration aims to help children study online and stay on top of their education. Ecobank Group, the pan-African Bank, is leveraging its distribution and partner networks to raise awareness of literacy apps in the Google Play Store to support the education of children who are at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Two online learning platforms will contribute towards the “The 1 Million By 2021 initiative” which seeks to provide opportunities to young Africans from the 55 member states in the areas of Education, Employment, Engagement and Entrepreneurship.

Safaricom has extended the Bonga For Good Campaign for an extra 30 days to 3rd June 2020 to enable customers continue using their points to buy goods and services as well as donate to those in need.

Following a request by Cabinet Secretary of Health, Mutahi Kagwe, for communication support for the pandemic response teams, Safaricom PLC has agreed to provide communication resources equivalent to 195 terabytes of data, 10 million voice call minutes and 33 million SMSs to critical Government healthcare workers for the next three months.

The company announced the launch of a new initiative to enhance its contributions to the efforts in the fight against Corona Virus (Covid-19), putting its satellites in service of the health, educational and civil defense sectors in the Arab countries.