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How digital lenders can help our ailing economy recover

Digital Lenders Association of Kenya (DLAK) Vice-Chairperson Ivan Mbowa, Chairperson Kevin Mutiso and Treasurer Irshad Muttur during the Association's AGM. [File, Standard]

It was a baptism of fire for many Kenyans when President Uhuru Kenyatta announced travel restrictions at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. Jobs went with the wind, savings in the education kitty went to the grocery, and majority of low-wage workers bore the brunt of the slowed economy.

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