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With schools closed by the pandemic, solar radios keep Kenyan children learning
After the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools in Kenya, the government distributed solar-powered radios to help students without access to electricity.
Benson Rioba is a journalist based in Nairobi who writes for the Thomson Reuters Foundation about climate change issues.
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