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Fighting for breath: how the medical oxygen industry is failing African hospitals

While the majority of sufferers have mild symptoms, 14% of Covid patients will need oxygen in hospital and 5% mechanical ventilation in intensive care. Across countries including Nigeria, Kenya, Burkina Faso, Guinea, South Africa, South Sudan, Cameroon, Ethiopia and Tanzania, many hospitals and dedicated Covid-19 isolation centres have oxygen shortages.
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The value of mobile money transactions set a new monthly record.

The value of mobile money transactions set a new Ksh.392.2 billion all-time monthly record in June translating to an average Ksh.13.1 billion worth of transactions per day.
The record coincides with a recovery to both the value and number of transactions following dips recorded across April and May.
The number of transactions for instance topped 143.14 million in June from a low 125 million and 135.92 million deals in April and May respectively.