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Nyeri, May 31 (EFE/EPA).- Kenya's tea industry is recovering from COVID-19 pandemic.Kenya’s tea export for 2020 rose by 4 percent to 518 million kilograms, up from 496 million kilograms recorded in 2019, despite the pandemic, according to Kenya’s Ministry of Agriculture. Earnings from tea export stood at at 120 billion shillings (about 1.11 billion USD), also slightly improved, against 1.08 billion USD in 2019. Kenya is the world's largest exporter of black tea. (Camera: DANIEL IRUNGU). SHOT LIST: KENYAN PEOPLE PICK TEA LEAVES FROM A TEA PLANTATION BEFORE TAKING THEM TO A TEA COLLECTION CENTER WHERE THEREAFTER THEY ARE TAKEN TO THE IRIANI TEA FACTORY TO BE PROCESSED, IN NYERI, KENYA.
Nairobi, Jul 31 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Daniel Irungu) Cycling enthusiasts in the Kenyan capital Nairobi are calling for improved infrastructure in urban areas as people increasingly turn to the humble bicycle as a means of keeping fit amid coronavirus restrictions or simply as an alternative to public transport. Githinji, who owns a bicycle repair shop in Nairobi, says that while most people in his area use bicycles as a cheaper alternative to public transport, the systems in place in the city do not provide a safe environment for cyclists. In April, his nephew was killed in a road traffic accident while riding a bicycle. FOOTAGE OF BIKES IN NAIROBI AND CYCLISTS.SOUNDBITES OF GITHINJI AND OF DAVID SDATHA, WHO CYCLES BOTH PROFFESIONALLY ANDFOR FUN AND USES HIS BIKE AS A MEANS OF TRANSPORT.
Santiago, Dec 8 (EFE / EPA).- Chileans have turned on the pharmaceutical industry since the protests over social justice broke out in October, reacting to shortages of medicines and the high prices charged by private pharmacies, which sell brand-name medications at the highest prices in Latin America.(CAMERA: Patricia Nieto y Jose Caviedes, EDITOR: Karla Lopez)
Kenyan tea growers say taxes and high costs of labour are hurting earnings and discouraging production expansion. Grace Pascoe reports.
There's growing calls to overhaul Kenya's struggling sugar industry - as it suffers further blows from falling prices and escalating competition. As Katie Gregory reports, it seems a government scheme designed to protect the industry by limiting imports - could infact be having the opposite effect.
It's not been the best year for banks around the globe but bad behaviour in Britain has proved particularly costly. Sonia Legg looks at why and asks if the UK financial sector will ever regain the top financial centre crown it lost this year to New York.
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